I think it is the javac compiler failing, not GWTC. Also, I'd guess you are using JDK 1.5.
In JDK 1.5, @Override annotation cannot be applied to methods that implement an interface; they can only be applied to a method that overrides a method from a class. In your case, the clone method is defined in an interface, and you are implementing it, not overriding it .. and hence the error. Java 6 onwards, you can apply the @Override annotation to methods that implement an interface.. so you won't get this warning. Strangely, using Java 6 compiler with source="1.5" does not trigger this error. Finally, eclipse is the third culprit. It automatically puts in those annotations, and I haven't yet figured out a way to tell it "don't put those annotations when I am implementing an interface".. --Sri On 25 May 2010 15:49, mmoossen <mmoos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > I have a serializable object that overrides the Object.clone() method > and implements the cloneable interface. > and i have the problem that eclipse (and me too) wants to have the > Override annotation but while compiling the GWT compiler fails with > following error message > > [java][ERROR] Line 175: The method clone() of type XXX must override > or implement a supertype method > > which sounds pretty much like a bug in the GWT compiler to me... i > mean, why does the GWT compiler care about those annotations? and more > over, why does it *FAIL*. > > could somebody explain the issue to me? > > thanks > Michael > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-web-tool...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-web-toolkit%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to google-web-tool...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
