@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class Java16ValidatorTest {
     class Record {
 
         @Nested
-        class RecordAsIdentifierForbidden {
+        class RecordAsIdentifierSometimesForbidden {
             @Test
             void recordUsedAsClassName() {
                 String s = "public class record {}";
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package com.github.javaparser.ast.validator;

import com.github.javaparser.JavaParser;
import com.github.javaparser.ParseResult;
import com.github.javaparser.ParserConfiguration;
import com.github.javaparser.ast.CompilationUnit;
import com.github.javaparser.ast.stmt.Statement;
import com.github.javaparser.utils.TestUtils;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

import static com.github.javaparser.ParseStart.COMPILATION_UNIT;
import static com.github.javaparser.ParseStart.STATEMENT;
import static com.github.javaparser.ParserConfiguration.LanguageLevel.JAVA_16;
import static com.github.javaparser.Providers.provider;

class Java16ValidatorTest {

    private final JavaParser javaParser = new JavaParser(new ParserConfiguration().setLanguageLevel(JAVA_16));

    @Nested
    class Yield {
        @Test
        void yieldAllowed() {
            ParseResult<Statement> result = javaParser.parse(STATEMENT, provider("switch(x){case 3: yield 6;}"));
            TestUtils.assertNoProblems(result);
        }

    }

    /**
     * Records are available within Java 14 (preview), Java 15 (2nd preview), and Java 16 (release).
     * The introduction of records means that they are no longer able to be used as identifiers.
     */
    @Nested
    class Record {

        @Nested
        class RecordAsIdentifierForbidden {
            @Test
            void recordUsedAsClassName() {
                String s = "public class record {}";
                ParseResult<CompilationUnit> result = javaParser.parse(COMPILATION_UNIT, provider(s));
                TestUtils.assertProblems(result, "(line 1,col 14) 'record' cannot be used as an identifier as it is a keyword.");
            }

            @Test
            void recordUsedAsFieldName() {
                String s = "class X { int record; }";
                ParseResult<CompilationUnit> result = javaParser.parse(COMPILATION_UNIT, provider(s));
                TestUtils.assertProblems(result, "(line 1,col 15) 'record' cannot be used as an identifier as it is a keyword.");
            }
        }


        @Nested
        class RecordDeclarationPermitted {
            @Test
            void recordDeclaration() {
                String s = "record X() { }";
                ParseResult<CompilationUnit> result = javaParser.parse(COMPILATION_UNIT, provider(s));
                TestUtils.assertNoProblems(result);
            }
        }
    }
}

Please keep the tests within the `Java16ValidatorTest` consistent with the ones within the Java14/15 preview validator tests. I fear I misled you within the issue -- my mistake. Perhaps rename this to `RecordAsTypeIdentifierForbidden`?