No code completion for constructor invocation of local classes

[nmatt]

Apache NetBeans version

Apache NetBeans 28

What happened

For local classes, code completion for the class name works, but for constructor invocations (new expressions) no code completion is offered.

Language / Project Type / NetBeans Component

No response

How to reproduce

Example:

class Example
{
    static class NonLocalClass { int a; int b; NonLocalClass(int a, int b) { } }
    record NonLocalRecord(int a, int b) { }

    void method()
    {
        class LocalClass { int a; int b; LocalClass(int a, int b) { } }
        record LocalRecord(int a, int b) { }
        
        new LocalClass   // <– code completion here
    }
}

=> No argument-list code completion for the local classes is offered, in contrast to constructor invocations of nonlocal classes.

Did this work correctly in an earlier version?

No / Don't know

Operating System

Windows

JDK

17

Apache NetBeans packaging

Apache NetBeans binary zip

Anything else

No response

Are you willing to submit a pull request?

No

[mbien]

sounds like #8436

[nmatt]

@mbien It's likely to be the same underlying cause, but the description is a bit different. This issue here is about the first Ctrl+Space when the full typename is already present. For NonLocalClass, you get the constructor argument completion on the first Ctrl+Space. For LocalClass you don't get constructor argument completion, unless you first type an opening parenthesis.