diff -r d94fe2d29b1e -r 380f6c17ea01 src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/tree/TreeInfo.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/tree/TreeInfo.java	Wed Jun 10 09:13:27 2015 +0200
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/tree/TreeInfo.java	Fri Jan 10 12:47:15 2014 +0100
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 
 import com.sun.source.tree.Tree;
+import com.sun.source.util.TreePath;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.*;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.comp.AttrContext;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Env;
@@ -351,6 +352,18 @@
         return (lit.typetag == BOT);
     }
 
+    /** Return true iff this tree is a child of some annotation. */
+    public static boolean isInAnnotation(Env<?> env, JCTree tree) {
+        TreePath tp = TreePath.getPath(env.toplevel, tree);
+        if (tp != null) {
+            for (Tree t : tp) {
+                if (t.getKind() == Tree.Kind.ANNOTATION)
+                    return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     public static String getCommentText(Env<?> env, JCTree tree) {
         DocCommentTable docComments = (tree.hasTag(JCTree.Tag.TOPLEVEL))
                 ? ((JCCompilationUnit) tree).docComments