[8u-dev] request for approval to backport JDK-8057794: Compiler Error when obtaining .class property

[Jan Lahoda]

Hello,

I'd like to ask for a review and an approval to backport fix for:

Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8068517
jdk9 fix: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/dev/langtools/rev/a510d7536fa1

Unfortunately, the fix does not apply cleanly to 8u-dev/langtools. A JDK 
8u version of the patch is available here:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlahoda/8068517/webrev-8.00/

The fix is conceptually the same as in 9, only adjusted for 8u. The test 
required bigger rewrite, as it originally depended on the new ToolBox 
API which is 9-only.

Thanks,
    Jan