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
}
	public static ICompilationUnit findCompilationUnitForBinding(ICompilationUnit cu, CompilationUnit astRoot, ITypeBinding binding) throws JavaModelException {
		if (binding == null || !binding.isFromSource() || binding.isTypeVariable() || binding.isWildcardType()) {
			return null;
		}
		ASTNode node= astRoot.findDeclaringNode(binding.getTypeDeclaration());
		if (node == null) {
			ICompilationUnit targetCU= Bindings.findCompilationUnit(binding, cu.getJavaProject());
			if (targetCU != null) {
				return targetCU;
			}
			return null;
		} else if (node instanceof AbstractTypeDeclaration || node instanceof AnonymousClassDeclaration) {
			return cu;
		}
		return null;
	}
	private static final Code[] CODE_ORDER= { PrimitiveType.CHAR, PrimitiveType.SHORT, PrimitiveType.INT, PrimitiveType.LONG, PrimitiveType.FLOAT, PrimitiveType.DOUBLE };
	public static ITypeBinding[] getRelaxingTypes(AST ast, ITypeBinding type) {
		ArrayList res= new ArrayList();
		res.add(type);
		if (type.isArray()) {
			res.add(ast.resolveWellKnownType("java.lang.Object")); 
			res.add(ast.resolveWellKnownType("java.io.Serializable")); 
			res.add(ast.resolveWellKnownType("java.lang.Cloneable")); 
		} else if (type.isPrimitive()) {
			Code code= PrimitiveType.toCode(type.getName());
			boolean found= false;
			for (int i= 0; i < CODE_ORDER.length; i++) {
				if (found) {