Predict specific object type in EhCacheFactoryBean

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/ehcache/EhCacheFactoryBean.java

@@ -399,7 +399,24 @@ public Ehcache getObject() {
 	}
 
 	public Class<? extends Ehcache> getObjectType() {
-		return (this.cache != null ? this.cache.getClass() : Ehcache.class);
+		if (this.cache != null) {
+			return this.cache.getClass();
+		}
+
+		if (this.cacheEntryFactory != null) {
+			if (this.cacheEntryFactory instanceof UpdatingCacheEntryFactory) {
+				return UpdatingSelfPopulatingCache.class;
+			}
+			else {
+				return SelfPopulatingCache.class;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (this.blocking) {
+			return BlockingCache.class;
+		}
+
+		return Cache.class;
 	}
 
 	public boolean isSingleton() {

spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/ehcache/EhCacheSupportTests.java

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ private void doTestEhCacheFactoryBean(boolean useCacheManagerFb) throws Exceptio
 		EhCacheManagerFactoryBean cacheManagerFb = null;
 		try {
 			EhCacheFactoryBean cacheFb = new EhCacheFactoryBean();
-			assertEquals(Ehcache.class, cacheFb.getObjectType());
+			assertTrue(Ehcache.class.isAssignableFrom(cacheFb.getObjectType()));
 			assertTrue("Singleton property", cacheFb.isSingleton());
 			if (useCacheManagerFb) {
 				cacheManagerFb = new EhCacheManagerFactoryBean();