@Async isn't applied, if the interface doesn't have concrete implementation

If we add @Async fo the interface method, but don't provide an implementation for the interface, we and end up with issue, when @Async can't be applied and java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Class must not be null is thrown.

Can't we use the same AutoProxyRegistrar technique for @Async as it is for @Transactional?
I mean build a new Proxy independently of target bean state.

I understand that AsyncExecutionAspectSupport should be the first one in the chain, but it looks like we have a limitation on the matter, if we don't provide a real implementation for our annotated interface.

The Spring Integration infrastructure just creates proxy fo the provided interface and that's all.

See linked issue INT-3448