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  2. JDK-8148464

15.12.2.5: Unclear interpretation of a method's "erasure"

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      FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
      java version "1.8.0_66"
      Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_66-b18)
      Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.66-b18, mixed mode)

      ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
      Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

      A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
      I found a bug in Oracle java compiler that causes "reference to ... is ambiguous" error. The same code does compile with Eclipse java compiler without any problem.
      The scenario is as following:
      * you have an generic interface GI with a method m using the generic (without bounds) as argument
      * you have an typed (non-generic) interface TI with a method defining the same method signature but instead of the generic it uses a concret non-primitive type X.
      * you have an interface CI that combines both interfaces and binds the generic to X (extends GI<X>, TI).
      * also CI defines a default method that calls the method m with some argument compliant to X.

      I added the minimum isolated code in the "Source code for an executable test case" field.

      See also here where I discovered the problem in an open-source project:
      https://github.com/m-m-m/util/issues/166

      ADDITIONAL REGRESSION INFORMATION:
      Works fine in Eclipse compiler.

      STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
      Compile the code submitted in "Source code for an executable test case".

      EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
      EXPECTED -
      Should compile as both methods are setValue(java.lang.Boolean) and should not be considered ambiguous but same.
      ACTUAL -
      [ERROR] .../src/main/java/CombinedInterface.java:[5,5] reference to setValue is ambiguous
      [ERROR] both method setValue(java.lang.Boolean) in TypedInterface and method setValue(V) in GenericInterface match

      ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
      [ERROR] .../src/main/java/CombinedInterface.java:[5,5] reference to setValue is ambiguous
      [ERROR] both method setValue(java.lang.Boolean) in TypedInterface and method setValue(V) in GenericInterface match

      REPRODUCIBILITY :
      This bug can be reproduced always.

      ---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
      public interface GenericInterface<V> {
        void setValue(V value);
      }
      public interface TypedInterface {
        void setValue(Boolean value);
      }
      public interface CombinedInterface extends GenericInterface<Boolean>, TypedInterface {
        default void set(boolean value) {
          setValue(Boolean.valueOf(value));
        }
      }
      ---------- END SOURCE ----------

      CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
      Use Eclipse compiler instead.

            dlsmith Dan Smith
            webbuggrp Webbug Group
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