Bug ID: JDK-6403459 JavacProcessingEnvironment should know if parser errors occurred

JDK-6403459 : JavacProcessingEnvironment should know if parser errors occurred

Type: Bug
Component: tools
Sub-Component: javac
Affected Version: 6

Priority: P3
Status: Closed
Resolution: Fixed
OS: generic
CPU: generic

Submitted: 2006-03-24
Updated: 2010-04-03
Resolved: 2006-05-30

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JDK 6
6 b86Fixed

Related Reports

Relates :	JDK-6403468 - JSR269: processors raising errors doesn't result in nonzero exit code
Relates :	JDK-6278226 - Compiler errors in source code don't always cause apt programmatic interface to return non zero
Relates :	JDK-6412656 - JSR 199: pass annotation processor instances to compiler
Relates :	JDK-4991798 - need some indications of errors/warnings when running -nocompile
Relates :	JDK-5060009 - Tidy up the case where a superclass is generated by apt

Description

Currently, JavacProcessingEnvironment attempts new rounds of processing if any errors occurred, in the hope that processing will fix the errors.  In reality, parse errors cannot be fixed by processing, so should be regarded as fatal by JavacProcessingEnvironment.
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Comments

SUGGESTED FIX See 6403468 for changes.

24-05-2006

EVALUATION This would help make annotation processing easier to understand and more robust by failing early when recovery is not possible.

31-03-2006