Name: stC104175			Date: 03/27/2000


java version "1.3.0rc1"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0rc1-T)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0rc1-S, mixed mode)

The class provided compiles fine in jdk v1.1.6, jdk v.1.2.2 and jdk v1.3beta-0.

When compiling with jdk v1.3.0rc1 javac returns the following error:

CyclicInheritanceTest.java:12: cyclic inheritance involving
CyclicInheritanceTest
  public interface InnerInterface{
         ^
1 error


public class CyclicInheritanceTest  implements
CyclicInheritanceTest.InnerInterface{

  public static void main(String[] args){
    System.out.println(ONE);
    System.out.println(TWO);
    System.out.println(THREE);
  }
  
  public interface InnerInterface{
    public final InnerInnerClass ONE=new InnerInnerClass("ONE");
    public final InnerInnerClass TWO=new InnerInnerClass("TWO");
    public final InnerInnerClass THREE=new InnerInnerClass("THREE");
    
    public class InnerInnerClass{
      public final String txt;
      
      public InnerInnerClass(String txt){
        this.txt=txt;
      }
      
      public String toString(){
        return txt;
      }
    }
  }
}
(Review ID: 102880) 
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