Name: krC82822 Date: 01/29/2001


29 Jan 2001, eval1127@eng -- reproducible with 1.3.0 and merlin beta 49.
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java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, mixed mode)

and

java version "1.4.0-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta-b49)


The 'idlj' tool supplied with Java 2 SDK 1.3.0 for Windows generates server
code with variables having names that sometimes clash with the names of
parameters.

Using the following IDL (Demo.idl) as an example:

    interface Demo {
        long demo(in long method);
    };

If we invoke the following command to generate Java source:

    idlj -fall Demo.idl

And then the following command to compile the generated Java source:

    javac *.java

We obtain the following compiler error output:

    _DemoImplBase.java:37: method is already defined in _invoke
(java.lang.String,org
.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream,org.omg.CORBA.portable.ResponseHandler)
             int method = in.read_long ();
                 ^
    1 error

This is because idlj generates a local variable named 'method' whose name
clashes with the name of the parameter named 'method'.

Many other bug reports (e.g., 4149897, 4118046, 4149581, 4149834, 4149807)
mention a similar problem with the older 'idltojava' compiler, and the
  Evaluation section claims that the problem has been fixed in Java SDK 1.3. The
names that clash may have changed, but the problem remains!
(Review ID: 109854)
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