--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/MemberEnter.java	Thu May 31 17:44:04 2012 +0100
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/MemberEnter.java	Thu May 31 15:07:29 2012 -0700
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
                                    final Name name,
                                    final Env<AttrContext> env) {
         if (tsym.kind != TYP) {
-            log.error(pos, "static.imp.only.classes.and.interfaces");
+            log.error(DiagnosticFlag.RECOVERABLE, pos, "static.imp.only.classes.and.interfaces");
             return;
         }
 

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/tools/javac/T7159016.java	Thu May 31 15:07:29 2012 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 7159016
+ * @summary Static import of member in processor-generated class fails in JDK 7
+ * @library lib
+ * @build JavacTestingAbstractProcessor
+ * @run main T7159016
+ * @author Jessie Glick
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Set;
+import javax.annotation.processing.AbstractProcessor;
+import javax.annotation.processing.RoundEnvironment;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedAnnotationTypes;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
+import javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement;
+import javax.tools.Diagnostic;
+import javax.tools.JavaCompiler;
+import javax.tools.ToolProvider;
+
+public class T7159016 {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        File src = new File("C.java");
+        Writer w = new FileWriter(src);
+        try {
+            w.write("import static p.Generated.m;\nclass C { {m(); } }\n");
+            w.flush();
+        } finally {
+            w.close();
+        }
+        JavaCompiler jc = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler();
+        JavaCompiler.CompilationTask task = jc.getTask(null, null, null, null, null,
+                                                       jc.getStandardFileManager(null, null, null).getJavaFileObjects(src));
+        task.setProcessors(Collections.singleton(new Proc()));
+        if (!task.call()) {
+            throw new Error("Test failed");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class Proc extends JavacTestingAbstractProcessor {
+        int written;
+        @Override public boolean process(Set<? extends TypeElement> annotations, RoundEnvironment roundEnv) {
+            if (roundEnv.processingOver() || written++ > 0) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            messager.printMessage(Diagnostic.Kind.NOTE, "writing Generated.java");
+            try {
+                Writer w = processingEnv.getFiler().createSourceFile("p.Generated").openWriter();
+                try {
+                    w.write("package p; public class Generated { public static void m() { } }");
+                } finally {
+                    w.close();
+                }
+            } catch (IOException x) {
+                messager.printMessage(Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR, x.toString());
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+}