This is a SUNBUG for 100210: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/show_bug.cgi?id=100210

When you have a field with generic type where the generic is an interface
Introspector overide the PropertyDescriptor into the method
addPropertyDescriptor

In my test case the field genericObject in BaseObject is supose to be bound.

testcase.zip attached to this report.


Test output in JDK7 build 14:

% javac -g *.java
% java -showversion MainTest
java version "1.7.0-ea"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-ea-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) Tiered VM (build 1.7.0-ea-b14, mixed mode)

class is bound: false
genericObject is bound: true
test is bound: true


Test output in JDK7 build 15:

% javac -g *.java
% java -showversion MainTest
java version "1.7.0-ea"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-ea-b15)
Java HotSpot(TM) Tiered VM (build 1.7.0-ea-b15, mixed mode)

class is bound: false
genericObject is bound: false
test is bound: true