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abstract class Test { private static void bar(int arg) { } abstract void bar(); static class Foo extends Test { @Override void bar() { bar(1); } } } The above snippet compiles in eclipse, but throws the following error in javac (1.8.0_65-b17): error: no suitable method found for bar(int) bar(1); ^ method Test.bar() is not applicable (actual and formal argument lists differ in length) method Foo.bar() is not applicable (actual and formal argument lists differ in length) I'm not sure which behavior is correct.
Thanks for the test case. If you qualify the method call like this: Test.bar(1); also javac will agree that this method is accessible. It seems to be an issue of shadowing not detected by ecj, read: if Foo.bar() shadows Test.bar(int) then the latter cannot be referred to using the simple name "bar". I don't think that inheritance plays a role here (private methods are never inherited). If it were a case of inheritance, we'd be speaking of hiding of an inherited static method by an instance method, for which I don't readily see any rule in the spec.
bulk move out of 4.8
Bulk move out of 4.9
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