javac compiler message when class extends record
Tagir Valeev
amaembo at gmail.com
Thu Dec 19 04:45:35 UTC 2019
Hello!
Consider the following code:
class Test extends Record {}
When I compile it (build 14-ea+27-1339) I see the following message:
Test.java:1: error: records cannot directly extend Record
class Test extends Record {}
^
Note: Test.java uses preview language features.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:preview for details.
1 error
I think it's somewhat confusing as it's not a record at all. For
comparison, here's what we have if we change Record to Enum:
Test.java:1: error: classes cannot directly extend java.lang.Enum
class Test extends Enum {}
^
I expect a similar message like "classes cannot directly extend
java.lang.Record" in the first case. WDYT?
With best regards,
Tagir Valeev.
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