Description steve francolla 2005-12-29 13:20:46 EST

I have a set of classes coded as defined here.  A full set of compileable class files are available at the attached url (until this bug is resolved).

1   //A.java:
2   public class A<T extends A<T>> extends SomeArbitraryClass<T> {
3   
4     public static class B {
5 
6       protected void set(C val) { ... }
7
8       protected class C { ... }
9     }
10  }
11
12  //ObjThatExtendsB.java
13  public class ObjThatExtendsB extends A.B {
14
15    protected void doSomeSetting() {
16      super.set(new ObjThatExtendsC());       //compile error is on this  super.set() call.
17    }
18
19    protected class ObjThatExtendsC extends C { ... }
20  }

This code compiles error-free in Sun 1.5.0_05 but produces the following problem in Eclipse, regarding line 16 above:

  "The method set(A<T>.B.C) in the type A.B is not applicable for 
   the arguments (ObjThatExtendsB.ObjThatExtendsC)"

Since B is a static inner class, should not Eclipse realize extensions B.C independent of A<T>?

I've coded the simple work-around but this is still an issue seeing as the sun compiler handles the code well.

SF