clover fails when providing javax validations inside Optional

[Sameer Sood]

Following example fails clover.

unexpected token: Optional

Problem with Clover?

Optional<@Size(max = 50) @Pattern(regexp = "^[ A-Za-z0-9'./&,-]*$") String> myfield();

[Grzegorz Lewandowski]

Hey, Clover doesn't support Java 8 annotations in all places. More details are available here. Note, Clover was recently open sourced and the feature won't be delivered in any new version of Atlassian Clover.