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  2. JDK-8043734

lambda ambiguous reference caused by RuntimeException

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      FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
      java version "1.8.0_05"
      Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_05-b13)
      Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.5-b02, mixed mode)


      ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
      Linux fgutmann-desktop 3.11.0-20-generic #35~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 21:32:55 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

      A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
      Method calls with a lamda expression argument which always throws a RuntimeException in the body aren't correctly disambiguated between overloaded methods. The disambiguation problem arises when one of the overloaded methods takes a function with void return type and the other a function with a return value.

      void invoke(Runnable r) { }

      <T> T invoke(Supplier<T> s) { return null; }

      // fails
      invoke(() -> {
      throw new RuntimeException();
      });

      // while this works
      invoke(() -> {
      if(true) {
      throw new RuntimeException();
      }
      });

      STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
      Compile the supplied test case.

      EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
      EXPECTED -
      Compiler should have chosen invoke(Runnable r)
      ACTUAL -
      Compiler error reference to invoke is ambiguous


      ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
      LambdaTest.java:13: error: reference to invoke is ambiguous
      test.invoke(() -> {
      ^
        both method invoke(Runnable) in LambdaTest and method <T>invoke(Supplier<T>) in LambdaTest match
        where T is a type-variable:
          T extends Object declared in method <T>invoke(Supplier<T>)
      1 error


      REPRODUCIBILITY :
      This bug can be reproduced always.

      ---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
      import java.util.function.Supplier;

      public class LambdaTest {

      private void invoke(Runnable r) { }

      private <T> T invoke(Supplier<T> s) { return null; }

      public static void main(String [] args) {
      LambdaTest test = new LambdaTest();

      // fails
      test.invoke(() -> {
      System.out.println("hello world");
      throw new RuntimeException();
      });

      // while this works
      test.invoke(() -> {
      if(true) {
      throw new RuntimeException();
      }
      });
      }
      }
      ---------- END SOURCE ----------

      CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
      Wrap throwing of the RuntimeException in a if(true) statement.

            vromero Vicente Arturo Romero Zaldivar
            webbuggrp Webbug Group
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