jdk8 javadoc tool issue - IllegalStateException: endPosTable already set

[Kumar Srinivasan]

Hi Neon,

I spent some time trying to reproduce the problem, but could not.
Can you provide me with a simple reproducer ?

Thanks
Kumar

On 1/24/2014 7:31 AM, Neon Ngo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we are seeing this error using JDK 8 EA b124 (b123, etc.) using the 
> javadoc tool.
>
> java.lang.IllegalStateException: endPosTable already set
> at 
> com.sun.tools.javac.util.DiagnosticSource.setEndPosTable(DiagnosticSource.java:136)
> at com.sun.tools.javac.util.Log.setEndPosTable(Log.java:350)
> at com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.parse(JavaCompiler.java:643)
> at 
> com.sun.tools.javadoc.JavadocTool.parsePackageClasses(JavadocTool.java:243)
> at com.sun.tools.javadoc.JavadocTool.getRootDocImpl(JavadocTool.java:180)
> at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.parseAndExecute(Start.java:344)
> at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.begin(Start.java:219)
> at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.begin(Start.java:205)
> at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.execute(Main.java:64)
> at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.main(Main.java:54)
> javadoc: error - fatal exception
>
> ===
> it is similar to BUG JDK-8029145
> javadoc fails with java.lang.IllegalStateException: endPosTable 
> already set
>
> but we are NOT using the -subpackages option
>
> I think our issue is b/c we have a directory (tools) that has a class 
> NOT in that package and others in it,
> e.g.
>
> <my_project_dir>/tools/ClassInDefaultPackage.java (not in any package)
> <my_project_dir>/tools/ClassInToolsPackage.java (in tools package)
>
> then we run javaodc with -classpath 
> <my_project_dir>/tools:<my_project_dir> 
> <my_project_dir>/tools/ClassInDefaultPackage.java tools
>
> and it gets the above error (this works fine in ALL JDK versions (1.0 
> to 1.7) prior to JDK 8 EA.
>
> How do I submit a Bug for this issue are add comments to JDK-8029145 ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Neon