diff -r a25c5ec5e40e -r 57cf2a1c1a05 jaxws/src/share/classes/com/sun/codemodel/internal/JCodeModel.java
--- a/jaxws/src/share/classes/com/sun/codemodel/internal/JCodeModel.java	Wed Jul 05 16:49:07 2017 +0200
+++ b/jaxws/src/share/classes/com/sun/codemodel/internal/JCodeModel.java	Mon Apr 20 15:14:39 2009 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright 2005-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -446,13 +446,29 @@
 
             JClass clazz = ref(s.substring(start,idx));
 
+            return parseSuffix(clazz);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Parses additional left-associative suffixes, like type arguments
+         * and array specifiers.
+         */
+        private JClass parseSuffix(JClass clazz) throws ClassNotFoundException {
             if(idx==s.length())
                 return clazz; // hit EOL
 
             char ch = s.charAt(idx);
 
             if(ch=='<')
-                return parseArguments(clazz);
+                return parseSuffix(parseArguments(clazz));
+
+            if(ch=='[') {
+                if(s.charAt(idx+1)==']') {
+                    idx+=2;
+                    return parseSuffix(clazz.array());
+                }
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Expected ']' but found "+s.substring(idx+1));
+            }
 
             return clazz;
         }