Description R. Lemos 2006-10-19 08:46:13 EDT

Example:

class A {
  private Collection<I> a[];
                      ^
}

Using content assist to get proposals for Collection type argument will throw the following exception:

java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.codeassist.CompletionEngine.isValidParent(CompletionEngine.java:6334)
        at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.codeassist.CompletionEngine.complete(CompletionEngine.java:733)
        at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.codeassist.CompletionEngine.complete(CompletionEngine.java:1766)
        at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.Openable.codeComplete(Openable.java:123)
        at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.CompilationUnit.codeComplete(CompilationUnit.java:313)


Note that it works perfectly using the other array declaration syntax:

class A {
  private Collection<I>[] a;
                      ^
}

It also works, regardless of the syntax used, when the declaration is local to a method:

public void method() {
  Collection<I> a[];
              ^
  Collection<I>[] b;
              ^
}