Bug 80996 [Quick Fix] Incorrect return type of created method
Eclipse Version: 3.1.0 Build id: 200412081200 Place the following code in Eclipse - The class name is QuickFixEquals. package eclipse.bug; import java.util.List; public class QuickFixEquals { public boolean hasChildren() { if(getContentSpec().equals("Test")) return true; return false; } } Note that the code is importing java.util.List This would give a compilation error with a quick fix option. On applying QuickFix the following code is generated: private List getContentSpec() { // TODO Auto-generated method stub return null; } I would expect the return type to be Object - but it turned out to be List! [If you remove the import statement, it correctly sets the return type of getContentSpec to Object.] If the original class was import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; public class QuickFixEquals { public boolean hasChildren() { if(getContentSpec().equals("Test")) return true; return false; } public List<String> getList() { return new ArrayList<String>(); } } The QuickFix creates the following method - private AbstractList<E> getContentSpec() { // TODO Auto-generated method stub return null; }
org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/text/correction/ASTResolving.java
}
		return (BodyDeclaration) node;
	}
	
	public static CompilationUnit findParentCompilationUnit(ASTNode node) {
		return (CompilationUnit) findAncestor(node, ASTNode.COMPILATION_UNIT);
	}
	/**
	 * Returns either a AbstractTypeDeclaration or an AnonymousTypeDeclaration
	 * @param node
	 * @return CompilationUnit
	 */
	public static ASTNode findParentType(ASTNode node) {
		while ((node != null) && !(node instanceof AbstractTypeDeclaration) && !(node instanceof AnonymousClassDeclaration)) {
			node= node.getParent();
		}
		return node;
	}
	/**
	 * Returns the method binding of the node's parent method declaration or <code>null</code> if the node
	 * is not inside a metho
	 * @param node
	 * @return CompilationUnit
	 */
	public static MethodDeclaration findParentMethodDeclaration(ASTNode node) {
		while (node != null) {
			if (node.getNodeType() == ASTNode.METHOD_DECLARATION) {
				return (MethodDeclaration) node;
			}
			if (node instanceof AbstractTypeDeclaration || node instanceof AnonymousClassDeclaration) {