A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
When a class inherits a static method from a superclass and inherits an abstract method with the same name and parameters from a superinterface, the compile-time message error thrown is the same as when a class inherits a static method from a superclass but inherits from a default method from a superinterface. So in the latter case the message should be different.

JUSTIFICATION :
This is behaviour is quite confusing because in the second case the conflicting method is not an abstract one but a default one.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
So in this situation, the message could be "The static method ... conflicts with the default method in ... ".
ACTUAL -
When a class C1 inherits a static method m() from a superclass S and inherits an abstract method m() from a superinterface I, a compile-time message error is thrown : "The static method f() conflicts with the abstract method in I".

When a class C2 inherits a static method m() from the same superclass S but inherits a default method m() from a superinterface J, a similar compile-time message error is thrown : "The static method f() conflicts with the abstract method in J".



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public class C1 extends C implements I {

}

class C2 extends C implements J {

}

class C {
public static void f() {
}
}

interface I {
default void f() {
}
}

interface J {
default void f() {
}
}
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