Name: rmT116609 Date: 02/09/2004


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.5.0-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-beta-b32c)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0-beta-b32c, mixed mode)

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The metadata-1_0-prd-spec/metadata-public-draft.html document allows "AnnotationTypeMemberDeclaration" to contain a "ConstantDeclaration", but the following code will not compile.

(is this is what is ment by ConstantDeclaration?)

public @interface Annot1 {
    String value();
    int CONSTANT = 3;
}



ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
Annot1.java:5: an @interface may not contain a field
    int CONSTANT = 3;
        ^
1 error


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
package foo.metadata;

public @interface Annot1 {
    String value();
    int CONSTANT = 3;
}

---------- END SOURCE ----------
(Incident Review ID: 238049)
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