RFR: 8365676: javac incorrectly allows calling interface static method via type variable [v2]

[Vicente Romero]

On Thu, 4 Sep 2025 12:29:50 GMT, Vicente Romero <vromero at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> I have created the CSR https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8366848. Please help review.
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>> I have created the CSR https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8366848. Please help review.
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> suggestion: in the Specification section of the CSR consider including the related texts from the spec
> question regarding the wording in the CSR: with your patch, won't the invocation of static methods belonging to interfaces be rejected even if the interface is not the only upper bound of the type variable?

> @vicente-romero-oracle I have updated the CSR to include relevant specs and give more examples. Please review again.

yep what @jddarcy said, I agree with him, the new behavior should affect only new releases

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27015#issuecomment-3255862775