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It would be useful to add a Change Method Return Type refactoring (or extend Change Method Parameters refactoring to allow changing return type). Vince Kraemer wrote (on nbusers): I think it would be nice to have a 'Change return type' refactor on methods. It isn't very useful for standard java projects. It can be pretty important for J2ee projects, though. An example would be changing the return type of an "business method" on a enterprise javabean. Creating the business method only makes one visible change in the project. The user needs to do a couple changes to complete the return type change. The second change (in the interface file) won't be obviously required until the user gets a compilation error.
*** Bug 66414 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Changeset: 32af1d7eec00 Author: Ralph Benjamin Ruijs <ralphbenjamin@netbeans.org> Date: 2011-07-22 08:58 Message: Issue #56114 - Change Method Return Type refactoring
Integrated into 'main-golden' Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main-golden/rev/32af1d7eec00 User: Ralph Benjamin Ruijs <ralphbenjamin@netbeans.org> Log: Issue #56114 - Change Method Return Type refactoring