Bug 25098 Quickfix for The local variable may not have been initialized.. [quick fix]
Often I write code like this: String name; try { name = "Good value"; int val = name.indexOf(42); } catch(Exception e) { throw new RuntimeException("Something went wrong with " + name); } The declaration of name is placed outside the try clause to provide access to it inside the catch. Here eclipse (as it should) complains that "The local variable name may not have been initialized". How about providing a QuickFix that assigned null to the uninitialized variable (e.g. "String name = null")
org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/text/correction/ASTResolving.java
case ASTNode.CAST_EXPRESSION:
			return ((CastExpression) parent).getType().resolveBinding();
		case ASTNode.THROW_STATEMENT:
		case ASTNode.CATCH_CLAUSE:
            return parent.getAST().resolveWellKnownType("java.lang.Exception"); 
		case ASTNode.FIELD_ACCESS:
			if (node.equals(((FieldAccess) parent).getName())) {
				return getPossibleReferenceBinding(parent);
			}
			break;
		case ASTNode.QUALIFIED_NAME:
			if (node.equals(((QualifiedName) parent).getName())) {
				return getPossibleReferenceBinding(parent);
			}
			break;
		}
			
		return null;
	}
	private static ITypeBinding getParameterTypeBinding(ASTNode node, List args, IMethodBinding binding) {
		ITypeBinding[] paramTypes= binding.getParameterTypes();
		int index= args.indexOf(node);
		if (index >= 0 && index < paramTypes.length) {
			return paramTypes[index];
		}
		return null;
	}
	
    public static ITypeBinding guessBindingForTypeReference(ASTNode node) {
    	return normalizeTypeBinding(getPossibleTypeBinding(node));