JDK-8043226 : Better diagnostics for non-applicable type annotations
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: javac
  • Affected Version: 8,9
  • Priority: P5
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2014-05-15
  • Updated: 2024-06-22
  • Resolved: 2024-06-04
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JDK 23
23 b26Fixed
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-8334757 - AssertionError: Missing type variable in where clause
Relates :  
JDK-8334055 - Unhelpful 'required: reference' diagnostics after JDK-8043226
Description
Currently the only diagnostic which indicates that a type annotation cannot be applied to a given piece of syntax reads "cannot annotate scoping construct".  This is unclear and in some cases, outright misleading (particularly for annotations on .class expressions).  There ought to be better diagnostics.
Comments
Changeset: 612b6896 Author: Liam Miller-Cushon <cushon@openjdk.org> Date: 2024-06-04 17:18:53 +0000 URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/612b6896d28cebf61ef024709ff3afb5e3ee0dde
04-06-2024
A pull request was submitted for review. URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16592 Date: 2023-11-10 01:21:28 +0000
10-11-2023