The simplest reproductor for this issue is:
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public class A extends B {
public static void main(String... args) {}
}
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class B {}
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$javac -d out A.java B.java
$rm out/B.class
before this patch this command:
$java -cp out A
produces this output
Error: Could not find or load main class A
with the current patch, the output produced is:
Error: Could not find or load main class A
because class B is not defined.
if while loading the main class ClassNotFoundException is produced then
the second part of the message will be: "because class Foo is not defined."
if NoClassDefFoundError is produced then it will be: "because class Foo
is not defined"
Thanks,
Vicente
On 02/15/2017 12:12 PM, Alan Bateman wrote:
On 15/02/2017 17:03, Vicente Romero wrote:
Hi,
Please review the fix for bug [1]. The fix is improving an already
existing error message. The public patch can be reached at [2]
Thanks,
Vicente
[1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8174694
[2] http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~vromero/8174694/webrev.00/jdk.patch
Can you provide one or two examples to see the difference? I ask
because it looks like "was not found" is changed to "is not defined"
which looks a bit odd.
-Alan
