Description Philipe Mulet 2002-02-28 06:46:27 EST

For the following code

public abstract class BooleanValueNode {

  public final static BooleanValueNode FALSE_NODE = new BooleanValueNode() {
    public BooleanValueNode not() { return TRUE_NODE; } // line 17 in
original code
    public Node and( Node n ) { return FALSE_NODE; }
    public Node or( Node n ) { return n; }
  };

  public final static BooleanValueNode TRUE_NODE = new BooleanValueNode() {
    public BooleanValueNode not() {return FALSE_NODE;}
    public Node and( Node n ) {return n;}
    public Node or( Node n ) {return TRUE_NODE;}
  };

  private BooleanValueNode() {
  }
  public abstract BooleanValueNode not();
  public abstract Node and( Node n );
  public abstract Node or( Node n );
}

I get the following compile time error:

Report for 1 markers:
Marker 1:
  Resource: [...]/BooleanValueNode.java, Line: 17
  Message: Cannot reference a field before it is defined
  Marker type: org.eclipse.jdt.core.problem
  Priority: Normal

I think this is not conforming to the JLS:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/classes.doc.html#1898
8

Jikes compiles the class without problems.

I didn't find a bug report on the eclipse website. Should I post one?

Regards, Ilja