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Bug 26302

Summary:	ClassElement's getSuperClass() method behaves inconsistently on java.lang.Object class
Product:	java	Reporter:	Louise Avila <louise>
Component:	Unsupported	Assignee:	issues@java <issues>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P3
Version:	3.x
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 3.1/NT
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description Louise Avila 2002-08-06 01:10:05 UTC

When I use this method in my module, sometimes this method returns null when the super 
class is java.lang.Object and sometimes it returns java.lang.Object. It seems that when the 
original class is in a .jar file and only the .class is available it returns java.lang.Object as the 
superclass. This is causing my windows to display information about a class's methods 
inconsistently because sometimes Object's methods appear and other times they don't.

Comment 1 Svata Dedic 2002-09-20 12:59:18 UTC

Sorry, this is (currently) as designed: superClass property reports
what is explicitly written in either class file or java file. If you
had a .java file with 
public class Foo extends Object {
}
its ClassElement.getSuperclass() would return j.l.Object as well. In
.class files, the reference is always explicit.

My colleagues are designing a better model for source manipulation, so
I changed the issue to an enhancement request for them

Comment 2 Martin Matula 2004-11-12 10:52:29 UTC

Fixed in 4.0.