src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java

*** 2109,2122 ****
                  //
                  //    E . new <typeargs1>C<typargs2>(args) ( class <empty-name> { ... } )  .
                  //
                  // This expression is then *transformed* as follows:
                  //
!                 // (1) add a STATIC flag to the class definition
!                 //     if the current environment is static
!                 // (2) add an extends or implements clause
!                 // (3) add a constructor.
                  //
                  // For instance, if C is a class, and ET is the type of E,
                  // the expression
                  //
                  //    E.new <typeargs1>C<typargs2>(args) { ... }
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                  //
                  //    E . new <typeargs1>C<typargs2>(args) ( class <empty-name> { ... } )  .
                  //
                  // This expression is then *transformed* as follows:
                  //
!                 // (1) add an extends or implements clause
!                 // (2) add a constructor.
                  //
                  // For instance, if C is a class, and ET is the type of E,
                  // the expression
                  //
                  //    E.new <typeargs1>C<typargs2>(args) { ... }
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                  //       <typarams> X(ET e, args) {
                  //         e.<typeargs1>super(args)
                  //       }
                  //       ...
                  //     }
!                 if (Resolve.isStatic(env)) cdef.mods.flags |= STATIC;
  
                  if (clazztype.tsym.isInterface()) {
                      cdef.implementing = List.of(clazz);
                  } else {
                      cdef.extending = clazz;
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                  //       <typarams> X(ET e, args) {
                  //         e.<typeargs1>super(args)
                  //       }
                  //       ...
                  //     }
!                 //
!                 // NOTE: STATIC flag used to be added to the class
!                 //       definition in a static environment.
!                 //       However, according to JLS: 15.9.5:
!                 //       "An anonymous class is never static"
!                 //       So, it is not added anymore.
!                 //
  
                  if (clazztype.tsym.isInterface()) {
                      cdef.implementing = List.of(clazz);
                  } else {
                      cdef.extending = clazz;