Description Patrik Beno 2005-11-24 04:52:34 EST

we're getting following error:

line 10: The method format(String, Object, Object) in the type Assert is not applicable for the arguments (String)
line 11: The method format(String, Object, Object) from the type Assert is not visible


the test code is as follows:

---code---
package bug;

import static java.lang.String.format;
import junit.framework.TestCase;

public class Bug extends TestCase {
	static public void main(String[] args) {
		String msg = "something's rotten in the state of Denmark";
		// bug
		System.out.println(format(msg));
		System.out.println(format(msg, 1, 2));		
	}
}
---end-of-code---

NOTES: 
1) javac compiles this with no problems
2) inherited Assert.format(...) (which compiler tries to compile against) is package private (therefore not accessible) which means there's no conflict

IMPACT:
since we use static imports a lot, this is a show-stopper for us :-(

WORKAROUND:
- avoid static import and use String.format() explicitly