Description Carlos Ferreira 2010-09-23 21:40:06 EDT

Build Identifier: I20100608-0911

Compiling below class in eclipse fails with error message "Method first(List<Number>) has the same erasure first(List<E>) as another method in type GenericsTest". It compiles and runs without issues using JDK 1.6.0_17

public class GenericsTest {

	public static Number first(List<Number> args) {
		return args.get(0);
	}

	public static String first(List<String> args) {
		return args.get(0);
	}

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		System.out.println(first(new ArrayList<Number>(Arrays
				.asList(new Integer[] { new Integer(1), new Integer(2) }))));

		System.out.println(first(new ArrayList<String>(Arrays
				.asList(new String[] { "one", "two" }))));
	}
}

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Define JDK compliance level as 1.6 in eclipse
2. Create new class using above code.