Description Olivier Thomann 2005-05-11 11:21:41 EDT

Related to bug 84551, the reported error message is misleading.

Test case:
class Outer {
   class Inner { }
   
   static void test(Inner i) { }
}
 
compile sans problème, mais:
class Outer<T> {
   class Inner { }
   
   static void test(Inner i) { }
}

We now report:
Cannot make a static reference to the type parameter Inner

This is not clear what the problem is.

javac reports:
Outer.java:4: non-static class Outer.Inner cannot be referenced from a static
context
        static void test(Inner i) { }
                         ^
1 error

Not sure if this is much better.