FASTJavaAnnotation created in modifiers for FASTJavaVarDeclStatement

[Marpioux]

Hello,

I came across an interesting behavior while working with FAST-Java. When parsing the following Java code snippet using FAST:

@Value("${com.example}")
private String test;

The FASTJavaVarDeclStatement created included two things in the modifiers part :

• the actual token (e.g, public, private, ...) as FASTJavaModifier
• the annotation (here @/Value) as FASTJavaAnnotation

I was wondering if this is the expected behavior. If so, could you please provide some context on why annotations are included within the modifiers section? If not, would it make sense to adjust this so that annotations and access modifiers are handled separately?

Thank you in advance for your time and insights.

[NicolasAnquetil]

interesting point on which we will need to work a bit to give you an informed answer.

stay tuned, we will come back to you...