ClassCastException when refering to an array element as a single element

JSR-175 allows users to refer to an array property using a single value notation. For instance, if there is an annotation like:

public @interface MyAnnotation {
String[] value();
}

Code like this:

@MyAnnotation("Sample value")

is equivalent to:

@MyAnnotation(

)

However, backport175 compiles these annotations, but fail to read them at runtime with a ClassCastException.