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Bug 508221

Summary:	@Nullable cannot be assigned to a qualified type
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Frank Benoit <frank.rene.benoit>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Till Brychcy <register.eclipse>
Status:	CLOSED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	register.eclipse
Version:	4.7
Target Milestone:	4.7 M4
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Whiteboard:

Description Frank Benoit

2016-11-25 16:42:37 EST

Having a type reference qualified or fully qualified, activates an error
1. this fail:
public class Outer {
	public static class Inner {
	}
	public @Nullable Outer.Inner get(){
		return null;
	}
}

2. this is OK
public class Outer {
	public static class Inner {
	}
	public @Nullable Inner get(){
		return null;
	}
}

Message:
Type annotations are not allowed on type names used to access static members	Outer.java

Comment 1 Till Brychcy

2016-11-25 17:20:37 EST

The syntax is:
	public  Outer.@Nullable Inner get(){
		return null;
	}

(A quick fix that moves the annotation to this location is being done in bug 506638)