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  2. JDK-8194998

broken error message for subclass of interface with private method

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        FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
        java version "9.0.1"
        Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 9.0.1+11)
        Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 9.0.1+11, mixed mode)

        ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
        17.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 17.2.0: Fri Sep 29 18:27:05 PDT 2017; root:xnu-4570.20.62~3/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64


        A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
        The following code is quite confusing, as after casting an anonymous class to its interface it can work as a functional interface (in various constructions actually):

        public class A {
            public static void main(String[] args) {
                Runnable test1 = ((I)(new I() {}))::test; // compiles OK
                Runnable test2 = ((new I() {}))::test; // won't compile
            }

            interface I {
                private void test() {}
            }
        }

        So, Runnable test1 = ((I)(new I() {}))::test; compiles and works okay, while Runnable test2 = ((new I() {}))::test; doesn't compile.

        It seems that it is not a consistent behavior. Either one should be compiled well and another, or both shouldn't be compiled.

        STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
        Compile the following code:

        public class A {

            public static void main(String[] args) {
                Runnable test1 = ((I)(new I() {}))::test;
                Runnable test2 = ((new I() {}))::test;
            }

            interface I {
                private void test() {}
            }

        }


        EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
        EXPECTED -
        Perhaps, Runnable test2 = ((new I() {}))::test; should be compiled fine in this example.
        ACTUAL -
        Runnable test1 = ((I)(new I() {}))::test; is compiled well
        Runnable test2 = ((new I() {}))::test; is not compiled.



        REPRODUCIBILITY :
        This bug can be reproduced always.

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              vromero Vicente Arturo Romero Zaldivar
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