Summary
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Document possible runtime vs compile-time difference in set of annotations present for `RoundEnvironment.getElementsAnnotatedWith` methods taking a `Class` object.
Problem
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The set of annotation types available at runtime using `Class` objects may differ from the set of annotation types available at compile time using TypeElement objects. For example, the runtime class path may include type *not* on the compiler-type paths.
Solution
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Note this possibility in the affected methods.
Specification
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--- old/src/java.compiler/share/classes/javax/annotation/processing/RoundEnvironment.java 2018-11-02 09:55:44.074001000 -0700
+++ new/src/java.compiler/share/classes/javax/annotation/processing/RoundEnvironment.java 2018-11-02 09:55:43.902001000 -0700
@@ -143,11 +143,26 @@
* simply because a {@code module-info} file for that module was
* created.
*
+ * <p> Note: An implementation of this method typically performs
+ * an internal conversion from the runtime reflective
+ * representation of an annotation type as a {@code Class} object
+ * to a different representation used for annotation
+ * processing. The set of annotation types present in the runtime
+ * context may differ from the set of annotation types present in
+ * the context of annotation processing in a particular
+ * environmental configuration. If an runtime annotation type is
+ * not present in the annotation processing context, the situation
+ * is not treated as an error and no elements are found for that
+ * annotation type.
+ *
* @param a annotation type being requested
* @return the elements annotated with the given annotation type,
* or an empty set if there are none
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the argument does not
* represent an annotation type
+ *
+ * @see javax.lang.model.AnnotatedConstruct#getAnnotation(Class)
+ * @see javax.lang.model.AnnotatedConstruct#getAnnotationsByType(Class)
*/
Set<? extends Element> getElementsAnnotatedWith(Class<? extends Annotation> a);
@@ -155,6 +170,18 @@
* Returns the elements annotated with one or more of the given
* annotation types.
*
+ * <p> Note: An implementation of this method typically performs
+ * an internal conversion from the runtime reflective
+ * representation of an annotation type as a {@code Class} object
+ * to a different representation used for annotation
+ * processing. The set of annotation types present in the runtime
+ * context may differ from the set of annotation types present in
+ * the context of annotation processing in a particular
+ * environmental configuration. If an runtime annotation type is
+ * not present in the annotation processing context, the situation
+ * is not treated as an error and no elements are found for that
+ * annotation type.
+ *
* @apiNote This method may be useful when processing repeating
* annotations by looking for an annotation type and its
* containing annotation type at the same time.
@@ -172,6 +199,10 @@
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the any elements of the
* argument set do not represent an annotation type
* @jls 9.6.3 Repeatable Annotation Types
+ *
+ * @see javax.lang.model.AnnotatedConstruct#getAnnotation(Class)
+ * @see javax.lang.model.AnnotatedConstruct#getAnnotationsByType(Class)
+ *
* @since 9
*/
default Set<? extends Element> getElementsAnnotatedWithAny(Set<Class<? extends Annotation>> annotations){