Bug 84791

Summary:

[1.5][compiler] eclipse doesn't allow types to be derived from annotation types

Product:

[Eclipse Project] JDT

Reporter:

Jon Nall <nall>

Component:

Core

Assignee:

Philipe Mulet <philippe_mulet>

Status:

VERIFIED FIXED

QA Contact:

Severity:

normal

Priority:

Version:

3.1

Target Milestone:

3.1 M5

Hardware:

OS:

Linux

Whiteboard:

Attachments:

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Description Jon Nall

2005-02-09 11:22:21 EST

The JLS3 states on page 272:

A consequence of the fact that an annotation type cannot explicitly declare a
superclass or superinterface is that a subclass or subinterface of an annotation
type is never itself an annotation type. Similarly, annotation.Annotation is not
itself an annotation type.

Attached is a file containing examples of an interface extending an annotation
type and a class implementing an annotation type. javac compiles this file
without error.

I'm using eclipse:
Version: 3.1.0
Build id: I20050202-0800

Comment 1 Jon Nall

2005-02-09 11:22:53 EST

Created attachment 17787 [details]
Testcase

Comment 2 Philipe Mulet

2005-02-09 12:28:32 EST

Indeed we are a bit to strict.

Comment 3 Philipe Mulet

2005-02-09 12:28:59 EST

Added AnnotationTest#test110.

Comment 4 Philipe Mulet

2005-02-09 12:37:58 EST

Fixed in latest; we now tolerate annotation types where we allow super interfaces.

Comment 5 Jerome Lanneluc

2005-02-15 07:46:10 EST

Verified in I20050214