@Inherited annotations written in a stub file

[Nargeshdb]

If we have an @inherited annotation written in a stub file, subclasses in source code will not inherit the annotation!
e.g. Consider InheritedAnnotationType:

@Inherited
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface InheritedAnnotationType {
 ...   
}

Add @InheritedAnnotationType to Socket in a stub file:

@InheritedAnnotationType
class Socket implements Closeable {...}

Then, SubSocket doesn't inherit @InheritedAnnotationType!
class SubSocket extends Socket {}

[msridhar]

I think the question here is, is there any way to annotate a JDK library class declaration, via stub files, modifying the annotated JDK, or some other trick, such that the annotation will be inherited? As @Nargeshdb notes above just using @Inherited does not seem to work.

[smillst]

is there any way to annotate a JDK library class declaration, via stub files, modifying the annotated JDK, or some other trick, such that the annotation will be inherited?

Not currently, but I made a PR #3600 that reads inherited annotations from stub files and applies them to subclasses.

[msridhar]

Thanks, @smillst! @Nargeshdb is working on testing out #3600