Tiny bit of protective checking in `AnnotatedClass` to help with potential concurrency issue
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
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@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 === Releases ===
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+2.7.10 (not yet released)
+
+- Minor robustification of method resolution in `AnnotatedClass`
+
 2.7.9 (04-Feb-2017)
 
 #1367: No Object Id found for an instance when using `@ConstructorProperties`