The receiver parameter language structure was added in Java SE 8 as part of the type annotations effort. Receiver parameters provide a syntactic structure to associate annotations, when need, with a method's receiver or a nested constructor's enclosing class.
The javax.lang.model API was augmented to include methods to return the receiver *type* (JDK-8007803). Conceptually, a receiver type exists whether or not the syntax of a receiver parameter is present.
However, javac's implementation of the language model only exposes non-trivial receiver types if the receiver parameter syntax was present in the sources.
The javax.lang.model API was augmented to include methods to return the receiver *type* (
However, javac's implementation of the language model only exposes non-trivial receiver types if the receiver parameter syntax was present in the sources.
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JDK-8271703 Examine ExecutableType.getReceiverType behavior when source receiver parameter is absent
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JDK-8320941 Discuss receiver type handling
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JDK-8222369 ExecutableElement.getReceiverType returns null instead of NOTYPE
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JDK-8007803 Implement javax.lang.model API for Type Annotations
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