RFR(XS): 8150077: Due to a javac type inference issue, javadoc doesn't compile with a jdk prior to 8u40

[Jonathan Gibbons]

Looks OK to me.

-- Jon

On 02/17/2016 10:26 AM, Volker Simonis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> can I please have a review for the following small change which fixes
> two javac compilation errors during the build of javadoc if the boot
> jdk is older than 8u40:
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~simonis/webrevs/2016/8150077/
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8150077
>
> The first compilation error is copied into the bug report.
>
> I've actually only tested with 8u20 (which doesn't work) and 8u74
> (which does work) but the javac errors are similar to the ones in
> "8087115: Due to a javac type inference issue, sjavac doesn't compile
> with 8u31" (https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8087115) which
> mentions 8u40 as the first version which correctly handles such code.
>
> Thank you and best regards,
> Volker