[DrJava] [ drjava-Ease of use Issues-767295 ] Interactions "No Method" Error Message

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Ease of use Issues item #767295, was opened at 2003-07-07 14:34
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Category: Platform Independent
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Peter Centgraf (centgraf)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Interactions "No Method" Error Message

Initial Comment:
When the current interactions pre-processor (as of
beta-20030701) cannot find a method Y in class X, it
prints this message:

Error: No 'Y' method in 'X'

However, this message can be misleading if the reason
the pre-processor cannot find the method is because of
the type of its arguments.  Take this simple
interaction, for example:

> System.exit();
Error: No 'exit' method in 'java.lang.System'

The pre-processor should check whether a method exists
with different arguments than given before printing
this message.  If a method or methods with this name is
found, a different error message should be produced,
highlighting the argument mismatch.  Perhaps the error
message could print the signatures of potentially
matching methods with the given name, up to a limit of
a few lines of output.

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