RFR: 8198526: getAnnotatedOwnerType does not handle static nested classes correctly

[Liam Miller-Cushon]

Thanks for the review!

On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 12:22 AM Joel Borggrén-Franck <
joel.borggren.franck at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Liam,
>
> I read the spec bugs, we had a similar discussion a few years ago
> about the scoping. Given how all implementations of javac have behaved
> for the last 4 years or so, I agree this is the right fix. Thanks for
> the extra test.
>
> Ship it!
>
> cheers
> /Joel
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 8:19 PM Liam Miller-Cushon <cushon at google.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Joel,
> >
> > I think this fix is appropriate for the other uses of nestingForType.
> >
> > The underlying problem here is the treatment of nested types in general,
> which directly affects getAnnotatedOwnerType, but also applies to the
> examples in JDK-8066967.
> >
> > I added an additional test based on the one in JDK-8066967:
> > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~cushon/8198526/webrev.02/
> >
> > Re: JDK-8148504, javac consistently emits type_path_kind=1 entries for
> nested types when there are multiple parts for which type annotations are
> admissable. That wasn't consistent with JVMS 11, which expects
> type_path_kind=1 entries for all nested types (regardless of whether the
> enclosing type is admissable for annotations). The resolution was to update
> the spec in JDK-8215035 and leave javac's behaviour unchanged, and this
> change is updating reflection to be consistent with the updated spec and
> the existing javac behaviour.
>