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 false;
					}
					break;
				case ASTNode.FIELD_ACCESS:
					if (((FieldAccess) parent).getExpression() == curr) {
						return false;
					}
					break;
				case ASTNode.SUPER_FIELD_ACCESS:
					break;
				case ASTNode.ASSIGNMENT:
					return ((Assignment) parent).getLeftHandSide() == curr;
				case ASTNode.VARIABLE_DECLARATION_FRAGMENT:
				case ASTNode.SINGLE_VARIABLE_DECLARATION:
					return ((VariableDeclaration) parent).getName() == curr;
				case ASTNode.POSTFIX_EXPRESSION:
				case ASTNode.PREFIX_EXPRESSION:
					return true;
				default:
					return false;
			}
			curr= parent;
			parent= curr.getParent();
		}
		return false;
	}
	public static int getPossibleTypeKinds(ASTNode node, boolean is50OrHigher) {
		int kinds= internalGetPossibleTypeKinds(node);
		if (!is50OrHigher) {
			kinds &= (SimilarElementsRequestor.INTERFACES | SimilarElementsRequestor.CLASSES);