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 parent.getAST().resolveWellKnownType("int"); 
			} else {
				return getPossibleReferenceBinding(parent);
			}
		case ASTNode.ARRAY_CREATION:
			if (((ArrayCreation) parent).dimensions().contains(node)) {
				return parent.getAST().resolveWellKnownType("int"); 
			}
			break;
		case ASTNode.ARRAY_INITIALIZER:
			ASTNode initializerParent= parent.getParent();
			int dim= 1;
			while (initializerParent instanceof ArrayInitializer) {
				initializerParent= initializerParent.getParent();
				dim++;
			}
			Type creationType= null;
			if (initializerParent instanceof ArrayCreation) {
				creationType= ((ArrayCreation) initializerParent).getType();
			} else if (initializerParent instanceof VariableDeclaration) {
				VariableDeclaration varDecl= (VariableDeclaration) initializerParent;
				creationType= ASTNodes.getType(varDecl);
				dim-= ASTNodes.getExtraDimensions(varDecl);
			}
			if (creationType != null) {
				while ((creationType instanceof ArrayType) && dim > 0) {
					creationType= ((ArrayType) creationType).getComponentType();
					dim--;
				}
				return creationType.resolveBinding();