locationtech / locationtech/jts
Add Collection Type Parameter Declarations for method return values?
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Description
Many areas of the codebase return collections without a type parameter declaration (examples below), which introduces the need for superfluous casting in user's code.
Happy to do this myself (at least on the more commonly used areas) -- would you accept a PR for this?
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Research direction
The issue names no files or tests, so first locate the commonly used Java methods that return collections without type-parameter declarations, using the examples and image in the report. Done means the selected collection-returning APIs declare their element types and callers no longer need superfluous casts; confirm the affected project tests still pass.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100