Description Fabrizio Giustina 2005-04-30 04:30:42 EDT

Eclipse can't compile a class which javac is able to compile without errors when :
- the same field is defined in a parent class and an inner class [1]
- another inner class [2] extends the previous inner class [1] and uses the field

A test case is easier than an explaination: the following class compiles with
javac (tested on jdk1.5, windows):

public class TestDuplicateField
{
    public int simpleField;
    public TestDuplicateField()
    {
        simpleField = 1;
    }
    public class InnerOne
    {
        public int simpleField;
        public InnerOne()
        {
            simpleField = 1;
        }
    }
    public class InnerTwo extends InnerOne
    {
        public InnerTwo()
        {
            simpleField = 1;
        }
    }
}

Eclipse reports the following error:
"The field simpleType is defined in an inherited type and an enclosing scope"

Tested on Eclipse 3.1M6