--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/processing/JavacFiler.java	Fri Sep 09 17:19:26 2011 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/processing/JavacFiler.java	Wed Sep 14 18:26:57 2011 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2011, 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
@@ -455,9 +455,24 @@
         // TODO: Only support reading resources in selected output
         // locations?  Only allow reading of non-source, non-class
         // files from the supported input locations?
-        FileObject fileObject = fileManager.getFileForInput(location,
+
+        // In the following, getFileForInput is the "obvious" method
+        // to use, but it does not have the "obvious" semantics for
+        // SOURCE_OUTPUT and CLASS_OUTPUT. Conversely, getFileForOutput
+        // does not have the correct semantics for any "path" location
+        // with more than one component. So, for now, we use a hybrid
+        // invocation.
+        FileObject fileObject;
+        if (location.isOutputLocation()) {
+            fileObject = fileManager.getFileForOutput(location,
+                    pkg.toString(),
+                    relativeName.toString(),
+                    null);
+        } else {
+            fileObject = fileManager.getFileForInput(location,
                     pkg.toString(),
                     relativeName.toString());
+        }
         if (fileObject == null) {
             String name = (pkg.length() == 0)
                     ? relativeName.toString() : (pkg + "/" + relativeName);

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/tools/javac/file/T7068437.java	Wed Sep 14 18:26:57 2011 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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 7068437
+ * @summary Filer.getResource(SOURCE_OUTPUT, ...) no longer works in JDK 7 w/o -s
+ */
+
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import javax.annotation.processing.AbstractProcessor;
+import javax.annotation.processing.Filer;
+import javax.annotation.processing.Messager;
+import javax.annotation.processing.RoundEnvironment;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedAnnotationTypes;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedOptions;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
+import javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement;
+import javax.tools.Diagnostic.Kind;
+import javax.tools.JavaCompiler;
+import javax.tools.JavaCompiler.CompilationTask;
+import javax.tools.StandardLocation;
+import javax.tools.ToolProvider;
+
+public class T7068437 {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        new T7068437().run();
+    }
+
+    void run() throws Exception {
+        JavaCompiler compiler = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler();
+        System.err.println("using " + compiler.getClass()
+                + " from " + compiler.getClass().getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource());
+
+        CompilationTask task = compiler.getTask(null, null, null,
+                Collections.singleton("-proc:only"),
+                Collections.singleton("java.lang.Object"),
+                null);
+        task.setProcessors(Collections.singleton(new Proc()));
+        check("compilation", task.call());
+
+        task = compiler.getTask(null, null, null,
+                Arrays.asList("-proc:only", "-AexpectFile"),
+                Collections.singleton("java.lang.Object"),
+                null);
+        task.setProcessors(Collections.singleton(new Proc()));
+        check("compilation", task.call());
+    }
+
+    void check(String msg, boolean ok) {
+        System.err.println(msg + ": " + (ok ? "ok" : "failed"));
+        if (!ok)
+            throw new AssertionError(msg);
+    }
+
+    @SupportedAnnotationTypes("*")
+    @SupportedOptions("expectFile")
+    private static class Proc extends AbstractProcessor {
+        int count;
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean process(Set<? extends TypeElement> annotations, RoundEnvironment roundEnv) {
+            if (roundEnv.processingOver() || count++ > 0) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            Filer filer = processingEnv.getFiler();
+            Messager messager = processingEnv.getMessager();
+            Map<String, String> options = processingEnv.getOptions();
+                System.err.println(options);
+            boolean expectFile = options.containsKey("expectFile");
+
+            System.err.println("running Proc: expectFile=" + expectFile);
+
+            boolean found;
+            try {
+                messager.printMessage(Kind.NOTE, "found previous content of length " +
+                        filer.getResource(StandardLocation.SOURCE_OUTPUT, "p", "C.java").getCharContent(false).length());
+                found = true;
+            } catch (FileNotFoundException x) {
+                messager.printMessage(Kind.NOTE, "not previously there");
+                found = false;
+            } catch (IOException x) {
+                messager.printMessage(Kind.ERROR, "while reading: " + x);
+                found = false;
+            }
+
+            if (expectFile && !found) {
+                messager.printMessage(Kind.ERROR, "expected file but file not found");
+            }
+
+            try {
+                Writer w = filer.createSourceFile("p.C").openWriter();
+                w.write("/* hello! */ package p; class C {}");
+                w.close();
+                messager.printMessage(Kind.NOTE, "wrote new content");
+            } catch (IOException x) {
+                messager.printMessage(Kind.ERROR, "while writing: " + x);
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public SourceVersion getSupportedSourceVersion() {
+            return SourceVersion.latest();
+        }
+    }
+}