8005832: Remove java.lang.annotation.{ContainedBy, ContainerFor} annotation types
Reviewed-by: mduigou
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/annotation/ContainedBy.java Thu Jan 31 11:09:36 2013 -0800
+++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 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. Oracle designates this
- * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
- * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
- *
- * 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.
- */
-
-package java.lang.annotation;
-
-/**
- * The annotation type {@code java.lang.annotation.ContainedBy} is
- * used to indicate that the annotation type whose declaration it
- * (meta-)annotates is <em>repeatable</em>. The value of
- * {@code @ContainedBy} indicates the <em>containing annotation
- * type</em> for the repeatable annotation type.
- *
- * <p>The pair of annotation types {@code @ContainedBy} and
- * {@link java.lang.annotation.ContainerFor @ContainerFor} are used to
- * indicate that annotation types are repeatable. Specifically:
- *
- * <ul>
- * <li>The annotation type {@code @ContainedBy} is used on the
- * declaration of a repeatable annotation type (JLS 9.6) to indicate
- * its containing annotation type.
- *
- * <li>The annotation type {@code @ContainerFor} is used on the
- * declaration of a containing annotation type (JLS 9.6) to indicate
- * the repeatable annotation type for which it serves as the
- * containing annotation type.
- * </ul>
- *
- * <p>
- * An inconsistent pair of {@code @ContainedBy} and
- * {@code @ContainerFor} annotations on a repeatable annotation type
- * and its containing annotation type (JLS 9.6) will lead to
- * compile-time errors and runtime exceptions when using reflection to
- * read annotations of a repeatable type.
- *
- * @see java.lang.annotation.ContainerFor
- * @since 1.8
- * @jls 9.6 Annotation Types
- * @jls 9.7 Annotations
- */
-@Documented
-@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-@Target(ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE)
-public @interface ContainedBy {
- /**
- * Indicates the <em>containing annotation type</em> for the
- * repeatable annotation type.
- */
- Class<? extends Annotation> value();
-}
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/annotation/ContainerFor.java Thu Jan 31 11:09:36 2013 -0800
+++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 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. Oracle designates this
- * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
- * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
- *
- * 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.
- */
-
-package java.lang.annotation;
-
-/**
- * The annotation type {@code java.lang.annotation.ContainerFor} is
- * used to indicate that the annotation type whose declaration it
- * (meta-)annotates is a <em>containing annotation type</em>. The
- * value of {@code @ContainerFor} indicates the <em>repeatable
- * annotation type</em> for the containing annotation type.
- *
- * <p>The pair of annotation types {@link
- * java.lang.annotation.ContainedBy @ContainedBy} and
- * {@code @ContainerFor} are used to indicate that annotation types
- * are repeatable. Specifically:
- *
- * <ul>
- * <li>The annotation type {@code @ContainedBy} is used on the
- * declaration of a repeatable annotation type (JLS 9.6) to indicate
- * its containing annotation type.
- *
- * <li>The annotation type {@code @ContainerFor} is used on the
- * declaration of a containing annotation type (JLS 9.6) to indicate
- * the repeatable annotation type for which it serves as the
- * containing annotation type.
- * </ul>
- *
- * <p>
- * An inconsistent pair of {@code @ContainedBy} and
- * {@code @ContainerFor} annotations on a repeatable annotation type
- * and its containing annotation type (JLS 9.6) will lead to
- * compile-time errors and runtime exceptions when using reflection to
- * read annotations of a repeatable type.
- *
- * @see java.lang.annotation.ContainedBy
- * @since 1.8
- * @jls 9.6 Annotation Types
- * @jls 9.7 Annotations
- */
-@Documented
-@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-@Target(ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE)
-public @interface ContainerFor {
-
- /**
- * Indicates the repeatable annotation type for the containing
- * annotation type.
- */
- Class<? extends Annotation> value();
-}
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/annotation/InvalidContainerAnnotationError.java Thu Jan 31 11:09:36 2013 -0800
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/annotation/InvalidContainerAnnotationError.java Thu Jan 31 12:13:21 2013 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2013, 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
@@ -27,10 +27,9 @@
import java.util.Objects;
/**
- * Thrown to indicate that an annotation type whose declaration is
- * (meta-)annotated with a {@link ContainerFor} annotation is not, in
- * fact, the <em>containing annotation type of the type named by {@link
- * ContainerFor}</em>.
+ * Thrown to indicate that an annotation type expected to act as a
+ * container for another annotation type by virture of an @Repeatable
+ * annotation, does not act as a container.
*
* @see java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement
* @since 1.8