RFR: 8027170: Annotations declared on super-super-class should be overridden by super-class

[Andreas Lundblad]

Hi,

Please review the fix for JDK-8027170 below.

Description:
Class.getAnnotationsByType did not differentiate between annotations in 
superclass and annotations in supersuperclass. This is however required 
by the definition of associated annotations.

The patch addresses this issue by modifying AnnotationSupport so that it 
traverses the class hierarchy when searching for annotations associated 
with the given class.

The new test, InheritedAssociatedAnnotations.java, demonstrates the 
issue (and passes after the patch has been applied).

Link to web review:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~alundblad/8027170

Link to bug report:
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8027170

Original discussion:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2013-October/022455.html

-- Andreas Lundblad