Changed behavior of ParameterizedTypeImpl::toString in 1.8.0_171

[David Holmes]

Hi Rafael,

On 27/04/2018 6:12 PM, Rafael Winterhalter wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was wondering if the change in ParameterizedType::toString was intended.

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8054213

Cheers,
David
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> I just found my to break after an update due to a test relying on a certain
> value for this method.
> 
> My example is:
> 
> public abstract class AbstractTypeDescriptionGenericTest {
>    public static class NestedSpecifiedTypeVariableType<T> {
>      NestedSpecifiedTypeVariableType<String>.Placeholder foo;
>      class Placeholder { }
>    }
> }
> 
> which changed the toString value for the generic type of "foo"
> (NestedSpecifiedTypeVariableType.class.getDeclaredField("foo").getGenericType().toString())
> from:
> 
> AbstractTypeDescriptionGenericTest.AbstractTypeDescriptionGenericTest$NestedSpecifiedTypeVariableType<java.lang.String>.Placeholder
> 
> to
> 
> AbstractTypeDescriptionGenericTest$NestedSpecifiedTypeVariableType<java.lang.String>$Placeholder
> 
> I am wondering if the latter is the new expected format. This does
> apparently also break Scala on the latest JDK.
> 
> Thanks for any information.
> Best regards, Rafael
>