Type parameters as enclosed elements

[ypoluektovich]

As of 1.0.1, TypeElementImpl considers type parameters to be "enclosed elements" that are to be returned by the getEnclosedElement() method. But the implementation used by javac (I tested openjdk and oracle versions, jdk 7 and 8) does not return type parameters as enclosed elements.

[fschopp]

Thanks for reporting this! Given that TypeParameterElement#getEnclosingElement () returns the "generic element" of the type parameter, it is currently unclear to me what the rationale behind the asymmetry of the javac behavior is. Though I agree that the javac behavior should be replicated here. Strictly speaking, another reason for going with with javac behavior is that TypeElement#getEnclosedElements() does not mention type parameters to be in the returned list (but only "fields, methods, constructors, and member types").

I'll ask on core-libs-dev for an explanation.