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Bug 262073

Summary:	Export javac function to infer type for declaration
Product:	java	Reporter:	Svata Dedic <sdedic>
Component:	Source	Assignee:	Svata Dedic <sdedic>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	Keywords:	API, API_REVIEW_FAST
Priority:	P3
Version:	8.1
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	170574, 171272, 258167
Attachments:	Proposed changes

Description Svata Dedic 2016-05-17 08:44:51 UTC

See defects #258167, #171272 and #170574 (and possibly others). NetBeans run into issues when the IDE tries to declare a symbol based on expression's type.

The function could be exported from javac through TypeUtilities. See the attached diff.

Comment 1 Svata Dedic 2016-05-17 08:51:06 UTC

Created attachment 159780 [details]
Proposed changes

Comment 2 Svata Dedic 2016-06-17 11:36:32 UTC

Implemented in jet-main#c84429acf8b0

Comment 3 Quality Engineering 2016-06-18 03:12:28 UTC

Integrated into 'main-silver', will be available in build *201606180002* on http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress)

Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main-silver/rev/c84429acf8b0
User: Svata Dedic <sdedic@netbeans.org>
Log: #262073: API to construct a type denotable in the source