diff -r f25efdb55c99 -r 6eca0895a644 src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/main/JavaCompiler.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/main/JavaCompiler.java	Mon Feb 22 21:37:13 2010 +0000
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/main/JavaCompiler.java	Tue Feb 23 18:43:02 2010 -0800
@@ -549,12 +549,6 @@
             return log.nwarnings;
     }
 
-    /** Whether or not any parse errors have occurred.
-     */
-    public boolean parseErrors() {
-        return parseErrors;
-    }
-
     /** Try to open input stream with given name.
      *  Report an error if this fails.
      *  @param filename   The file name of the input stream to be opened.
@@ -588,7 +582,7 @@
             int initialErrorCount = log.nerrors;
             Parser parser = parserFactory.newParser(content, keepComments(), genEndPos, lineDebugInfo);
             tree = parser.parseCompilationUnit();
-            parseErrors |= (log.nerrors > initialErrorCount);
+            log.unrecoverableError |= (log.nerrors > initialErrorCount);
             if (verbose) {
                 printVerbose("parsing.done", Long.toString(elapsed(msec)));
             }
@@ -768,9 +762,6 @@
     private long start_msec = 0;
     public long elapsed_msec = 0;
 
-    /** Track whether any errors occurred while parsing source text. */
-    private boolean parseErrors = false;
-
     public void compile(List<JavaFileObject> sourceFileObject)
         throws Throwable {
         compile(sourceFileObject, List.<String>nil(), null);