### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P org.eclipse.jdt.core
Index: search/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/search/matching/MatchLocator.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core/search/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/search/matching/MatchLocator.java,v
retrieving revision 1.328
diff -u -r1.328 MatchLocator.java
--- search/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/search/matching/MatchLocator.java	6 Oct 2009 17:07:18 -0000	1.328
+++ search/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/search/matching/MatchLocator.java	1 Dec 2009 09:07:16 -0000
@@ -463,7 +463,20 @@
 				}
 
 				// return binary method
-				return createBinaryMethodHandle(type, method.selector, argumentTypeNames);
+				IMethod binaryMethod = createBinaryMethodHandle(type, method.selector, argumentTypeNames);
+				if (binaryMethod == null) {
+					// when first attempt fails, try with similar matches if any...
+					PossibleMatch similarMatch = this.currentPossibleMatch.getSimilarMatch();
+					while (similarMatch != null) {
+						type = ((ClassFile)similarMatch.openable).getType();
+						binaryMethod = createBinaryMethodHandle(type, method.selector, argumentTypeNames);
+						if (binaryMethod != null) {
+							return binaryMethod;
+						}
+						similarMatch = similarMatch.getSimilarMatch();
+					}
+				}
+				return binaryMethod;
 			}
 		}
 		return null;
#P org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model
Index: src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/model/JavaSearchBugsTests.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/model/JavaSearchBugsTests.java,v
retrieving revision 1.182
diff -u -r1.182 JavaSearchBugsTests.java
--- src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/model/JavaSearchBugsTests.java	25 Nov 2009 12:26:50 -0000	1.182
+++ src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/model/JavaSearchBugsTests.java	1 Dec 2009 09:07:24 -0000
@@ -11029,4 +11029,39 @@
 		deleteProject("P");
 	}
 }
+
+/**
+ * @bug 288174: NullPointerException when searching for type references
+ * @test Ensure that no NPE occurs when searching for type references
+ * 		when a binary type has matches in several member or anonymous types
+ * @see "https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=288174"
+ */
+public void testBug288174() throws Exception {
+	final String libPath = "/JavaSearchBugs/lib/b288174.jar";
+	addLibraryEntry(JAVA_PROJECT, libPath, false);
+	try {
+		IPackageFragmentRoot root = getPackageFragmentRoot(libPath);
+		IJavaSearchScope scope = SearchEngine.createJavaSearchScope(new IJavaElement[] { root });
+		search("*", TYPE, REFERENCES, scope);
+		assertSearchResults(
+			"lib/b288174.jar pack.<anonymous> EXACT_MATCH\n" + 
+			"lib/b288174.jar E[] pack.<anonymous>.bar1(java.lang.Class<E>) EXACT_MATCH\n" + 
+			"lib/b288174.jar E[] pack.<anonymous>.bar1(java.lang.Class<E>) EXACT_MATCH\n" + 
+			"lib/b288174.jar E[] pack.<anonymous>.bar1(java.lang.Class<E>) EXACT_MATCH\n" + 
+			"lib/b288174.jar E[] pack.<anonymous>.bar1(java.lang.Class<E>) EXACT_MATCH\n" + 
+			"lib/b288174.jar E[] pack.<anonymous>.bar1(java.lang.Class<E>) EXACT_MATCH\n" + 
+			"lib/b288174.jar void pack.Test.foo1() EXACT_MATCH\n" + 
+			"lib/b288174.jar pack.<anonymous> EXACT_MATCH\n" + 
+			"lib/b288174.jar F[] pack.<anonymous>.bar2(java.lang.Class<F>) EXACT_MATCH\n" + 
+			"lib/b288174.jar F[] pack.<anonymous>.bar2(java.lang.Class<F>) EXACT_MATCH\n" + 
+			"lib/b288174.jar F[] pack.<anonymous>.bar2(java.lang.Class<F>) EXACT_MATCH\n" + 
+			"lib/b288174.jar F[] pack.<anonymous>.bar2(java.lang.Class<F>) EXACT_MATCH\n" + 
+			"lib/b288174.jar F[] pack.<anonymous>.bar2(java.lang.Class<F>) EXACT_MATCH\n" + 
+			"lib/b288174.jar void pack.Test.foo2() EXACT_MATCH"
+		);
+	}
+	finally {
+		removeClasspathEntry(JAVA_PROJECT, new Path(libPath));
+	}
+}
 }
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