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 null;
	}
	private static IMethodBinding guessContructorBinding(ITypeBinding superclass, List arguments) {
		IMethodBinding[] declaredMethods= superclass.getDeclaredMethods();
		for (int i= 0; i < declaredMethods.length; i++) {
			IMethodBinding curr= declaredMethods[i];
			if (curr.isConstructor() && curr.getParameterTypes().length == arguments.size()) {
				return curr;
			}
		}
		return null;
	}
	public static Type guessTypeForReference(AST ast, ASTNode node) {
		ASTNode parent= node.getParent();
		while (parent != null) {
			switch (parent.getNodeType()) {
				case ASTNode.VARIABLE_DECLARATION_FRAGMENT:
					if (((VariableDeclarationFragment) parent).getInitializer() == node) {
						return ASTNodeFactory.newType(ast, (VariableDeclaration) parent);
					}
					return null;
				case ASTNode.SINGLE_VARIABLE_DECLARATION:
					if (((VariableDeclarationFragment) parent).getInitializer() == node) {
						return ASTNodeFactory.newType(ast, (VariableDeclaration) parent);
					}
					return null;
				case ASTNode.ARRAY_ACCESS:
					if (!((ArrayAccess) parent).getIndex().equals(node)) {
						Type type= guessTypeForReference(ast, parent);