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Bug 196763

Summary:	Warning hint when referencing static methods using class reference
Product:	java	Reporter:	larand54
Component:	Hints	Assignee:	Jan Lahoda <jlahoda>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	7.0
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description larand54 2011-03-16 10:35:23 UTC

When I addresses a static method using the class name referencing it I get an irritating warning on that line.

e.g.
Thread.currentThread().sleep(1000);

This is in my opinion nothing to warn about but it would be ok on the following:

Thread th = new Thread();
th.currentThread().sleep(1000);

This is the NetBeans status:

Product Version: NetBeans IDE 7.0 Beta 2 (Build 201102140001)
Java: 1.6.0_23; Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 19.0-b09
System: Windows XP version 5.1 running on x86; Cp1252; sv_SE (nb)
Userdir: C:\Documents and Settings\swelga\.netbeans\7.0beta2

/LG

Comment 1 Jan Lahoda 2011-03-24 14:57:50 UTC

The Thread.sleep method is static, and so:
Thread.currentThread().sleep(1000);
can be changed to
Thread.sleep(1000);
which is simpler and less confusing. This is what the hint warns about. I have changed the underline so that the method name is underlined instead of the site:
http://hg.netbeans.org/jet-main/rev/393507a13d35

Comment 2 Quality Engineering 2011-03-28 08:46:08 UTC

Integrated into 'main-golden', will be available in build *201103280400* on http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress)
Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main/rev/393507a13d35
User: Jan Lahoda <jlahoda@netbeans.org>
Log: #196763: let static access warning underline the method/field name, not the site.