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After adding "." in a builder, the previous expression goes red and no member is shown in intellisense
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Description
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Environment
- Operating System: fedora 33
- JDK version: 11.0.9
- Visual Studio Code version: 1.55.2
- Java extension version: 0.77


Steps To Reproduce
- On a builder expression seems fine, but when I go to add a new part of the builder adding a . , it marks previous expression as wrong and no member is shown
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[Error - 12:33:04] Request codeLens/resolve failed.
Message: Internal error.
Code: -32603
java.util.concurrent.CompletionException: java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.encodeThrowable(CompletableFuture.java:314)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.completeThrowable(CompletableFuture.java:319)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniApply.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:645)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$Completion.exec(CompletableFuture.java:479)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:290)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.topLevelExec(ForkJoinPool.java:1020)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.scan(ForkJoinPool.java:1656)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1594)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:183)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.ReferenceExpression.copy(ReferenceExpression.java:155)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.ReferenceExpression.cachedResolvedCopy(ReferenceExpression.java:972)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.ReferenceExpression.resolveExpressionExpecting(ReferenceExpression.java:1017)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.ConstraintExpressionFormula.reduceReferenceExpressionCompatibility(ConstraintExpressionFormula.java:265)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.ConstraintExpressionFormula.reduce(ConstraintExpressionFormula.java:221)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.BoundSet.reduceOneConstraint(BoundSet.java:985)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.InferenceContext18.reduceAndIncorporate(InferenceContext18.java:1124)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.InferenceContext18.lambda$2(InferenceContext18.java:602)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.InferenceContext18.collectingInnerBounds(InferenceContext18.java:535)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.InferenceContext18.addJDK_8153748ConstraintsFromFunctionalExpr(InferenceContext18.java:602)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.InferenceContext18.addJDK_8153748ConstraintsFromExpression(InferenceContext18.java:571)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.InferenceContext18.addJDK_8153748ConstraintsFromInvocation(InferenceContext18.java:556)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.InferenceContext18.inferInvocationType(InferenceContext18.java:421)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.ParameterizedGenericMethodBinding.computeCompatibleMethod18(ParameterizedGenericMethodBinding.java:271)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.ParameterizedGenericMethodBinding.computeCompatibleMethod(ParameterizedGenericMethodBinding.java:92)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.Scope.computeCompatibleMethod(Scope.java:841)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.Scope.computeCompatibleMethod(Scope.java:798)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.Scope.findMethod0(Scope.java:1756)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.Scope.findMethod(Scope.java:1657)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.lookup.Scope.getMethod(Scope.java:3045)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.MessageSend.findMethodBinding(MessageSend.java:1017)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.MessageSend.resolveType(MessageSend.java:838)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.CastExpression.resolveType(CastExpression.java:628)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.LocalDeclaration.resolve(LocalDeclaration.java:390)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.LocalDeclaration.resolve(LocalDeclaration.java:259)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.AbstractMethodDeclaration.resolveStatements(AbstractMethodDeclaration.java:661)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.MethodDeclaration.resolveStatements(MethodDeclaration.java:362)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.AbstractMethodDeclaration.resolve(AbstractMethodDeclaration.java:570)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.TypeDeclaration.resolve(TypeDeclaration.java:1493)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.TypeDeclaration.resolve(TypeDeclaration.java:1618)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.CompilationUnitDeclaration.resolve(CompilationUnitDeclaration.java:662)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.hierarchy.HierarchyResolver.resolve(HierarchyResolver.java:875)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.hierarchy.HierarchyResolver.resolve(HierarchyResolver.java:672)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.hierarchy.HierarchyBuilder.buildSupertypes(HierarchyBuilder.java:129)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.hierarchy.IndexBasedHierarchyBuilder.build(IndexBasedHierarchyBuilder.java:171)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.hierarchy.TypeHierarchy.compute(TypeHierarchy.java:323)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.hierarchy.TypeHierarchy.refresh(TypeHierarchy.java:1319)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.CreateTypeHierarchyOperation.executeOperation(CreateTypeHierarchyOperation.java:94)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.JavaModelOperation.run(JavaModelOperation.java:740)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.JavaModelOperation.runOperation(JavaModelOperation.java:806)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.SourceType.newSupertypeHierarchy(SourceType.java:858)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.SourceType.newSupertypeHierarchy(SourceType.java:809)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.search.IndexSelector.getFocusedElementsAndTypes(IndexSelector.java:165)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.search.IndexSelector.canSeeFocus(IndexSelector.java:72)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.search.matching.MatchLocator.workingCopiesThatCanSeeFocus(MatchLocator.java:245)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.search.matching.MatchLocator.addWorkingCopies(MatchLocator.java:201)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.search.BasicSearchEngine.findMatches(BasicSearchEngine.java:249)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.search.BasicSearchEngine.search(BasicSearchEngine.java:601)
at org.eclipse.jdt.core.search.SearchEngine.search(SearchEngine.java:670)
at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.handlers.CodeLensHandler.findReferences(CodeLensHandler.java:147)
at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.handlers.CodeLensHandler.resolve(CodeLensHandler.java:100)
at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.handlers.JDTLanguageServer.lambda$16(JDTLanguageServer.java:674)
at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.BaseJDTLanguageServer.lambda$0(BaseJDTLanguageServer.java:75)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniApply.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:642)
... 6 more
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Research direction
Start by creating a minimal Java builder-expression reproduction using the Fedora 33, JDK 11, VS Code 1.55.2, and Java extension 0.77 environment described. Inspect the CodeLensHandler.resolve/findReferences path alongside the reported JDT ReferenceExpression NullPointerException; done means adding a dot no longer marks the preceding expression invalid, member completion appears, and the CodeLens request does not fail.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100