RFR: 8268320: Better error recovery for broken patterns in switch
Jan Lahoda
jlahoda at openjdk.java.net
Wed Jun 9 19:58:36 UTC 2021
Trying to improve error recovery in case the user wanted to use a type-pattern in the switch construct, but didn't put a binding variable name after the type name. E.g.:
$ cat test/langtools/tools/javac/diags/examples/PatternExpected.java
[snip]
class PatternSwitch {
private void doSwitch(Object o) {
switch (o) {
case String: break;
default: break;
}
}
}
$ javac --enable-preview -source 17 test/langtools/tools/javac/diags/examples/PatternExpected.java
test/langtools/tools/javac/diags/examples/PatternExpected.java:32: error: type pattern expected
case String: break;
^
Note: test/langtools/tools/javac/diags/examples/PatternExpected.java uses preview features of Java SE 17.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:preview for details.
1 error
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Commit messages:
- 8268320: Better error recovery for broken patterns in switch
Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4441/files
Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=4441&range=00
Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8268320
Stats: 160 lines in 7 files changed: 110 ins; 3 del; 47 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4441.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/4441/head:pull/4441
PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4441
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