More Intelligent Eclipse "Open Call Hierarchy"?

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Michael McGowan picture Michael McGowan · Jan 10, 2011 · Viewed 15.7k times · Source

If I have a Java project in Eclipse, I can right-click on a method name and "Open Call Hierarchy." Suppose I have two interfaces, A and B, that both specify a method x(). Is it possible for me to have Eclipse use "Open Call Hierarchy" in a more intelligent way so as to only show calls to x() from A's while not showing those from B's?

Answer

Wagan8r picture Wagan8r · Jan 10, 2011

Eclipse should already do this. If you want to test it, go to your A interface, select the x() method and run 'Open Call Hierarchy' on it. Do the same for your x() method in interface B. You should get different code locations, unless you have a class which implements both, which you should never do. Doing so won't break any compilation or execution, you will just be doubly declaring the same method signature.

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