Bug 78057

Summary:	[dom] Can IBinding#getKey() return null?
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Markus Keller <markus.kell.r>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	Jerome Lanneluc <jerome_lanneluc>
Status:	VERIFIED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	trivial
Priority:	P3
Version:	3.0
Target Milestone:	3.1 M4
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Markus Keller

2004-11-08 05:43:28 EST

200411050810

The Javadoc of IBinding#getKey() starts with ...

	/**
	 * Returns the key for this binding.

... and ends with ...

	 * @return the key for this binding, or <code>null</code> if none
	 */

IMO, these two statements are contradictory. Is there any situation left, in
which an IBinding does not have a key? If yes, it would be nice to have this
mentioned explicitly. If not, then the "or <code>null</code> if none" should be
removed to relieve clients from the null-checking burden.

Comment 1 Jerome Lanneluc

2004-11-22 12:43:14 EST

Removed "or <code>null</code> if none" as this can never happen.

Comment 2 Frederic Fusier

2004-12-14 13:34:51 EST

Verified for 3.1 M4 using build I200412140800.