Bug ID: JDK-5003431 java.lang.Object cannot be dereferenced

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JDK 6
6 b67Fixed

See <http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=316&thread=495830>

class Test {
    static class SomeType<T> { T t = null; }

    static <T> T nil() { return (new SomeType<T>()).t; }

    public static void test() {
        nil().getClass();               // error: java.lang.Object cannot be dereferenced
    }
}

PUBLIC COMMENTS I tried the following code with 6u16 and it compiles fine: class SomeClass { void callSomeMethodOfSomeClass() {} } class Test { public <S extends SomeClass> S getSome() { return null; } void test() { getSome().callSomeMethodOfSomeClass(); } } Please attach a complete test case that can be used to reproduce the problem.
19-08-2009
SUGGESTED FIX http://sa.sfbay.sun.com/projects/langtools_data/mustang/5034571/
26-01-2006
WORK AROUND Test.<Object>nil().getClass(); ###@###.### 2005-03-26 02:56:24 GMT
26-03-2005
SUGGESTED FIX Index: src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Infer.java ============================================================ @@ -247,7 +251,7 @@ List<Type> targs = Type.map(undetvars, getInstFun); checkWithinBounds(that.tvars, targs, warn); - return qtype1.map(getInstFun); + return getInstFun.apply(qtype1); } /** Instantiate method type `mt' by finding instantiations of ###@###.### 2005-2-01 08:14:58 GMT
01-02-2005
CONVERTED DATA BugTraq+ Release Management Values COMMIT TO FIX: dragon
07-09-2004
PUBLIC COMMENTS ...
07-09-2004
EVALUATION A bug. ###@###.### 2004-02-25
25-02-2004

Duplicate :	JDK-5043021 - cannot unbox from bound of type variable.
Duplicate :	JDK-5042920 - (inference) underconstrained type variable cannot be dereferenced
Relates :	JDK-5034571 - Wildcard capture must use the bounds of the formal