RFR: 8266791: Annotation property which is compiled as an array property but changed to a single element throws NullPointerException [v3]

[Joe Darcy]

On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 13:56:40 GMT, Rafael Winterhalter <winterhalter at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> During annotation parsing, the parser assumes that a declared property is of an array type if the parsed annotation property is defined as an array. In this case, the component type is `null`, and a `NullPointerException` is thrown. This change discovers the mismatch and throws an `AnnotationTypeMismatchException`.
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Please add an overview to test before integrating; thanks.

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Marked as reviewed by darcy (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3940