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Bug 15337 - [Override Methods] Colorize overriding method names in the editor
Summary: [Override Methods] Colorize overriding method names in the editor
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: java
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Unsupported (show other bugs)
Version: 3.x
Hardware: Macintosh Mac OS X
: P1 blocker with 1 vote (vote)
Assignee: issues@java
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Reported: 2001-09-10 19:29 UTC by daveyost
Modified: 2007-09-26 09:14 UTC (History)
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Description daveyost 2001-09-10 19:29:43 UTC 
It would be useful to be able to look at a method definition and see 
immediately whether or not it is an override.  This could be accomplished 
by highlighting the method name with colorization or underline or bold or 
something.

This feature would help prevent two kinds of mistake:

You might intend to override a method but misspell it or accidentally 
provide different argument signature.

Or you might intend to write a new, non-overriding method and 
accidentally pick the name and signature of a superclass method.
Comment 1 Svata Dedic 2001-11-19 12:03:50 UTC 
I think using Annotations (bullets in the editor's gutter) would be 
great to solve this issue.
Comment 2 Jan Chalupa 2001-11-27 12:50:22 UTC 
Target milestone -> 3.3.1.
Comment 3 Jan Becicka 2002-01-16 14:36:13 UTC 
Good feature for 3.4.
Comment 4 Svata Dedic 2002-05-21 17:52:14 UTC 
Cleaning up before 4.0 planning
Comment 5 Marek Grummich 2002-07-19 16:03:00 UTC 
Target milestone was changed from not determined to TBD
Comment 6 Jan Becicka 2002-08-06 12:27:07 UTC 
Cool feature for 4.0?
Comment 7 Jan Becicka 2004-08-10 15:54:01 UTC 
Fixed. We have override annotations now.
Comment 8 Quality Engineering 2007-09-20 12:05:55 UTC 
Reorganization of java component