NetBeans beta1(build 200408191352)
OS: windowss 2000 x86
jdk: 1.5.0-beta2


this sample from Brett McLaughlin's article:
Annotations in Tiger
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package test;

public class Test {
  @TODO(
    
    item="Figure out the amount of interest per
month",
    assignedTo="Brett McLaughlin",
    dateAssigned="08/04/2004"
   )
  public void calculateInterest(float amount,
float rate) {
    // Need to finish this method later
  }
  
  /**
   * Annotation type to indicate a task still
needs to be
   *   completed.
   */
  @interface TODO {
    public enum Severity { CRITICAL, IMPORTANT,
TRIVIAL, DOCUMENTATION };

    Severity severity() default Severity.IMPORTANT;
    String item();
    String assignedTo();
    String dateAssigned();
  }  
}
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as input the source or modify it,
many times throw:
Annotation: Exception occurred in Request Processor
java.lang.ClassCastException:
org.netbeans.modules.javacore.parser.NameRef
	at
org.netbeans.modules.javacore.parser.MDRParser.processAST(MDRParser.java:555)
	at
org.netbeans.modules.javacore.parser.MDRParser.processAST(MDRParser.java:351)
	at
org.netbeans.modules.javacore.parser.MDRParser.processAST(MDRParser.java:407)
	at
org.netbeans.modules.javacore.parser.MDRParser.processAST(MDRParser.java:351)
	at
org.netbeans.modules.javacore.parser.MDRParser.processAST(MDRParser.java:437)
	at
org.netbeans.modules.javacore.parser.MDRParser.processAST(MDRParser.java:319)
	at
org.netbeans.modules.javacore.parser.MDRParser.processAST(MDRParser.java:287)
	at
org.netbeans.modules.javacore.parser.MDRParser.processAST(MDRParser.java:264)
	at
org.netbeans.modules.javacore.parser.MDRParser.enterMembers(MDRParser.java:206)
	at
org.netbeans.modules.javacore.jmiimpl.javamodel.ResourceImpl.directUpdate(ResourceImpl.java:539)
	at
org.netbeans.modules.javacore.jmiimpl.javamodel.ResourceImpl.checkUpToDate(ResourceImpl.java:464)
	at
org.netbeans.modules.javacore.jmiimpl.javamodel.ResourceImpl.updateFromDataObject(ResourceImpl.java:374)
	at
org.netbeans.modules.javacore.ExclusiveMutex.parseIfNeeded(ExclusiveMutex.java:214)
	at
org.netbeans.modules.javacore.ExclusiveMutex.enter(ExclusiveMutex.java:133)
	at
org.netbeans.mdr.NBMDRepositoryImpl.beginTrans(NBMDRepositoryImpl.java:232)
	at
org.netbeans.modules.java.JavaEditor$2.run(JavaEditor.java:225)
	at org.openide.util.Task.run(Task.java:136)
	at
org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Task.run(RequestProcessor.java:330)
[catch] at
org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Processor.run(RequestProcessor.java:686)