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Bug 467019

Summary: [move method] incorrect precondition that disallows moving methods of anonymous class
Product: [Eclipse Project] JDT Reporter: Jongwook Kim <jongwook.kim>
Component: UIAssignee: JDT-UI-Inbox <jdt-ui-inbox>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: jongwook.kim
Version: 4.4.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows 7   
Whiteboard: stalebug

Description Jongwook Kim CLA 2015-05-11 11:46:19 EDT
In the following example, method m(A) inside anonymous class B can be moved to enclosing class A since it does not reference members of B.

However, JDT preconditions prevent it with an incorrect error message: "The method cannot be moved, since it has references to enclosing instances".

BEFORE
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class A {
	int i = 1;
	int j = 2;

	void n() {
		new B() {
			void m(A a) {
				i = i + j;
			}
		};
	}
}

AFTER (JDT cannot do but should be able to.)
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class A {
	int i = 1;
	int j = 2;

	void m() {
		i = i + j;
	}

	void n() {
		new B() {			
		};
	}
}
Comment 1 Eclipse Genie CLA 2020-04-28 19:13:50 EDT
This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet. As such, we're closing this bug.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it and reopen this bug. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

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