--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Symbol.java	Mon Sep 27 17:28:49 2010 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Symbol.java	Tue Sep 28 22:46:36 2010 +0530
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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
@@ -960,6 +960,8 @@
                 return ElementKind.ENUM_CONSTANT;
             } else if (owner.kind == TYP || owner.kind == ERR) {
                 return ElementKind.FIELD;
+            } else if (isResourceVariable()) {
+                return ElementKind.RESOURCE_VARIABLE;
             } else {
                 return ElementKind.LOCAL_VARIABLE;
             }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/langtools/test/tools/javac/processing/model/element/TestResourceElement.java	Tue Sep 28 22:46:36 2010 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 6967842
+ * @summary Element not returned from tree API for ARM resource variables.
+ * @author A. Sundararajan
+ * @build TestResourceElement
+ * @compile -processor TestResourceElement -proc:only TestResourceElement.java
+ */
+
+import javax.annotation.processing.*;
+import javax.lang.model.*;
+import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import com.sun.source.tree.*;
+import com.sun.source.util.*;
+
+@SupportedAnnotationTypes("*")
+public class TestResourceElement extends AbstractProcessor implements AutoCloseable {
+    public boolean process(Set<? extends TypeElement> annotations,
+                          RoundEnvironment roundEnv) {
+       if (!roundEnv.processingOver()) {
+           Trees trees = Trees.instance(processingEnv);
+
+           for(Element rootElement : roundEnv.getRootElements()) {
+               TreePath treePath = trees.getPath(rootElement);
+
+               VariableScanner varScanner =  new VariableScanner(trees);
+               varScanner.scan(trees.getTree(rootElement),
+                        treePath.getCompilationUnit());
+               if (varScanner.getTrvElement() == null) {
+                   throw new AssertionError("Element is null for 'trv'");
+               }
+           }
+       }
+       return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() {}
+
+    private void test1() {
+        // The resource variable "trv"'s Element is checked.
+        // Do not change the name of the variable.
+        try(TestResourceElement trv = this) {}
+    }
+
+    class VariableScanner extends TreeScanner<Void, CompilationUnitTree> {
+       private Trees trees;
+       private Element trvElement;
+
+       public VariableScanner(Trees trees) {
+           super();
+           this.trees = trees;
+       }
+       @Override
+       public Void visitVariable(VariableTree node, CompilationUnitTree cu) {
+           // if this is "trv", get it's element.
+           if (node.getName().contentEquals("trv")) {
+               trvElement = trees.getElement(trees.getPath(cu, node));
+           }
+           return super.visitVariable(node, cu);
+       }
+
+       Element getTrvElement() {
+           return trvElement;
+       }
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public SourceVersion getSupportedSourceVersion() {
+       return SourceVersion.latest();
+   }
+}

--- a/langtools/test/tools/javac/processing/model/element/TestResourceVariable.java	Mon Sep 27 17:28:49 2010 -0700
+++ b/langtools/test/tools/javac/processing/model/element/TestResourceVariable.java	Tue Sep 28 22:46:36 2010 +0530
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 
 /*
  * @test
- * @bug  6911256 6964740
+ * @bug  6911256 6964740 6967842
  * @summary Test that the resource variable kind is appropriately set
  * @author  Joseph D. Darcy
  * @build TestResourceVariable
- * @compile/fail -processor TestResourceVariable -proc:only TestResourceVariable.java
+ * @compile -processor TestResourceVariable -proc:only TestResourceVariable.java
  */
 
 // Bug should be filed for this misbehavior