Looks into indirect types during compilation (eclipse-jdt#2543)

+ tolerate missing types during BTB.resolveTypesFor(MethodBinding)
+ new parameterCompatibilityLevel NEED_MISSING_TYPE
+ when NEED_MISSING_TYPE is encountered during resolution
  answer ProblemMethodBinding(ProblemReason.MissingTypeInSignature)
+ for varargs invocation try to discern if a missing type is relevant
+ detect when method return type can be ignored
+ detect missing types during type inference
  - don't let constraint with missing type fail type inference
  - prefer that candidate during overload resolution
+ let more locations propagate HasMissingType
+ improve collectMissingTypes() & protect against infinite recursion

Tests:
+ adjust expected secondary errors (neither is better than the other)
+ Java50Tests pointed to incomplete impl. at compliance below 1.8
  => restrict new policy to 1.8+
+ DependencyTests.testMissingClassFile()
  + bump test to 1.8 and let it include positive & negative cases
+ MultiProjectTests.test461074_error() split to 1.5 and 1.8 variants:
  + no change at 1.5
  + no longer an error at 1.8+
+ improved errors in GenericsRegressionTest_1_8.testBug525580*() et al
+ fix JCL_LIB -> JCL18_LIB in ImportRewrite18Test
+ JavaSearchBugsTest2:
   - fix tests by adding required import
   - create one test variant with missing import and POTENTIAL_MATCH

fixes eclipse-jdt#543

org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ClassFile.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2023 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2024 IBM Corporation and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -4485,7 +4485,7 @@ public int generateMethodInfoAttributes(MethodBinding methodBinding) {
 			}
 		}
 		if ((methodBinding.tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0) {
-			this.missingTypes = methodBinding.collectMissingTypes(this.missingTypes);
+			this.missingTypes = methodBinding.collectMissingTypes(this.missingTypes, true);
 		}
 		return attributesNumber;
 	}

org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/AllocationExpression.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2021 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2024 IBM Corporation and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ public TypeBinding resolveType(BlockScope scope) {
 		scope.problemReporter().invalidConstructor(this, this.binding);
 		return this.resolvedType;
 	}
-	if ((this.binding.tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0) {
+	if ((this.binding.tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0 && isMissingTypeRelevant()) {
 		scope.problemReporter().missingTypeInConstructor(this, this.binding);
 	}
 	if (isMethodUseDeprecated(this.binding, scope, true, this)) {
@@ -539,6 +539,20 @@ public TypeBinding resolveType(BlockScope scope) {
 	return this.resolvedType;
 }
 
+protected boolean isMissingTypeRelevant() {
+	if (this.binding != null && this.binding.isVarargs()) {
+		if (this.arguments.length < this.binding.parameters.length) {
+			// are all but the irrelevant varargs type present?
+			for (int i = 0; i < this.arguments.length; i++) {
+				if ((this.binding.parameters[i].tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0)
+					return true; // this one *is* relevant - actually this case is already detected during findConstructorBinding()
+			}
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
 protected void checkPreConstructorContext(BlockScope scope) {
 	if (this.inPreConstructorContext && this.type != null &&
 			this.type.resolvedType instanceof ReferenceBinding currentType

org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/MessageSend.java

@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ public TypeBinding resolveType(BlockScope scope) {
 			this.binding = scope.environment().updatePolymorphicMethodReturnType((PolymorphicMethodBinding) this.binding, TypeBinding.VOID);
 		}
 	}
-	if ((this.binding.tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0) {
+	if ((this.binding.tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0 && isMissingTypeRelevant()) {
 		scope.problemReporter().missingTypeInMethod(this, this.binding);
 	}
 	if (!this.binding.isStatic()) {
@@ -1112,6 +1112,25 @@ protected boolean isUnnecessaryReceiverCast(BlockScope scope, TypeBinding uncast
 			|| MethodVerifier.doesMethodOverride(otherMethod, this.binding, scope.environment());
 }
 
+protected boolean isMissingTypeRelevant() {
+	if ((this.bits & ASTNode.InsideExpressionStatement) != 0) {
+		if (this.binding.collectMissingTypes(null, false) == null)
+			return false; // only irrelevant return type is missing
+	}
+	if ((this.binding.returnType.tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) == 0
+			&& this.binding.isVarargs()) {
+		if (this.arguments.length < this.binding.parameters.length) {
+			// are all but the irrelevant varargs type present?
+			for (int i = 0; i < this.arguments.length; i++) {
+				if ((this.binding.parameters[i].tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0)
+					return true; // this one *is* relevant - actually this case is already detected during findMethodBinding()
+			}
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
 protected TypeBinding handleNullnessCodePatterns(BlockScope scope, TypeBinding returnType) {
 	// j.u.s.Stream.filter() may modify nullness of stream elements:
 	if (this.binding.isWellknownMethod(TypeConstants.JAVA_UTIL_STREAM__STREAM, TypeConstants.FILTER)

org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/QualifiedAllocationExpression.java

@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ private TypeBinding resolveTypeForQualifiedAllocationExpression(BlockScope scope
 			scope.problemReporter().invalidConstructor(this, constructorBinding);
 			return this.resolvedType;
 		}
-		if ((constructorBinding.tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0) {
+		if ((constructorBinding.tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0 && isMissingTypeRelevant()) {
 			scope.problemReporter().missingTypeInConstructor(this, constructorBinding);
 		}
 		if (this.enclosingInstance != null) {

org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/BinaryTypeBinding.java

@@ -1951,33 +1951,39 @@ MethodBinding resolveTypesFor(MethodBinding method) {
 
 	if ((method.modifiers & ExtraCompilerModifiers.AccUnresolved) == 0)
 		return method;
+	boolean tolerateSave = this.environment.mayTolerateMissingType;
+	this.environment.mayTolerateMissingType |= this.environment.globalOptions.complianceLevel >= ClassFileConstants.JDK1_8; // tolerance only implemented for 1.8+
+	try {
 
-	if (!method.isConstructor()) {
-		TypeBinding resolvedType = resolveType(method.returnType, this.environment, true /* raw conversion */);
-		method.returnType = resolvedType;
-		if ((resolvedType.tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0) {
-			method.tagBits |= TagBits.HasMissingType;
+		if (!method.isConstructor()) {
+			TypeBinding resolvedType = resolveType(method.returnType, this.environment, true /* raw conversion */);
+			method.returnType = resolvedType;
+			if ((resolvedType.tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0) {
+				method.tagBits |= TagBits.HasMissingType;
+			}
 		}
-	}
-	for (int i = method.parameters.length; --i >= 0;) {
-		TypeBinding resolvedType = resolveType(method.parameters[i], this.environment, true /* raw conversion */);
-		method.parameters[i] = resolvedType;
-		if ((resolvedType.tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0) {
-			method.tagBits |= TagBits.HasMissingType;
+		for (int i = method.parameters.length; --i >= 0;) {
+			TypeBinding resolvedType = resolveType(method.parameters[i], this.environment, true /* raw conversion */);
+			method.parameters[i] = resolvedType;
+			if ((resolvedType.tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0) {
+				method.tagBits |= TagBits.HasMissingType;
+			}
 		}
-	}
-	for (int i = method.thrownExceptions.length; --i >= 0;) {
-		ReferenceBinding resolvedType = (ReferenceBinding) resolveType(method.thrownExceptions[i], this.environment, true /* raw conversion */);
-		method.thrownExceptions[i] = resolvedType;
-		if ((resolvedType.tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0) {
-			method.tagBits |= TagBits.HasMissingType;
+		for (int i = method.thrownExceptions.length; --i >= 0;) {
+			ReferenceBinding resolvedType = (ReferenceBinding) resolveType(method.thrownExceptions[i], this.environment, true /* raw conversion */);
+			method.thrownExceptions[i] = resolvedType;
+			if ((resolvedType.tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0) {
+				method.tagBits |= TagBits.HasMissingType;
+			}
 		}
+		for (int i = method.typeVariables.length; --i >= 0;) {
+			method.typeVariables[i].resolve();
+		}
+		method.modifiers &= ~ExtraCompilerModifiers.AccUnresolved;
+		return method;
+	} finally {
+		this.environment.mayTolerateMissingType = tolerateSave;
 	}
-	for (int i = method.typeVariables.length; --i >= 0;) {
-		method.typeVariables[i].resolve();
-	}
-	method.modifiers &= ~ExtraCompilerModifiers.AccUnresolved;
-	return method;
 }
 @Override
 AnnotationBinding[] retrieveAnnotations(Binding binding) {

org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/CaptureBinding.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2021 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2024 IBM Corporation and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -63,13 +63,10 @@ public CaptureBinding(WildcardBinding wildcard, ReferenceBinding sourceType, int
 			this.environment.typeSystem.cacheDerivedType(this, unannotated, this);
 			// propagate from wildcard to capture - use super version, because our own method propagates type annotations in the opposite direction:
 			super.setTypeAnnotations(wildcard.getTypeAnnotations(), wildcard.environment.globalOptions.isAnnotationBasedNullAnalysisEnabled);
-			if (wildcard.hasNullTypeAnnotations())
-				this.tagBits |= TagBits.HasNullTypeAnnotation;
+			this.tagBits |= wildcard.tagBits & (TagBits.HasNullTypeAnnotation|TagBits.HasMissingType);
 		} else {
 			computeId(this.environment);
-			if(wildcard.hasNullTypeAnnotations()) {
-				this.tagBits |= (wildcard.tagBits & TagBits.AnnotationNullMASK) | TagBits.HasNullTypeAnnotation;
-			}
+			this.tagBits |= wildcard.tagBits & (TagBits.AnnotationNullMASK|TagBits.HasNullTypeAnnotation|TagBits.HasMissingType);
 		}
 	}
 

org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/ConstraintExceptionFormula.java

@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ public ConstraintExceptionFormula(FunctionalExpression left, TypeBinding type) {
 
 	@Override
 	public Object reduce(InferenceContext18 inferenceContext) {
+		if ((this.right.tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0) {
+			inferenceContext.hasIgnoredMissingType = true;
+			return TRUE;
+		}
 		// JLS 18.2.5
 		Scope scope = inferenceContext.scope;
 		if (!this.right.isFunctionalInterface(scope))

org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/ConstraintExpressionFormula.java

@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ class ConstraintExpressionFormula extends ConstraintFormula {
 
 	@Override
 	public Object reduce(InferenceContext18 inferenceContext) throws InferenceFailureException {
+		if ((this.right.tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0) {
+			inferenceContext.hasIgnoredMissingType = true;
+			return TRUE;
+		}
 
 		if (this.relation == POTENTIALLY_COMPATIBLE) {
 			/* 15.12.2.1: ... The definition of potential applicability goes beyond a basic arity check to also take into account the presence and "shape" of functional interface

org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/ConstraintTypeFormula.java

@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ private ConstraintTypeFormula(TypeBinding exprType, TypeBinding right, int relat
 	// return: ReductionResult or ConstraintFormula[]
 	@Override
 	public Object reduce(InferenceContext18 inferenceContext) {
+		if ((this.left.tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0 || (this.right.tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0) {
+			inferenceContext.hasIgnoredMissingType = true;
+			return TRUE;
+		}
 		switch (this.relation) {
 		case COMPATIBLE:
 			// 18.2.2:

org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/InferenceContext18.java

@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ public class InferenceContext18 {
 	// the following two flags control to what degree we continue with incomplete information:
 	private boolean isInexactVarargsInference = false;
 	boolean prematureOverloadResolution = false;
+	// during reduction we ignore missing types but record that fact here:
+	boolean hasIgnoredMissingType;
 
 	public static boolean isSameSite(InvocationSite site1, InvocationSite site2) {
 		if (site1 == site2)
@@ -754,6 +756,7 @@ private boolean addConstraintsToC_OneExpr(Expression expri, Set<ConstraintFormul
 	protected int getInferenceKind(MethodBinding nonGenericMethod, TypeBinding[] argumentTypes) {
 		switch (this.scope.parameterCompatibilityLevel(nonGenericMethod, argumentTypes)) {
 			case Scope.AUTOBOX_COMPATIBLE:
+			case Scope.COMPATIBLE_IGNORING_MISSING_TYPE: // if in doubt the method with missing types should be accepted to signal its relevance for resolution
 				return CHECK_LOOSE;
 			case Scope.VARARGS_COMPATIBLE:
 				return CHECK_VARARG;

org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/InferenceSubstitution.java

@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@ public TypeBinding substitute(TypeVariableBinding typeVariable) {
 			typeVariable.superclass = superclass;
 			typeVariable.superInterfaces = superInterfaces;
 			typeVariable.firstBound = superclass != null ? superclass : superInterfaces[0];
-			if (typeVariable.firstBound.hasNullTypeAnnotations())
-				typeVariable.tagBits |= TagBits.HasNullTypeAnnotation;
+			typeVariable.tagBits |= typeVariable.firstBound.tagBits & (TagBits.HasNullTypeAnnotation|TagBits.HasMissingType);
 		}
 		return typeVariable;
 	}

org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/MethodBinding.java

@@ -413,9 +413,11 @@ public final boolean canBeSeenBy(TypeBinding receiverType, InvocationSite invoca
 	return false;
 }
 
-public List<TypeBinding> collectMissingTypes(List<TypeBinding> missingTypes) {
+public List<TypeBinding> collectMissingTypes(List<TypeBinding> missingTypes, boolean considerReturnType) {
 	if ((this.tagBits & TagBits.HasMissingType) != 0) {
-		missingTypes = this.returnType.collectMissingTypes(missingTypes);
+		if (considerReturnType) {
+			missingTypes = this.returnType.collectMissingTypes(missingTypes);
+		}
 		for (TypeBinding parameter : this.parameters) {
 			missingTypes = parameter.collectMissingTypes(missingTypes);
 		}

org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/ParameterizedGenericMethodBinding.java

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public static MethodBinding computeCompatibleMethod(MethodBinding originalMethod
 							ParameterizedGenericMethodBinding substitute = inferFromArgumentTypes(scope, originalMethod, arguments, parameters, inferenceContext);
 							if (substitute != null && substitute.returnType.isCompatibleWith(expectedType)) {
 								// Do not use the new solution if it results in incompatibilities in parameter types
-								if ((scope.parameterCompatibilityLevel(substitute, arguments, false)) > Scope.NOT_COMPATIBLE) {
+								if ((scope.parameterCompatibilityLevel(substitute, arguments, false)) > Scope.NOT_COMPATIBLE) { // don't worry about COMPATIBLE_IGNORING_MISSING_TYPE in 1.7 context
 									methodSubstitute = substitute;
 								} else {
 									inferenceContext = oldContext;
@@ -307,6 +307,9 @@ public static MethodBinding computeCompatibleMethod18(MethodBinding originalMeth
 					if (invocationSite instanceof Invocation && allArgumentsAreProper && (expectedType == null || expectedType.isProperType(true)))
 						infCtx18.forwardResults(result, (Invocation) invocationSite, methodSubstitute, expectedType);
 					try {
+						if (infCtx18.hasIgnoredMissingType) {
+							return new ProblemMethodBinding(originalMethod, originalMethod.selector, parameters, ProblemReasons.MissingTypeInSignature);
+						}
 						if (hasReturnProblem) { // illegally working from the provisional result?
 							MethodBinding problemMethod = infCtx18.getReturnProblemMethodIfNeeded(expectedType, methodSubstitute);
 							if (problemMethod instanceof ProblemMethodBinding) {

org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/ParameterizedMethodBinding.java

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public ParameterizedMethodBinding(final ParameterizedTypeBinding parameterizedDe
 			for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) { // copy original type variable to relocate
 				TypeVariableBinding originalVariable = originalVariables[i];
 				substitutedVariables[i] = new TypeVariableBinding(originalVariable.sourceName, this, originalVariable.rank, parameterizedDeclaringClass.environment);
-				substitutedVariables[i].tagBits |= (originalVariable.tagBits & (TagBits.AnnotationNullMASK|TagBits.HasNullTypeAnnotation));
+				substitutedVariables[i].tagBits |= (originalVariable.tagBits & (TagBits.AnnotationNullMASK|TagBits.HasNullTypeAnnotation|TagBits.HasMissingType));
 			}
 			this.typeVariables = substitutedVariables;
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public ParameterizedMethodBinding(final ReferenceBinding declaringClass, MethodB
 							this,
 							originalVariable.rank,
 							environment);
-				substitutedVariables[i].tagBits |= (originalVariable.tagBits & (TagBits.AnnotationNullMASK|TagBits.HasNullTypeAnnotation));
+				substitutedVariables[i].tagBits |= (originalVariable.tagBits & (TagBits.AnnotationNullMASK|TagBits.HasNullTypeAnnotation|TagBits.HasMissingType));
 			}
 			this.typeVariables = substitutedVariables;
 

org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/ProblemReasons.java

@@ -52,4 +52,5 @@ public interface ProblemReasons {
 	final int InterfaceMethodInvocationNotBelow18 = 29;
 	final int NotAccessible = 30; // JLS 6.6.1 - module aspects
 	final int ErrorAlreadyReported = 31;
+	final int MissingTypeInSignature = 32;
 }