8068836: Error message should be updated when Override is used with static methods Summary: Issue a more direct, specific error when @Override annotation is used with a static method Reviewed-by: sadayapalam Contributed-by: priya.lakshmi.muthuswamy@oracle.com

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/*

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 * @test    /nodynamiccopyright/

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 * @bug     6359949 8068836

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 * @summary (at)Override of static methods shouldn't be accepted (compiler should issue an error)

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 * @compile/fail/ref=T6359949a.out -XDrawDiagnostics  T6359949a.java

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 */

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class Example {

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    public static void example() {

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    }

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}

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class Test extends Example {

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    @Override

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    public static void example() {

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    }

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}