Introduce FeatureSpecification types for util:* elements and parsers [SPR-8172]

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Chris Beams opened SPR-8172 and commented

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This issue is a sub-task of #12694

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Chris Beams commented

Unnecessary. All elements in the util:\* namespace are workarounds for the inability to instantiate Java types and access Java members from within XML. Wherever util:\* namespace elements are used, translation to Java within a @Bean method should be so straightforward as to be obvious.