Bug 340029

Summary:

[1.5][compiler] Enum constructor that throws Exception reports a confusing error message

Product:

[Eclipse Project] JDT

Reporter:

Olivier Thomann <Olivier_Thomann>

Component:

Core

Assignee:

Olivier Thomann <Olivier_Thomann>

Status:

VERIFIED FIXED

QA Contact:

Severity:

normal

Priority:

CC:

satyam.kandula

Version:

3.7

Target Milestone:

3.7 M7

Hardware:

OS:

Windows 7

Whiteboard:

Attachments:

Description	Flags
Proposed fix + regression test	none

Description Olivier Thomann

2011-03-15 10:26:02 EDT

Compiling the following code:
public enum X {
  A, B;
  private X() throws Exception {
  }
}
It reports:
----------
1. ERROR in C:\tests_sources\X.java (at line 1)
	public enum X {
	^
Unhandled exception type Exception
----------
2. ERROR in C:\tests_sources\X.java (at line 1)
	public enum X {
	^
Unhandled exception type Exception
----------
2 problems (2 errors)

It is confusing to find out what the problem is.
The error should be reported against the enum constant.

Comment 1 Olivier Thomann

2011-03-15 13:27:08 EDT

Created attachment 191229 [details]
Proposed fix + regression test

Comment 2 Olivier Thomann

2011-03-15 13:27:21 EDT

Released for 3.7M7.

Comment 3 Satyam Kandula

2011-04-25 11:04:37 EDT

I think the error message could be further improved by giving the error at X rather than A and B. I have filed bug 343738 to take care of it. 
As the error message has improved, I am marking this as Verified. 
Verified for 3.7M7 using I20110421-1800