FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
atom 11:37:26 ~> java -version
java version "1.6.0_01"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_01-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_01-b06, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Linux atom.opsecsecurity.com 2.6.9-42.0.10.ELsmp #1 SMP Tue Feb 27 10:11:19 EST 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Calling getValue() on an annotation for which getValue() is supposed to return a Class[] throws an exception. This is known as reported in http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=791053&tstart=0 but the problem is that getTypeMirror() as successted in the posting only returns the first element of the array and not the entire array. Consequently, if I have an annotation that receives an array of Class such as
@SomeAnnotation(Iterable.class, Object.class, MyClass.class)
the only value that I can access by calling getTypeMirror() is the first value of the array (Iterable.class) and not the subsequent ones.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. javac AnnotationBug.java
2. javac -processor AnnotationBug -processorpath . AnnotationBug.java


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
import java.lang.annotation.*;
import javax.annotation.*;
import javax.annotation.processing.*;

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

import javax.annotation.processing.*;
import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
import javax.lang.model.element.*;
import javax.lang.model.type.*;
import javax.tools.Diagnostic;

@interface Bug{
   Class[] value();
}

////////
// to compile:
// javac AnnotationBug.java
// then again using the processor
// javac -processor AnnotationBug -processorpath . AnnotationBug.java

@Bug({Object.class, Iterable.class, Byte.class, Appendable.class, Runnable.class, Boolean.class})
@SupportedAnnotationTypes("Bug")
public class AnnotationBug extends AbstractProcessor {

   @Override
   public SourceVersion getSupportedSourceVersion() {
      return SourceVersion.RELEASE_6;
   }

   @Override
   public boolean process(Set<? extends TypeElement> annotations, RoundEnvironment round) {

      for (Element element : round.getElementsAnnotatedWith(Bug.class)){
         Bug bug = element.getAnnotation(Bug.class);

         try{
           // The line below is expected to blow up as per http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=791053&tstart=0
           Class[] classes = bug.value();
         }
         catch(MirroredTypeException e){
           if (e.getTypeMirror() instanceof ArrayType)
              System.out.println("This is what is expected and make some sense.");
           else{
              System.out.println("This is not expected, and we can only access the first value in the array contained in Bug");
              System.out.println("We can only access " + e.getTypeMirror());
              // the problem is that while we declared an array of classes and passed that to the
              // annotation (line 25), we can only access the first element of that array and all other
              // elements are not accessible.
           }
         }
      }

      return true;
   }
}

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

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
none known at this time