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SpEL: add content-assist for methods and types in SpEL expressions
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for: eclipse
for: vscode
theme: code completion
theme: spel-support
type: enhancement
- Dominant language
- Java
- Stars
- 983
- Forks
- 240
- Avg merge
- 7d 1h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 7
Description
Once we have https://github.com/spring-projects/sts4/issues/1378 solved, we should be able to do nice content-assist for methods and types in SpEL expressions as well.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the linked prerequisite issue 1378 and the existing SpEL content-assist entry points. Define the scope for suggesting methods and types in SpEL expressions, then verify that both kinds of suggestions appear correctly in the supported editor environments.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, spring
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100