JDK-7004476 : Lint.LintCategory should support aliases
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: javac
  • Affected Version: 7
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Rejected
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2010-12-03
  • Updated: 2025-05-23
  • Resolved: 2025-05-05
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-8354556 - Expand value-based class warnings to java.lang.ref API
Description
Lint.LintCategory should be extended to support aliases, to facilitate supporting alternate names that may be supported by other compilers, and therefore in use in programmer code.

One name should (continue to) be distinguished and used in -Xlint and in warning messages.
Comments
this issue has been fixed as part of the fix for: JDK-8354556
23-05-2025