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POWhy am I getting a ClassCastException when generating javadocs?
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copied!<p>I'm using ant to generate javadocs, but get this exception over and over - why?</p> <p>I'm using JDK version <strong>1.6.0_06</strong>.</p> <pre><code>[javadoc] java.lang.ClassCastException: com.sun.tools.javadoc.ClassDocImpl cannot be cast to com.sun.javadoc.AnnotationTypeDoc [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.javadoc.AnnotationDescImpl.annotationType(AnnotationDescImpl.java:46) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.getAnnotations(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1739) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.writeAnnotationInfo(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1713) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.writeAnnotationInfo(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1702) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.writeAnnotationInfo(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1681) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.FieldWriterImpl.writeSignature(FieldWriterImpl.java:130) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.FieldBuilder.buildSignature(FieldBuilder.java:184) [javadoc] at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor8.invoke(Unknown Source) [javadoc] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) [javadoc] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.FieldBuilder.invokeMethod(FieldBuilder.java:114) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractMemberBuilder.build(AbstractMemberBuilder.java:56) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.FieldBuilder.buildFieldDoc(FieldBuilder.java:158) [javadoc] at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor51.invoke(Unknown Source) [javadoc] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) [javadoc] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.FieldBuilder.invokeMethod(FieldBuilder.java:114) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractMemberBuilder.build(AbstractMemberBuilder.java:56) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.buildFieldDetails(ClassBuilder.java:301) [javadoc] at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor43.invoke(Unknown Source) [javadoc] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) [javadoc] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.invokeMethod(ClassBuilder.java:101) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.buildClassDoc(ClassBuilder.java:124) [javadoc] at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor19.invoke(Unknown Source) [javadoc] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) [javadoc] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.invokeMethod(ClassBuilder.java:101) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.build(ClassBuilder.java:108) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.generateClassFiles(HtmlDoclet.java:155) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.generateClassFiles(AbstractDoclet.java:164) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.startGeneration(AbstractDoclet.java:106) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.start(AbstractDoclet.java:64) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.start(HtmlDoclet.java:42) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.doclets.standard.Standard.start(Standard.java:23) [javadoc] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) [javadoc] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) [javadoc] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) [javadoc] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.invoke(DocletInvoker.java:215) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.start(DocletInvoker.java:91) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.parseAndExecute(Start.java:340) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.begin(Start.java:128) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.execute(Main.java:41) [javadoc] at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.main(Main.java:31) </code></pre>

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