Bug 80743

Summary:	[compiler] Interface cannot define a method from Object with a different return type
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Olivier Thomann <Olivier_Thomann>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	Kent Johnson <kent_johnson>
Status:	VERIFIED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	3.1
Target Milestone:	3.1 M5
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Olivier Thomann

2004-12-10 19:05:40 EST

Using latest, this should fail.

interface X {
     long hashCode();
}

javac 1.5 reports:
hashCode() in X cannot override hashCode() in java.lang.Object; attempting to
use incompatible return type

Comment 1 Kent Johnson

2005-01-12 12:23:07 EST

Added MethodVerify test031

Comment 2 David Audel

2005-02-16 06:06:06 EST

Verified in I20050215-2300