JDK-8163310 : [Tree API] Investigate and implement jx.lang.model searchClass
  • Type: Sub-task
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: javadoc(tool)
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Won't Fix
  • Submitted: 2016-08-05
  • Updated: 2023-11-02
  • Resolved: 2023-11-02
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-8163389 - [Model API] address the method searchClass
Relates :  
JDK-8319300 - Remove unused methods in WorkArounds and Utils
Description
It would be nice if we have suitable convenience method in javax.lang.model to provide this functionality.
Comments
The only (or last) user of the JavaDoc `WorkArounds.searchClass(TypeElement,String)` method was `ThrowsTaglet`, but this use war removed with JDK-8295277. There is thus no more need to implement this method in any official API.
02-11-2023
This should (probably) not be on javax.lang.model. It should (probably) be on the Tree API, because it is searching imports, which are not available/meaningful in the context of the Language Model API.
13-08-2016
Method signature: public TypeElement searchClass(TypeElement klass, String className); see the implementation in WorkArounds.java
05-08-2016