Java annotation cannot access protected static fields from upper class

Question

Is this code valid?

public abstract class A {
   protected static final String c = \"my const\";
}

@myAnnotation(value=A.c)
public class B extends A {

}
         


        

Answer 1

The Annotation you are trying to fill with the "const" tries to access the class from outside by using protected that can't work. Eclipse uses it's own compiler so you should try to make clean rebuild in Eclipse to see if it's working. I assume it will not.