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Asked: 2026-05-23T08:38:05+00:00

I have this class: public class TimeIntCo<T> extends TimeValueCo<Integer> { } I decided that

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I have this class: 

public class TimeIntCo<T> extends TimeValueCo<Integer>
{

}

I decided that the T type is not needed anymore, and it is not used in the class (I know it is always Integer).
However, I have a lot of references for the class that looks like TimeIntCo<Integer>.
Is there a way using Eclipse refactoring to remove the T type without causing any error in references?
I mean to do it in one step and not find&replace.

EDIT: to be more clear – if I just remove T from class I have about 10,000 errors, I don’t want to do it manually, and I prefer not to use find&replace because I consider refactor safer.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I doubt that there is a refactor for this. Just delete the <T>, save the file, and go through and fix any compilation errors that might result. (If the T type parameter is not used, there shouldn’t be any compilation errors to correct …)

    @ohadshai comments:

    then I have about 10,000 errors in eclipse…

    I bet that most of them can be fixed by changing a small number of subclass declarations.

    Do you know any other IDE that does that? IDEA?

    No I don’t. Refactors are generally used for simple transformations that preserve the meaning of the original source code. This transformation is unlikely to do that.

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