JDK-7196160 : Project Coin: Allow @SafeVarargs on private methods
- Type: Enhancement
- Component: tools
- Sub-Component: javac
- Affected Version: 7
- Priority: P4
- Status: Closed
- Resolution: Fixed
- OS: generic
- CPU: generic
- Submitted: 2012-09-05
- Updated: 2021-12-27
- Resolved: 2014-06-24
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Description
A SafeVarargs annotation can only be applied to variable-arity executables that are one of: * static methods * final methods * constructors (which from a certain point of view are a special kind of static method) None of these executables can be overriden, which is a constraint since annotation are only inherited along the superclass chain at a type level and *not* at the method/constructor level. Since annotations are not inherited at the method level, an overriding method could knowingly or unknowingly violate the @SafeVararags constraint of the overridden method. Another kind of non-overridable executable is a private method. Therefore, it would be reasonable to allow @SafeVarargs to be applied to private methods too.
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