Hello Jon,
please read my comments in a previous post on this thread, why I
believe, this isn't very useful.
Tom
On Wed, 14 Aug 2002 10:54:59 -0400, Jon Steelman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would like this to be part of code inspection.
>
> Jon
>
> Erik Hanson wrote:
> > I might have the wrong terminology here, but I think it would be useful to
> > have IDEA figure out how specific or generic a variable, parameter or return
> > type can be and make the change.
> >
> > For example, if I have:
> >
> > public void addFooAndBar( ArrayList list )
> > {
> > list.add( "foo" );
> > list.add( "bar" );
> > }
> >
> > and I select "list" and choose "make variable less specific", it would
> > change the type of "list" to "Collection", since only methods from
> > Collection are being used.
> >
> > Likewise, if I have:
> >
> > public Collection createFooAndBar()
> > {
> > ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
> > list.add( "foo" );
> > list.add( "bar" );
> > return list;
> > }
> >
> > and I select "createFooAndBar" and choose "make return type more specific",
> > it would change the return type to "ArrayList".
> >
> >
> > Finding return types that can be more specific and finding variables and
> > parameters that can be more generic would be a good addition to the code
> > inspection.
> >
> >
>
_______________________________________________
Eap-features mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features
