JDK-6955264 : add option to suppress Abort in Check.completionError
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: javac
  • Affected Version: 7
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2010-05-24
  • Updated: 2011-05-18
  • Resolved: 2011-05-18
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JDK 7
7 b100Fixed
Description
NetBeans needs to the ability to suppress the Abort that may be thrown in Check.completionError.

Comments
EVALUATION The Abort is a fail-fast feature suitable for batch compilation; allowing clients the alternate behavior of returning syms.errType seems reasonable.
24-05-2010