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Proper use of Strings to create SearchPatterns [message #520354]

Thu, 11 March 2010 23:53

Eclipse User

Hello,

Issue: How to properly construct search strings so that

org.eclipse.jdt.core.search.SearchPattern#createPattern(String str .....)

gives the expected results.

Details:

I have the search engine infrastructure up and working. My problem is with creating properly formatted strings that the search engine understands.

The javadoc for org.eclipse.jdt.core.search.SearchPattern states:

Method patterns have the following syntax:

[declaringType '.'] ['<' typeArguments '>'] methodName ['(' parameterTypes ')'] [returnType]

With some samples:

java.lang.Runnable.run() void
main(*)

Problem:

How to you specify methods with 2 or more arguments? For instance if I want to find references that call:

Foo.bar(String, Integer)

or

List<String> ls = ....
Foo.Bar(ls) // a method that takes a typed collection.

Thanks.

[Updated on: Thu, 11 March 2010 23:57] by Moderator

Re: Proper use of Strings to create SearchPatterns [message #521657 is a reply to message #520354]

Thu, 18 March 2010 08:33

Eclipse User

Method pattern as
Foo.bar(String, Integer) or Foo.Bar(List<String>) should do.

Re: Proper use of Strings to create SearchPatterns [message #521789 is a reply to message #521657]

Thu, 18 March 2010 14:04

Eclipse User

Sadly trying out:

Foo.bar(String, Integer) or Foo.Bar(List<String>)

was the first thing I attempted. Neither pattern achieves the desired result.

Re: Proper use of Strings to create SearchPatterns [message #521871 is a reply to message #520354]

Thu, 18 March 2010 23:37

Eclipse User

It should work. Can you give here the implementation you were using?

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