JDK-8034044 : Class.getModifiers() returns "static" for anonymous classes
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.lang:reflect
  • Affected Version: 7u4
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2014-02-09
  • Updated: 2017-07-19
  • Resolved: 2014-04-02
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JDK 9
9 b08Fixed
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-8055235 - Anonymous class modifier is incorrect
Duplicate :  
JDK-8146064 - javac allows empty enum inside anonymous class in static method
Relates :  
JDK-6219964 - Compiler allows illegal cast of anonymous inner class
Relates :  
JDK-6520152 - ACC_FINAL flag for anonymous classes shouldn't be set
Relates :  
JDK-4777101 - final treatment of anonymous classes not marked in .class files?
Sub Tasks
JDK-8184946 :  
Release Note: javac no longer marks anonymous classes 'static' - Closed
Description
 Oracle's implementation returns "static" for anonymous classes, which 
contradicts the spec.

Java 7 spec: 
        An anonymous class is always implicitly final (8.1.1.2). 
        An anonymous class is always an inner class (8.1.3); it is never 
static (8.1.1, 8.5.1). 
        The modifier static pertains only to member classes (8.5.1), not to 
top level or local or anonymous classes.
Comments
Review thread: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/compiler-dev/2014-March/008581.html
01-04-2014
I recommend the related bugs linked to be investigated to get the history of how and why the modifiers of anonymous classes are set the way they are.
09-02-2014
The reported testcase: TESTCASE -------- import java.lang.reflect.Modifier; public class ModTest { public static void main(String[] args) { Object o = new Object() {}; System.out.println("Class.toString(): " + o.getClass().toString()); System.out.println("Class.getModifiers(): " + o.getClass().getModifiers() + " = " + Modifier.toString(o.getClass().getModifiers())); } } REPRODUCTION INSTRUCTIONS ------------------------- 1. javac ModTest.java 2. javap ModTest$1 (Note the "final" modifier in the javap output) 3. java ModTest (Note the "static" modifier returned by Class.getModifiers())
09-02-2014