Bug -- Nested Class box doesn't look like it belongs

[David Alayachew]

Hah!

And JShell confirms you are right! The following is valid code!

jshell> Gatherer.Integrator.Greedy.Greedy.Greedy.Greedy.Greedy.class
$2 ==> interface java.util.stream.Gatherer$Integrator$Greedy

On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM Chen Liang <chen.l.liang at oracle.com> wrote:

> Hi David, I believe this is intentional - Greedy has itself inherited as
> an accessible nested class, because Greedy inherits itself from Integrator.
>
> Try using this class literal in JShell:
>
> Gatherer.Integrator.Greedy.Greedy.class
>
> You will find this resolves to the Gatherer.Integrator.Greedy class. So I
> believe javadoc is correct as it reflects actual language behavior.
>
> The behavior is similar for other nested interfaces which extend their
> enclosing interface, such as PrimitiveIterator.OfInt.
>
> Regards,
> Chen
> ------------------------------
> *From:* javadoc-dev <javadoc-dev-retn at openjdk.org> on behalf of David
> Alayachew <davidalayachew at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, November 17, 2025 9:25 PM
> *To:* javadoc-dev at openjdk.org <javadoc-dev at openjdk.org>
> *Subject:* Bug -- Nested Class box doesn't look like it belongs
>
> Hello @javadoc-dev at openjdk.org <javadoc-dev at openjdk.org>,
>
> Please look at the following Javadoc. Compare the "Nested Class Summary"
> sections between them.
>
>
> https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/25/docs/api/java.base/java/util/stream/Gatherer.Integrator.html
>
>
> https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/25/docs/api/java.base/java/util/stream/Gatherer.Integrator.Greedy.html
>
> There should not be a box for nested class summary for the Greedy one,
> right? That looks wrong, especially when compared to Integrator.
>
> And I think it is Javadoc's fault because there is nothing I can see in
> the source code that would trigger this behaviour.
>
> Am I mistaken?
>
> Thank you for your time and consideration.
> David Alayachew
>
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