Bug 208260

Description Markus Keller 2007-10-31 11:53:22 EDT

I20071031-0010

The pattern syntax for SearchPattern#createPattern(String, ..) should be documented in createPattern's Javadoc.

Some (unpolished) documentation is available in the Javadoc of the private methods
#createMethodOrConstructorPattern(String, int, int, boolean),
#createFieldPattern(String, int, int), and
#createTypePattern(String, int, int, char)

The syntax for method and constructor patterns looks strange.
E.g. for this example:

package foo;
public class XXX<E> {
	public <T>XXX() {}
	void refs() {
		new <String>foo.XXX<Integer>();
		new <Object>foo.XXX<Float>();
	}
}

... , the syntax suggests:

    foo.<String>XXX()

... , although a fully qualified constructor reference has the first type arguments before the qualification and a second type arguments list after the method name:

    <String>foo.XXX<Integer>()