Incomplete resolution of references in Eclipse

  • Authors:
  • Joseph J. C. Chang;Robert J. Walker

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada;University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  • Venue:
  • eclipse '05 Proceedings of the 2005 OOPSLA workshop on Eclipse technology eXchange
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

In the Eclipse JDT, the Java reference resolution rules are applied as fully as possible, thereby either determining the unique target for a given reference or signalling that the reference cannot be resolved. However, a variety of development tasks require the manipulation of code for which incomplete resolution of references is both possible and useful. This paper motivates the need for incomplete resolution during a software reuse-and-integration task and the difficulties that result. A proof-of-concept implementation is described that is used as a basis for reuse tool support and that can be used for other transformation tools.