Bug 219314

Summary:	[compiler] Unhelpful compile error: "the method ... is not applicable for the arguments ..."
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	James Shaw <js102>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	JDT-Core-Inbox <jdt-core-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3
Version:	3.3.1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description James Shaw

2008-02-18 08:28:37 EST

Build ID: M20071023-1652

Steps To Reproduce:


More information:
This error should use fully qualified type names when the message would otherwise be ambiguous.  For example

PreparedStatement stmt; Calendar cal;
stmt.setDate(1, cal.getTime());

will give the error "The method setDate(int, Date) in the type PreparedStatement is not applicable for the arguments 
 (int, Date)"