Name: ngR10089 Date: 10/01/2001


 
In the case when a top-level class and a static nested class, declared in
another class from the same packade, have the same name, Java compiler
jdk1.4.0beta3-b81 rejects or permits using of the top-level class
depending on the order of references to these same named classes.

To reproduce the bug compile 3 sources below:

> javac -d . Actions.java CallableSystemAction.java ToolbarButton.java

After that the compilation of bad.java in which the reference to class using
static nested class precedes the reference to top-level class reports an error.

> javac -d . bad.java
bad.java:7: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class ToolbarButton
location: package awt
core.awt.ToolbarButton b;
                ^
1 error
>

Another source file in which the reference to the top-level class precedes the
reference to the class using static nested class is compiled successfully.

> javac -d . good.java
>

> java -version
java version "1.4.0-beta3"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta3-b81)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-beta3-b81, mixed mode)


-----------------ToolbarButton.java------------------
package core.awt;

public class ToolbarButton {
}
----------------------------------------------------
-----------------Actions.java------------------
package core.awt;

public class Actions {
public static class ToolbarButton {
}
}
----------------------------------------------------
-----------------CallableSystemAction.java------------------
package core.util.actions;

import core.awt.*;

public class CallableSystemAction {
Actions.ToolbarButton tb;
}
----------------------------------------------------
-----------------bad.java------------------
package t;

public class bad extends core.util.actions.CallableSystemAction {
}

class bad1 {
core.awt.ToolbarButton b;
}
----------------------------------------------------
-----------------good.java------------------
package t;

class good1 {
core.awt.ToolbarButton b;
}

public class good extends core.util.actions.CallableSystemAction {
}
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