RFR: 8284315: DocTrees.getElement is inconsistent with Elements.getTypeElement [v2]

[Hannes Wallnöfer]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:31:33 GMT, Vicente Romero <vromero at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> You are right for the common case where `type` is a parameterized class. But `type` could itself be a type variable, in which case we need to convert it to a class for the member lookup. I'm adding a comment to make the purpose of this clear.
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> right makes sense

I realized that this use case (type variable with member lookup) was not covered in the test, which was quite the omission, so I added coverage.

I also looked for the other use of this pattern in javadoc but couldn't find it. If you can point me to it I'll have a look.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29547#discussion_r2860478487