Bug 407082

Summary:	[1.8][quick fix] make annotation repeatable (JEP 120)
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Markus Keller <markus.kell.r>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	JDT-UI-Inbox <jdt-ui-inbox>
Status:	ASSIGNED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	daniel_megert, deepakazad
Version:	4.3
Target Milestone:	BETA J8
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Bug Depends on:	407864
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Description Markus Keller

2013-05-02 12:00:07 EDT

Specifying the same annotation multiple times on the same element yields a compile error. With JEP 120, the annotation can be made @Repeatable.

The subject of this bug is to provide two quick fixes for such an error iff the repeated annotation is a source type:

1) Make '<annotation-name>' @Repeatable
- when the proposal is applied, we could also try to find an existing container annotation that meets all requirements

2) Make '<annotation-name>' @Repeatable and create container
- also creates an @interface with name '<annotation-name>Container' that implements all the boilerplate code.


We could also add a quick assist that "explodes" an existing container annotation and lists its elements directly.