RFR: 8343306: javac is failing to determine if a class and a sealed interface are disjoint [v7]

[Jan Lahoda]

On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 01:29:23 GMT, Vicente Romero <vromero at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> For code like:
>> 
>> 
>> class Test {
>>     sealed interface I permits C1 {}
>>     non-sealed class C1 implements I {}
>>     class C2 extends C1 {}
>>     class C3 {}
>>     I m(int s, C3 c3) {
>>         I i = (I)c3;
>>     }
>> }
>> 
>> javac is failing to issue an error and accepts this code. The spec is clear stating that code like this should be rejected. See:
>> 
>> 5.1.6.1 Allowed Narrowing Reference Conversion:
>> 
>> • A class named C is disjoint from an interface named I if (i) it is not the case that
>>   C <: I , and (ii) one of the following cases applies:
>>   – C is freely extensible (§8.1.1.2), and I is sealed , and C is disjoint from all of
>>   the permitted direct subclasses and subinterfaces of I .
>> 
>> and just below it continues:
>> • A class named C is disjoint from another class named D if (i) it is not the case
>> that C <: D , and (ii) it is not the case that D <: C .
>> 
>> so here we have the `C3` is a freely extensible class and interface `I` is sealed and `C3` is disjoint from `C1` which is is the permitted subclass of interface `I`
>> 
>> This PR should sync javac with the spec
>> 
>> TIA
>
> Vicente Romero has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   adding comment

Looks good to me.

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Marked as reviewed by jlahoda (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21794#pullrequestreview-2423672886