Java example source code file (BadCast.java)

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annotation, badcast, object

The BadCast.java Java example source code

/*
 * @test /nodynamiccopyright/
 * @bug 8006775
 * @summary A cast cannot consist of only an annotation.
 * @author Werner Dietl
 * @compile/fail/ref=BadCast.out -XDrawDiagnostics BadCast.java
 */
import java.lang.annotation.*;

class BadCast {
  static void main() {
    Object o = (@A) "";
  }
}

@Target(ElementType.TYPE_USE)
@interface A { }