diff -r 15484cb7e5ae -r d17f37522154 src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassWriter.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassWriter.java	Wed Jan 05 09:59:01 2011 +0000
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassWriter.java	Mon Jan 10 14:57:59 2011 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2011, 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
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@
 
     private final Options options;
 
-    /** Switch: debugging output for JSR 308-related operations.
-     */
-    private boolean debugJSR308;
-
     /** Switch: verbose output.
      */
     private boolean verbose;
@@ -180,7 +176,6 @@
         types = Types.instance(context);
         fileManager = context.get(JavaFileManager.class);
 
-        debugJSR308    = options.isSet("TA:writer");
         verbose        = options.isSet(VERBOSE);
         scramble       = options.isSet("-scramble");
         scrambleAll    = options.isSet("-scrambleAll");
@@ -677,7 +672,6 @@
             acount++;
         }
         acount += writeJavaAnnotations(sym.getAnnotationMirrors());
-        acount += writeTypeAnnotations(sym.typeAnnotations);
         return acount;
     }
 
@@ -772,46 +766,6 @@
         return attrCount;
     }
 
-    int writeTypeAnnotations(List<Attribute.TypeCompound> typeAnnos) {
-        if (typeAnnos.isEmpty()) return 0;
-
-        ListBuffer<Attribute.TypeCompound> visibles = ListBuffer.lb();
-        ListBuffer<Attribute.TypeCompound> invisibles = ListBuffer.lb();
-
-        for (Attribute.TypeCompound tc : typeAnnos) {
-            if (tc.position.type == TargetType.UNKNOWN
-                || !tc.position.emitToClassfile())
-                continue;
-            switch (types.getRetention(tc)) {
-            case SOURCE: break;
-            case CLASS: invisibles.append(tc); break;
-            case RUNTIME: visibles.append(tc); break;
-            default: ;// /* fail soft */ throw new AssertionError(vis);
-            }
-        }
-
-        int attrCount = 0;
-        if (visibles.length() != 0) {
-            int attrIndex = writeAttr(names.RuntimeVisibleTypeAnnotations);
-            databuf.appendChar(visibles.length());
-            for (Attribute.TypeCompound p : visibles)
-                writeTypeAnnotation(p);
-            endAttr(attrIndex);
-            attrCount++;
-        }
-
-        if (invisibles.length() != 0) {
-            int attrIndex = writeAttr(names.RuntimeInvisibleTypeAnnotations);
-            databuf.appendChar(invisibles.length());
-            for (Attribute.TypeCompound p : invisibles)
-                writeTypeAnnotation(p);
-            endAttr(attrIndex);
-            attrCount++;
-        }
-
-        return attrCount;
-    }
-
     /** A visitor to write an attribute including its leading
      *  single-character marker.
      */
@@ -888,104 +842,6 @@
             p.snd.accept(awriter);
         }
     }
-
-    void writeTypeAnnotation(Attribute.TypeCompound c) {
-        if (debugJSR308)
-            System.out.println("TA: writing " + c + " at " + c.position
-                    + " in " + log.currentSourceFile());
-        writeCompoundAttribute(c);
-        writePosition(c.position);
-    }
-
-    void writePosition(TypeAnnotationPosition p) {
-        databuf.appendByte(p.type.targetTypeValue());
-        switch (p.type) {
-        // type case
-        case TYPECAST:
-        case TYPECAST_GENERIC_OR_ARRAY:
-        // object creation
-        case INSTANCEOF:
-        case INSTANCEOF_GENERIC_OR_ARRAY:
-        // new expression
-        case NEW:
-        case NEW_GENERIC_OR_ARRAY:
-            databuf.appendChar(p.offset);
-            break;
-         // local variable
-        case LOCAL_VARIABLE:
-        case LOCAL_VARIABLE_GENERIC_OR_ARRAY:
-            databuf.appendChar(p.lvarOffset.length);  // for table length
-            for (int i = 0; i < p.lvarOffset.length; ++i) {
-                databuf.appendChar(p.lvarOffset[i]);
-                databuf.appendChar(p.lvarLength[i]);
-                databuf.appendChar(p.lvarIndex[i]);
-            }
-            break;
-         // method receiver
-        case METHOD_RECEIVER:
-            // Do nothing
-            break;
-        // type parameters
-        case CLASS_TYPE_PARAMETER:
-        case METHOD_TYPE_PARAMETER:
-            databuf.appendByte(p.parameter_index);
-            break;
-        // type parameters bounds
-        case CLASS_TYPE_PARAMETER_BOUND:
-        case CLASS_TYPE_PARAMETER_BOUND_GENERIC_OR_ARRAY:
-        case METHOD_TYPE_PARAMETER_BOUND:
-        case METHOD_TYPE_PARAMETER_BOUND_GENERIC_OR_ARRAY:
-            databuf.appendByte(p.parameter_index);
-            databuf.appendByte(p.bound_index);
-            break;
-         // wildcards
-        case WILDCARD_BOUND:
-        case WILDCARD_BOUND_GENERIC_OR_ARRAY:
-            writePosition(p.wildcard_position);
-            break;
-         // Class extends and implements clauses
-        case CLASS_EXTENDS:
-        case CLASS_EXTENDS_GENERIC_OR_ARRAY:
-            databuf.appendChar(p.type_index);
-            break;
-        // throws
-        case THROWS:
-            databuf.appendChar(p.type_index);
-            break;
-        case CLASS_LITERAL:
-        case CLASS_LITERAL_GENERIC_OR_ARRAY:
-            databuf.appendChar(p.offset);
-            break;
-        // method parameter: not specified
-        case METHOD_PARAMETER_GENERIC_OR_ARRAY:
-            databuf.appendByte(p.parameter_index);
-            break;
-        // method type argument: wasn't specified
-        case NEW_TYPE_ARGUMENT:
-        case NEW_TYPE_ARGUMENT_GENERIC_OR_ARRAY:
-        case METHOD_TYPE_ARGUMENT:
-        case METHOD_TYPE_ARGUMENT_GENERIC_OR_ARRAY:
-            databuf.appendChar(p.offset);
-            databuf.appendByte(p.type_index);
-            break;
-        // We don't need to worry abut these
-        case METHOD_RETURN_GENERIC_OR_ARRAY:
-        case FIELD_GENERIC_OR_ARRAY:
-            break;
-        case UNKNOWN:
-            break;
-        default:
-            throw new AssertionError("unknown position: " + p);
-        }
-
-        // Append location data for generics/arrays.
-        if (p.type.hasLocation()) {
-            databuf.appendChar(p.location.size());
-            for (int i : p.location)
-                databuf.appendByte((byte)i);
-        }
-    }
-
 /**********************************************************************
  * Writing Objects
  **********************************************************************/
@@ -1698,7 +1554,6 @@
 
         acount += writeFlagAttrs(c.flags());
         acount += writeJavaAnnotations(c.getAnnotationMirrors());
-        acount += writeTypeAnnotations(c.typeAnnotations);
         acount += writeEnclosingMethodAttribute(c);
 
         poolbuf.appendInt(JAVA_MAGIC);