diff -r 000000000000 -r 959103a6100f test/tools/javac/annotations/typeAnnotations/failures/BadCast.java
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/tools/javac/annotations/typeAnnotations/failures/BadCast.java	Wed Apr 27 01:34:52 2016 +0800
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+/*
+ * @test /nodynamiccopyright/
+ * @bug 8006775
+ * @summary A cast cannot consist of only an annotation.
+ * @author Werner Dietl
+ * @compile/fail/ref=BadCast.out -XDrawDiagnostics BadCast.java
+ */
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+
+class BadCast {
+  static void main() {
+    Object o = (@A) "";
+  }
+}
+
+@Target(ElementType.TYPE_USE)
+@interface A { }