Description Constantine Plotnikov 2004-12-02 10:19:19 EST

I'm using eclipse-SDK-I20041201-win32.zip.

Runtime retention policy does not seems to be implemented in the compiler. In
the provided test null should not be returned from getAnnotation() method. The
following line is printed:
"value = null"

When compiled by JDK 1.5, the following line is printed:
"value = @test.Attr(tst=-1)"

Also class files are different "RuntimeVisibleAnnotations" class file attribute
is used by JDK 1.5 and "RuntimeInvisibleAnnotations" by Eclipse. 

Note: unsafe cast in sample is done to avoid bug
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=80012.

------------------ test/Attr.java ------------------
package test;
import java.lang.annotation.*;
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.TYPE})
public @interface Attr {
  public int tst() default -1;
}

------------------ test/TestCls.java ---------------
package test;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
@Attr 
public class TestCls {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
  	Object e = TestCls.class.getAnnotation((Class<Annotation>)(Class)Attr.class);
  	System.out.println("value = "+e);
  }
}