FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.7.0_40"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_40-b43)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.0-b56, mixed mode)


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :

Darwin ABHISHK2-M-40RU 13.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 13.3.0: Tue Jun  3 21:27:35 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.110.17~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Anonymous class is generated with class modifier as static. The spec says differently.

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/jls-15.html#jls-15.9.5

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An anonymous class declaration is automatically derived from a class instance creation expression by the Java compiler.

An anonymous class is never abstract (����8.1.1.1).

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).
===

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
In the following code, the printed modifier is "static" when compiled with javac.


import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;

public class MyClass {
  public static interface TestInterface{
    public void test();
  }

  public static void main(String [] args){
    TestInterface t = new TestInterface() {
      @Override
      public void test() {
        System.out.println("created...");
      }
    };

    int mods = t.getClass().getModifiers();
    System.out.println("Modifiers are: " + Modifier.toString(mods));
  }
}

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Modifiers would be empty
ACTUAL -
Modifier was "static"

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;

public class MyClass {
  public static interface TestInterface{
    public void test();
  }

  public static void main(String [] args){
    TestInterface t = new TestInterface() {
      @Override
      public void test() {
        System.out.println("created...");
      }
    };

    int mods = t.getClass().getModifiers();
    System.out.println("Modifiers are: " + Modifier.toString(mods));
  }
}
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