duplicate annotation entries when running with Java8u45

[davide.s...@gmail.com]

Hi,

I am using reflections 0.9.9 to have a list of all methods annotated with a given annotation.

I have done this in my projects without problems using Java6 and Java7, but if I use Java8 (jdk8u45) I get duplicate hits in case my annotated methods are implementation of abstract methods.

Here an example.

public abstract class AbstractHandler<T extends BeanInterface> {

  abstract protected void myMethod(T bean);

}

public class HandlerImplementation extends AbstractHandler<BeanImplementation> {

  @MyAnnotation

  protected void myMethod(BeanImplementation bean){

    ...

  }

}

When I scan to find all the methods annotated with MyAnnotation I get two hits:

- HandlerImplementation.myMethod(BeanImplementation)

- HandlerImplementation.myMethod(BeanInterface)

The method in the abstract class is not even annotated.

Here the piece of code where I was able to reproduce this behavior:

AbstractScanner methodScanner = new MethodAnnotationsScanner();

Predicate<String> filter = new FilterBuilder().include(FilterBuilder.prefix(HandlerImplementationName));

ConfigurationBuilder configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder();

configuration.filterInputsBy(filter);

configuration.setUrls(ClasspathHelper.forClassLoader(classLoader));

configuration.setMetadataAdapter(new JavassistAdapter());

configuration.setScanners(methodScanner);

configuration.addClassLoader(classLoader);

Reflections reflections = new Reflections(configuration);

Collection<String> collection = methodScanner.getStore().get(MyAnnotatioName);

Anybody has experienced the same or have any hints?

Thanks!

Davide