--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Type.java	Thu Oct 10 23:26:56 2013 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Type.java	Fri Oct 11 15:49:15 2013 +0200
@@ -165,6 +165,12 @@
         return lb.toList();
     }
 
+    /**For ErrorType, returns the original type, otherwise returns the type itself.
+     */
+    public Type getOriginalType() {
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public <R,S> R accept(Type.Visitor<R,S> v, S s) { return v.visitType(this, s); }
 
     /** Define a type given its tag and type symbol

--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Annotate.java	Thu Oct 10 23:26:56 2013 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Annotate.java	Fri Oct 11 15:49:15 2013 +0200
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import static com.sun.tools.javac.code.TypeTag.ARRAY;
 import static com.sun.tools.javac.code.TypeTag.CLASS;
 import static com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.Tag.*;
+import javax.lang.model.type.ErrorType;
 
 /** Enter annotations on symbols.  Annotations accumulate in a queue,
  *  which is processed at the top level of any set of recursive calls
@@ -310,7 +311,6 @@
     Attribute enterAttributeValue(Type expected,
                                   JCExpression tree,
                                   Env<AttrContext> env) {
-        Type original = expected;
         //first, try completing the attribution value sym - if a completion
         //error is thrown, we should recover gracefully, and display an
         //ordinary resolution diagnostic.
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
                                     l.head,
                                     env);
             }
-            return new Attribute.Error(original);
+            return new Attribute.Error(syms.errType);
         }
         if ((expected.tsym.flags() & Flags.ANNOTATION) != 0) {
             if (tree.hasTag(ANNOTATION)) {
@@ -365,12 +365,12 @@
             if (!expected.isErroneous())
                 log.error(tree.pos(), "annotation.not.valid.for.type", expected);
             enterAnnotation((JCAnnotation)tree, syms.errType, env);
-            return new Attribute.Error(original);
+            return new Attribute.Error(((JCAnnotation)tree).annotationType.type);
         }
         if (expected.isPrimitive() || types.isSameType(expected, syms.stringType)) {
             Type result = attr.attribExpr(tree, env, expected);
             if (result.isErroneous())
-                return new Attribute.Error(expected);
+                return new Attribute.Error(result.getOriginalType());
             if (result.constValue() == null) {
                 log.error(tree.pos(), "attribute.value.must.be.constant");
                 return new Attribute.Error(expected);
@@ -381,14 +381,15 @@
         if (expected.tsym == syms.classType.tsym) {
             Type result = attr.attribExpr(tree, env, expected);
             if (result.isErroneous()) {
-                // Does it look like a class literal?
-                if (TreeInfo.name(tree) == names._class) {
+                // Does it look like an unresolved class literal?
+                if (TreeInfo.name(tree) == names._class &&
+                    ((JCFieldAccess) tree).selected.type.isErroneous()) {
                     Name n = (((JCFieldAccess) tree).selected).type.tsym.flatName();
                     return new Attribute.UnresolvedClass(expected,
                             types.createErrorType(n,
                                     syms.unknownSymbol, syms.classType));
                 } else {
-                    return new Attribute.Error(expected);
+                    return new Attribute.Error(result.getOriginalType());
                 }
             }
 
@@ -396,21 +397,21 @@
             // at the tree level
             if (TreeInfo.name(tree) != names._class) {
                 log.error(tree.pos(), "annotation.value.must.be.class.literal");
-                return new Attribute.Error(expected);
+                return new Attribute.Error(syms.errType);
             }
             return new Attribute.Class(types,
                                        (((JCFieldAccess) tree).selected).type);
         }
         if (expected.hasTag(CLASS) &&
             (expected.tsym.flags() & Flags.ENUM) != 0) {
-            attr.attribExpr(tree, env, expected);
+            Type result = attr.attribExpr(tree, env, expected);
             Symbol sym = TreeInfo.symbol(tree);
             if (sym == null ||
                 TreeInfo.nonstaticSelect(tree) ||
                 sym.kind != Kinds.VAR ||
                 (sym.flags() & Flags.ENUM) == 0) {
                 log.error(tree.pos(), "enum.annotation.must.be.enum.constant");
-                return new Attribute.Error(expected);
+                return new Attribute.Error(result.getOriginalType());
             }
             VarSymbol enumerator = (VarSymbol) sym;
             return new Attribute.Enum(expected, enumerator);

--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/MemberEnter.java	Thu Oct 10 23:26:56 2013 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/MemberEnter.java	Fri Oct 11 15:49:15 2013 +0200
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@
         if (!t.hasTag(ERROR))
             return t;
 
-        return new ErrorType(((ErrorType) t).getOriginalType(), t.tsym) {
+        return new ErrorType(t.getOriginalType(), t.tsym) {
             private Type modelType;
 
             @Override

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/tools/javac/processing/errors/EnsureAnnotationTypeMismatchException/Processor.java	Fri Oct 11 15:49:15 2013 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 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.
+ */
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+import java.util.Set;
+import javax.annotation.processing.*;
+import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+import javax.lang.model.util.ElementFilter;
+import javax.tools.*;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.util.Assert;
+
+public class Processor extends JavacTestingAbstractProcessor {
+
+    private boolean seenGenerated;
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean process(Set<? extends TypeElement> annotations, RoundEnvironment roundEnv) {
+        for (Element e : roundEnv.getElementsAnnotatedWith(Gen.class)) {
+            Gen gen = e.getAnnotation(Gen.class);
+            try {
+                JavaFileObject source = processingEnv.getFiler().createSourceFile(gen.fileName());
+
+                try (Writer out = source.openWriter()) {
+                    out.write(gen.content());
+                }
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
+            }
+        }
+
+        TypeElement generated = processingEnv.getElementUtils().getTypeElement("Generated");
+
+        if (generated != null) {
+            Check check = ElementFilter.methodsIn(generated.getEnclosedElements()).get(0).getAnnotation(Check.class);
+
+            checkCorrectException(check::classValue, "java.lang.Class<java.lang.String>");
+            checkCorrectException(check::intConstValue, "boolean");
+            checkCorrectException(check::enumValue, "java.lang.String");
+            checkCorrectException(check::incorrectAnnotationValue, "java.lang.Deprecated");
+            checkCorrectException(check::incorrectArrayValue, "<any>");
+            checkCorrectException(check::incorrectClassValue, "<any>");
+
+            seenGenerated = true;
+        }
+
+        if (roundEnv.processingOver() && !seenGenerated) {
+            Assert.error("Did not see the generated class!");
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static void checkCorrectException(Runnable runCheck, String expectedType) {
+        try {
+            runCheck.run();
+            Assert.check(false); //Should not reach here
+        } catch (AnnotationTypeMismatchException ex) {
+            Assert.check(expectedType.equals(ex.foundType()), ex.foundType());
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+@interface Gen {
+    String fileName();
+    String content();
+}
+
+@interface Check {
+    Class<? extends Number> classValue();
+    int intConstValue();
+    E enumValue();
+    int incorrectAnnotationValue();
+    int incorrectArrayValue();
+    Class<?> incorrectClassValue();
+}
+
+enum E {
+    A;
+}

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/tools/javac/processing/errors/EnsureAnnotationTypeMismatchException/Source.java	Fri Oct 11 15:49:15 2013 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * @test /nodynamiccopyright/
+ * @bug 6278240
+ * @summary Ensure AnnotationTypeMismatchException is thrown when appropriate
+ *          with reasonable foundType filled.
+ * @library /tools/javac/lib
+ * @build JavacTestingAbstractProcessor Processor
+ * @compile/fail/ref=Source.out -XDrawDiagnostics -processor Processor Source.java
+ */
+
+@Gen(fileName="Generated",
+     content=
+"class Generated {\n" +
+"    @Check(classValue=String.class,\n" +
+"           intConstValue=false,\n" +
+"           enumValue=\"a\",\n" +
+"           incorrectAnnotationValue=@Deprecated,\n" +
+"           incorrectArrayValue={1, \"a\"},\n" +
+"           incorrectClassValue=get())\n" +
+"    public static Class<?> get() {\n" +
+"        return null;\n" +
+"    }\n" +
+"}\n")
+class Source {
+}

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/tools/javac/processing/errors/EnsureAnnotationTypeMismatchException/Source.out	Fri Oct 11 15:49:15 2013 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Generated.java:2:29: compiler.err.prob.found.req: (compiler.misc.inconvertible.types: java.lang.Class<java.lang.String>, java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.Number>)
+Generated.java:3:26: compiler.err.prob.found.req: (compiler.misc.inconvertible.types: boolean, int)
+Generated.java:4:22: compiler.err.prob.found.req: (compiler.misc.inconvertible.types: java.lang.String, E)
+Generated.java:5:37: compiler.err.annotation.not.valid.for.type: int
+Generated.java:6:32: compiler.err.annotation.value.not.allowable.type
+Generated.java:7:35: compiler.err.annotation.value.must.be.class.literal
+6 errors