FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
openjdk version "1.8.0_102"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_102-b14)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.102-b14, mixed mode)


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Linux rainbow 4.7.5-200.fc24.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Sep 26 21:25:47 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Code problem found elsewhere and took a long time to fine with debugger, but distilled to the included source code:



STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
compile and run TestChar above


javac TestChar
java TestChar

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
This should fail to compile and NOT cast a char value as an int.
ACTUAL -
Type is int: 97


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
public class TestChar {

  public TestChar() { }

  public void test(String bla, int value) {
    System.out.println("Type is int: " + value);
  }

  public static void main(String args[]) {
    TestChar t= new TestChar();
    t.test("xxx", 'a'); // this statement should not compile and wreaks havoc if it does
    t= null;
  }

}

---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
I believe this code was working right in Java 7 and before (sorry, but not sure or I would have posted above). The problem reared it's head in some strange code. We changed a lot of code to use Enums and EnumLists to get around this.