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

[Joel Borggrén-Franck]

Looks good Andreas.

I can sponsor this.

cheers
/Joel

On 24 okt 2013, at 17:18, Andreas Lundblad <andreas.lundblad at oracle.com> wrote:

> 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
>