diff -r bf0a77f029c4 -r d97770281580 javap/src/main/java/org/apidesign/javap/AnnotationParser.java
--- a/javap/src/main/java/org/apidesign/javap/AnnotationParser.java	Sun Dec 02 12:26:14 2012 +0100
+++ b/javap/src/main/java/org/apidesign/javap/AnnotationParser.java	Sun Dec 02 12:39:51 2012 +0100
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     }
     
     protected void visitAttr(
-        String type, String attr, String value
+        String annoType, String attr, String attrType, String value
     ) throws IOException {
     }
     
@@ -90,7 +90,13 @@
             readAnno(dis, cd);
         } else if ("CFJZsSIDB".indexOf(type) >= 0) { // NOI18N
             int primitive = dis.readUnsignedShort();
-            visitAttr(typeName, attrName, cd.StringValue(primitive));
+            String attrType;
+            if (type == 's') {
+                attrType = "Ljava_lang_String";
+            } else {
+                attrType = "" + type;
+            }
+            visitAttr(typeName, attrName, attrType, cd.StringValue(primitive));
         } else if (type == 'c') {
             int cls = dis.readUnsignedShort();
         } else if (type == '[') {