javadoc fails on the following class (javac compiles it without error):

$ cat JD2.java
public class JD2 {

    static class A {}

    public static final A[] LIST = { new A() {} };

    public static final int COUNT = LIST.length;
}

$ /java/re/jdk/6u22/promoted/all/b04/binaries/solaris-i586/bin/javadoc JD2.java
Loading source file JD2.java...
Constructing Javadoc information...
Standard Doclet version 1.6.0_22
Building tree for all the packages and classes...
Generating JD2.html...
JD2.java:7: illegal forward reference
    public static final int COUNT = LIST.length;
                                    ^
Generating package-frame.html...
Generating package-summary.html...
Generating package-tree.html...
Generating constant-values.html...
Building index for all the packages and classes...
Generating overview-tree.html...
Generating index-all.html...
Generating deprecated-list.html...
Building index for all classes...
Generating allclasses-frame.html...
Generating allclasses-noframe.html...
Generating index.html...
Generating help-doc.html...
Generating stylesheet.css...
1 error