diff -r 5c956be64b9e -r 71f35e4b93a5 test/tools/javac/annotations/typeAnnotations/referenceinfos/TypeCasts.java
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+++ b/test/tools/javac/annotations/typeAnnotations/referenceinfos/TypeCasts.java	Wed Jan 23 13:27:24 2013 -0800
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+import static com.sun.tools.classfile.TypeAnnotation.TargetType.*;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary Test population of reference info for type casts
+ * @compile -g Driver.java ReferenceInfoUtil.java TypeCasts.java
+ * @run main Driver TypeCasts
+ */
+public class TypeCasts {
+
+    @TADescription(annotation = "TA", type = CAST, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE)
+    public String returnObject() {
+        return "Object returnObject() { return (@TA String)null; }";
+    }
+
+    @TADescriptions({
+        @TADescription(annotation = "TA", type = CAST, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE),
+        @TADescription(annotation = "TB", type = CAST,
+                genericLocation = { 0, 0 }, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE),
+        @TADescription(annotation = "TC", type = CAST,
+                genericLocation = { 0, 0, 0, 0 }, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE)
+    })
+    public String returnObjectArray() {
+        return "Object returnObjectArray() { return (@TC String @TA [] @TB [])null; }";
+    }
+
+    @TADescriptions({
+        @TADescription(annotation = "TA", type = CAST, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE),
+        @TADescription(annotation = "TB", type = CAST,
+                genericLocation = { 3, 0 }, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE)
+    })
+    public String returnObjectGeneric() {
+        return "Object returnObjectGeneric() { return (@TA List<@TB String>)null; }";
+    }
+
+    @TADescription(annotation = "TA", type = CAST, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE)
+    public String returnPrim() {
+        return "Object returnPrim() { return (@TA int)0; }";
+    }
+
+    @TADescriptions({
+        @TADescription(annotation = "TA", type = CAST, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE),
+        @TADescription(annotation = "TB", type = CAST,
+                genericLocation = { 0, 0 }, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE)
+    })
+    public String returnPrimArray() {
+        return "Object returnPrimArray() { return (@TB int @TA [])null; }";
+    }
+
+    @TADescription(annotation = "TA", type = CAST, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE)
+    public String initObject() {
+        return "void initObject() { Object a =  (@TA String)null; }";
+    }
+
+    @TADescriptions({
+        @TADescription(annotation = "TA", type = CAST, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE),
+        @TADescription(annotation = "TB", type = CAST,
+                genericLocation = { 0, 0 }, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE)
+    })
+    public String initObjectArray() {
+        return "void initObjectArray() { Object a = (@TB String @TA [])null; }";
+    }
+
+    @TADescriptions({
+        @TADescription(annotation = "TA", type = CAST, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE),
+        @TADescription(annotation = "TB", type = CAST,
+                genericLocation = { 3, 0 }, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE)
+    })
+    public String initObjectGeneric() {
+        return "void initObjectGeneric() { Object a = (@TA List<@TB String>)null; }";
+    }
+
+    @TADescription(annotation = "TA", type = CAST, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE)
+    public String initPrim() {
+        return "void initPrim() { Object a =  (@TA int)0; }";
+    }
+
+    @TADescriptions({
+        @TADescription(annotation = "TA", type = CAST, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE),
+        @TADescription(annotation = "TB", type = CAST,
+                genericLocation = { 0, 0 }, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE)
+    })
+    public String initPrimArray() {
+        return "void initPrimArray() { Object a = (@TB int @TA [])null; }";
+    }
+
+    @TADescription(annotation = "TA", type = CAST, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE)
+    public String eqtestObject() {
+        return "void eqtestObject() { if (null == (@TA String)null); }";
+    }
+
+    @TADescriptions({
+        @TADescription(annotation = "TA", type = CAST, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE),
+        @TADescription(annotation = "TB", type = CAST,
+                genericLocation = { 0, 0 }, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE)
+    })
+    public String eqtestObjectArray() {
+        return "void eqtestObjectArray() { if (null == (@TB String @TA [])null); }";
+    }
+
+    @TADescriptions({
+        @TADescription(annotation = "TA", type = CAST, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE),
+        @TADescription(annotation = "TB", type = CAST,
+                genericLocation = { 3, 0 }, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE)
+    })
+    public String eqtestObjectGeneric() {
+        return "void eqtestObjectGeneric() { if (null == (@TA List<@TB String >)null); }";
+    }
+
+    @TADescription(annotation = "TA", type = CAST, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE)
+    // compiler optimizes away compile time constants casts
+    public String eqtestPrim() {
+        return "void eqtestPrim(int a) { if (0 == (@TA int)a); }";
+    }
+
+    @TADescriptions({
+        @TADescription(annotation = "TA", type = CAST, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE),
+        @TADescription(annotation = "TB", type = CAST,
+                genericLocation = { 0, 0 }, offset = ReferenceInfoUtil.IGNORE_VALUE)
+    })
+    public String eqtestPrimArray() {
+        return "void eqtestPrimArray() { if (null == (@TB int @TA [])null); }";
+    }
+
+}