javac "cannot find symbol" bug (?)

[Maurizio Cimadamore]

Hi,
this could be related to this JEP:

http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/216

would it be possible for you to check if the same behavior occurs in JDK 9?

Thanks
Maurizio


On 05/04/17 11:29, _ wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I discovered strange behavior of javac in my project: depending on
> order of source files passed it compiles successfully or fail.
>
> Could you take a look at sample reproducible case at
> https://bitbucket.org/postolowicz/javac-error ?
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1. Run `./gradlew build`
> This depending on your luck may success or fail at buildling system-test module.
>
> 2. Run `./compile-successful.sh`
> It should succeed.
>
> 3. Run `./compile-failing.sh`
> It should fail with message:
> system-test/src/main/java/postolowicz/systemtest/AbstractSystemTestWithoutDB.java:18:
> error: cannot find symbol
> protected class RunnerImpl extends ValidationRunner {
>                                    ^
>    symbol:   class ValidationRunner
>    location: class AbstractSystemTestWithoutDB
> system-test/src/main/java/postolowicz/systemtest/AbstractSystemTestWithoutDB.java:13:
> error: cannot find symbol
> @Configuration
> ^
>    symbol:   class Configuration
>    location: class AbstractSystemTestWithoutDB
> system-test/src/main/java/postolowicz/systemtest/AbstractSystemTestWithoutDB.java:14:
> error: cannot find symbol
> @PropertySource(value = "", ignoreResourceNotFound = true)
> ^
>    symbol:   class PropertySource
>    location: class AbstractSystemTestWithoutDB
> system-test/src/main/java/postolowicz/systemtest/AbstractSystemTestWithoutDB.java:23:
> error: method does not override or implement a method from a supertype
> @Override
> ^
> system-test/src/main/java/postolowicz/systemtest/AbstractSystemTestWithoutDB.java:28:
> error: method does not override or implement a method from a supertype
> @Override
> ^
> 5 errors
>
> The only difference between these two scripts is order of source files.
>
> Is it a bug or I miss something?
>
> Occurs for javac -version
> javac 1.8.0_121
>
> TIA,
> Radek Postołowicz