Description Eric Bartley 2011-02-07 16:48:47 EST

Build Identifier: 20100917-0705

Java doc for javax.lang.model.element.Element.getAnnotation(Class<A> annotationType) says "The annotation may be either inherited or directly present on this element."

I'm not seeing the behavior when my annotation processing is running in Eclipse.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Inherited
public @interface A {
}
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@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
public @interface B {
}
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@A
public class ClassA {
}
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@B
public class ClassB extends ClassA {
}
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	@Override
	public boolean process(Set<? extends TypeElement> arg0,
			RoundEnvironment arg1) {
		Set<? extends Element> elements = arg1.getElementsAnnotatedWith(B.class);
		
		for (Element e : elements) {
			A a = e.getAnnotation(A.class);
			if (a == null) {
				processingEnv.getMessager().printMessage(Kind.ERROR, "No inherited annotation.");
			}
		}
		return false;
	}


I would expect the call to return the super classes annotation not null.