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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-8225755

ExecutableElement.getReceiverType returns null instead of NOTYPE

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    • CSR
    • Resolution: Approved
    • P3
    • 14
    • core-libs
    • None
    • behavioral
    • low
    • Existing users of the API may have workarounds to the old, buggy, behavior that could need updating. The behavior in cases where there is already a non-`null` result is *not* changed.
    • Java API
    • Implementation

    Description

      Summary

      Fix ExecutableElement.getReceiverType to follow its specification and to return an object rather than null for "no type" results.

      Problem

      In cases where the specification of ExecutableElement.getReceiverType required a sentinel object to be returned -- a NoType type mirror, with kind NONE -- the javac implementation returned null.

      Solution

      Fix the implementation to follow the specification.

      Specification

      No specification change; behavioral change only.

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JDK-8222369 ExecutableElement.getReceiverType returns null instead of NOTYPE

          • P3 - Major loss of function.
          • Resolved

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              darcy Joe Darcy
              jjg Jonathan Gibbons
              Alex Buckley, Jonathan Gibbons
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