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gcj/273: gcj does not complain about abstract classes



>Number:         273
>Category:       gcj
>Synopsis:       gcj does not complain about abstract classes
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apbianco
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jul 01 12:40:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Oskar Liljeblad
>Release:        unknown-1.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
Debian GNU/Linux
GNU libc 2.1.3
gcc 2.96 snapshot 20000612
libgcj snapshot 2000-06-18
>Description:
gcj compiles non-abstract java classes which contain
abstract methods without complaining.

-------------------------
$ cat >Test.java
abstract class Abstract {
  public abstract int abstractMethod();
}

class Concrete extends Abstract { }
^D
$ gcj -C Test.java
$ javac Test.java
Test.java:9: class Test must be declared abstract. It does not define int getSize() from class Component.
public class Test extends Component {
             ^
Test.java:19: class Test is an abstract class. It can't be instantiated.
                new Test();
                ^
2 errors
$ rm *.class
$ gcj -c Test.java
Test.java:2: warning: abstract method in non-abstract class
-------------------------

Note that 'gcj -c' warns about it.

Oskar Liljeblad (osk@hem.passagen.se)
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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