BeanWrapperImpl.setBeanInstance correctly exposes root object

Issue: SPR-14474
(cherry picked from commit 938b56c)

Author: jhoeller

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/AbstractNestablePropertyAccessor.java

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractNestablePropertyAccessor extends AbstractPropertyA
 
 	private String nestedPath = "";
 
-	private Object rootObject;
+	Object rootObject;
 
 	/**
 	 * Map with cached nested Accessors: nested path -> Accessor instance.
@@ -914,11 +914,9 @@ else if (Map.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
 				return BeanUtils.instantiate(type);
 			}
 		}
-		catch (Exception ex) {
-			// TODO: Root cause exception context is lost here; just exception message preserved.
-			// Should we throw another exception type that preserves context instead?
+		catch (Throwable ex) {
 			throw new NullValueInNestedPathException(getRootClass(), this.nestedPath + name,
-					"Could not instantiate property type [" + type.getName() + "] to auto-grow nested property path: " + ex);
+					"Could not instantiate property type [" + type.getName() + "] to auto-grow nested property path", ex);
 		}
 	}
 

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanWrapperImpl.java

@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ private BeanWrapperImpl(Object object, String nestedPath, BeanWrapperImpl parent
 	 */
 	public void setBeanInstance(Object object) {
 		this.wrappedObject = object;
+		this.rootObject = object;
 		this.typeConverterDelegate = new TypeConverterDelegate(this, this.wrappedObject);
 		setIntrospectionClass(object.getClass());
 	}