Name: ddT132432 Date: 12/18/2001


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.4.0-beta3"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build
1.4.0-beta3-b84)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-beta3-b84, mixed
mode)


FULL OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION :
Windows 98 [Version 4.10.1998]

ADDITIONAL OPERATING SYSTEMS :
All OS's - the problem is platform independent


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The javac compiler mistakenly reports a duplicate class
declaration in the example below, when a member class
inside an anonymous class shadows the declaration of a
local class by the same name. According to JLS 14.3, the
shadowing is legal since the two classes of the same simple
name are declared in different innermost enclosing classes.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. compile the program listed below


EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
Expected: The compiler should complete without error.

Actual: Compilation fails:
Foo.java:5: duplicate class: Local
        class Local {}
        ^
1 error


This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
class Foo {
  void foo() {
    class Local {} // local class
    new Object() {
      class Local {} // member class
    };
  }
}

---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER WORKAROUND :
Do not attempt to reuse names, even though it is legal.
(Review ID: 137418)
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