java/jdk16 missing javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSeeAlso

[Ronald Klop]

On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:09:49 +0200, Rob Farmer <rfarmer at predatorlabs.net>  
wrote:

> With java/jdk16:
>
> Animal.java:
>     import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSeeAlso;
>
>     @XmlSeeAlso ({Dog.class,Cat.class})
>     class Animal {}
>     class Dog extends Animal {}
>     class Cat extends Animal {}
>
> javac Animal.java
>
>     Animal.java:1: cannot find symbol
>     symbol  : class XmlSeeAlso
>     location: package javax.xml.bind.annotation
>     import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSeeAlso;
>                                 ^
>     Animal.java:3: cannot find symbol
>     symbol: class XmlSeeAlso
>     @XmlSeeAlso ({Dog.class,Cat.class})
>      ^
>     2 errors
>
> This class seems to be missing, yet it is listed in the JDK 6 docs:
>
> http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlSeeAlso.html
>

There are differences in the API's between minor versions of java 6.  
Especially the XML packages have bitten me more than once. That is why it  
is nice, that java/openjdk6 is up to date.

Ronald.