I stand corrected. Thanks Remi. On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 3:35 AM, Rémi Forax <[email protected]> wrote:
> Le 07/11/2010 07:03, Arul Dhesiaseelan a écrit : > > Hello, >> >> Sorry, if I am posting to the wrong mailing list. It looks the >> java.util.Objects proposal was originally discussed in this forum. I have a >> related question about the implementation. I was playing with the >> java.util.Objects API in the recent JDK 7 build (b117) and it looks like the >> equals() method fails to compile if I statically import it, with the >> following error: >> >> method equals in class Object cannot be applied to given types; >> >> It clashes with java.lang.Object's equals() method. I am not sure if this >> a known limitation or a bug. >> >> -Arul >> > > It's a known limitation of the static import feature. > > Rémi >
