FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-ea-b117)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
My test is running on the public CI-Server Travis: https://travis-ci.org/stefanbirkner/oraclejdk8-method-getannotations-bug/jobs/14898742

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
I have two classes Super and Sub in the package foobar.

class Super {
  @org.junit.Test
  public void methodOfSuper() {
  }
}

public class Sub extends Super {
}

It is important that the Super has package visibility. The call Sub.class.getMethod("methodOfSuper").getAnnotations() returns different values in JDK 7 and JDK 8. On JDK 7 it has no annotations while on JDK 8 it has one annotation (@Test).

(This bug has been found to be the cause of a JUnit bug: https://github.com/junit-team/junit /issues/749 )

REGRESSION. Last worked in version 7u45

ADDITIONAL REGRESSION INFORMATION:
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_45-b18)

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Clone the project https://github.com/stefanbirkner/oraclejdk8-method-getannotations-bug and run mvn test.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
mvn test should be successful.
ACTUAL -
mvn test fails.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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https://github.com/stefanbirkner/oraclejdk8-method-getannotations-bug
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