ASTParser does not parse expressions like `var a = b;` correctly. [EBZ#498370] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: ERT-354 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ERT-354 Project: Eclipse Release Train Issue Type: Task Components: JSDT Reporter: Friendly Jira Robot Labels: General, bzira The AST generated by org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.dom.ASTParser.createAST() is incorrect. For the expression `var a = b`, the AST does not recognize `a` as the variable, instead representing the statement as `var b` E.g. (Parentheses indicate the ASTNode's toString()) Statement: var b = 15; AST: [...] VariableDeclarationStatement (var b=20) InferredType VariableDeclarationFragment (b=20) SimpleName (b) NumberLiteral (20) Statement: var b = a; AST: [...] VariableDeclarationStatement (var a) InferredType VariableDeclarationFragment (a) SimpleName (a) The problem is not present for other node types (e.g. Assignment), not is it present when the right-hand-side contains an expression (e.g. `var c = b + a`)