diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/ExtendedBeanInfo.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/ExtendedBeanInfo.java
index 54467cd3ea..c3609c10c2 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/ExtendedBeanInfo.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/ExtendedBeanInfo.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -116,6 +117,14 @@ class ExtendedBeanInfo implements BeanInfo {
 				matches.add(method);
 			}
 		}
+		// sort non-void returning write methods to guard against the ill effects of
+		// non-deterministic sorting of methods returned from Class#getDeclaredMethods
+		// under JDK 7. See http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=7023180
+		Collections.sort(matches, new Comparator<Method>() {
+			public int compare(Method m1, Method m2) {
+				return m2.toString().compareTo(m1.toString());
+			}
+		});
 		return matches;
 	}
 
@@ -264,7 +273,7 @@ class SimpleNonIndexedPropertyDescriptor extends PropertyDescriptor {
 	public SimpleNonIndexedPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName,
 			Method readMethod, Method writeMethod) throws IntrospectionException {
 
-		super(propertyName, readMethod, writeMethod);
+		super(propertyName, null, null);
 		this.setReadMethod(readMethod);
 		this.setWriteMethod(writeMethod);
 		this.propertyType = findPropertyType(readMethod, writeMethod);
@@ -353,7 +362,7 @@ class SimpleIndexedPropertyDescriptor extends IndexedPropertyDescriptor {
 				Method indexedReadMethod, Method indexedWriteMethod)
 			throws IntrospectionException {
 
-		super(propertyName, readMethod, writeMethod, indexedReadMethod, indexedWriteMethod);
+		super(propertyName, null, null, null, null);
 		this.setReadMethod(readMethod);
 		this.setWriteMethod(writeMethod);
 		this.propertyType = findPropertyType(readMethod, writeMethod);
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/ExtendedBeanInfoTests.java b/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/ExtendedBeanInfoTests.java
index aaf6e56092..ec2ca31e2b 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/ExtendedBeanInfoTests.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/ExtendedBeanInfoTests.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.beans.Introspector;
 import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -192,7 +193,6 @@ public class ExtendedBeanInfoTests {
 			}
 		}
 		class Child extends Parent {
-			@Override
 			public Integer getProperty1() {
 				return 2;
 			}
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ public class ExtendedBeanInfoTests {
 	@Test
 	public void cornerSpr9453() throws IntrospectionException {
 		final class Bean implements Spr9453<Class<?>> {
-			@Override
 			public Class<?> getProp() {
 				return null;
 			}
@@ -583,6 +582,20 @@ public class ExtendedBeanInfoTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Prior to SPR-10111 (a follow-up fix for SPR-9702), this method would throw an
+	 * IntrospectionException regarding a "type mismatch between indexed and non-indexed
+	 * methods" intermittently (approximately one out of every four times) under JDK 7
+	 * due to non-deterministic results from {@link Class#getDeclaredMethods()}.
+	 * See http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=7023180
+	 * @see #cornerSpr9702()
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void cornerSpr10111() throws Exception {
+		new ExtendedBeanInfo(Introspector.getBeanInfo(BigDecimal.class));
+	}
+
+
 	@Test
 	public void subclassWriteMethodWithCovariantReturnType() throws IntrospectionException {
 		@SuppressWarnings("unused") class B {
@@ -590,9 +603,7 @@ public class ExtendedBeanInfoTests {
 			public Number setFoo(String foo) { return null; }
 		}
 		class C extends B {
-			@Override
 			public String getFoo() { return null; }
-			@Override
 			public Integer setFoo(String foo) { return null; }
 		}
 
@@ -695,7 +706,7 @@ public class ExtendedBeanInfoTests {
 
 		for (PropertyDescriptor pd : ebi.getPropertyDescriptors()) {
 			if (pd.getName().equals("foo")) {
-				assertThat(pd.getWriteMethod(), is(C.class.getMethod("setFoo", int.class)));
+				assertThat(pd.getWriteMethod(), is(C.class.getMethod("setFoo", String.class)));
 				return;
 			}
 		}
@@ -733,7 +744,7 @@ public class ExtendedBeanInfoTests {
 		assertThat(hasReadMethodForProperty(ebi, "dateFormat"), is(false));
 		assertThat(hasWriteMethodForProperty(ebi, "dateFormat"), is(true));
 		assertThat(hasIndexedReadMethodForProperty(ebi, "dateFormat"), is(false));
-		assertThat(hasIndexedWriteMethodForProperty(ebi, "dateFormat"), is(true));
+		assertThat(hasIndexedWriteMethodForProperty(ebi, "dateFormat"), is(trueUntilJdk17()));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -864,7 +875,6 @@ public class ExtendedBeanInfoTests {
 	}
 
 	interface TextBookOperations extends BookOperations {
-		@Override
 		TextBook getBook();
 	}
 
@@ -874,7 +884,6 @@ public class ExtendedBeanInfoTests {
 	}
 
 	class LawLibrary extends Library implements TextBookOperations {
-		@Override
 		public LawBook getBook() { return null; }
 	}
 
@@ -889,7 +898,6 @@ public class ExtendedBeanInfoTests {
 		}
 
 		class B extends A {
-			@Override
 			public boolean isTargetMethod() {
 				return false;
 			}