Description Christopher G. Stach II 2010-08-16 00:26:46 EDT

Build Identifier: I20100608-0911

A class with a structure like this compiles fine under Eclipse:

@SomeAnnotation(value = {
    ExampleClass.FOO
})
public class ExampleClass {
    private static final String FOO = "foo";
}

When compiled with Sun's javac, an error similar to this is the result:

    [javac] ExampleClass.java:89: FOO has private access in ExampleClass
    [javac]     ExampleClass.FOO,

Of course, changing the field from private to protected visibility works for both.

Reproducible: Always