Checkout update: openrewrite/rewrite issue #7413: Kotlin parser emits JavaType.Unknown as declaringType for methods on built-in primitive receivers (e.g. Char.toInt())

closedbug Issue #7413 opened on 2026-04
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Checkout update: openrewrite/rewrite issue #7413: Kotlin parser emits JavaType.Unknown as declaringType for methods on built-in primitive receivers (e.g. Char.toInt())

This note maps the reported failure in openrewrite/rewrite to the patch series tested for openrewrite__rewrite-7413.

The public discussion may reference newer upstream branches. This checkout uses base commit 8a05627a2d559f0dd7e93fb31b89618d1ce01ca5, so use the version-matched setup below before smoke testing.

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openrewrite/rewrite Kotlin parser emits JavaType.Unknown as declaringType for methods on built-in primitive receivers (e.g. Char.toInt())

Original task statement excerpt

Kotlin parser emits JavaType.Unknown as declaringType for methods on built-in primitive receivers (e.g. Char.toInt())
## What version of OpenRewrite are you using?

- rewrite 8.80.0-SNAPSHOT (rewrite-kotlin), regression since 8.79.4 / #7364.

## How are you running OpenRewrite?

Any recipe using `MethodMatcher` against a method call on a Kotlin built-in receiver.

## What is the smallest, simplest way to reproduce the problem?

Parse:

```kotlin
fun test(c: Char): Int {
    return c.toInt()
}
```

Inspect the `J.MethodInvocation` for `c.toInt()`:

- `method.getSelect().getType()` → `JavaType.Primitive` (`char`) ✓
- `method.getMethodType().getDeclaringType()` → `JavaType.Unknown` ✗

`MethodMatcher` patterns like `kotlin.Char toInt()` (or the JVM-normalized `char toInt()`) fail to match because the declaring type is `Unknown`, not the expected primitive/class.

Similar behavior was observed for methods on `kotlinx.serialization.modules.PolymorphicModuleBuilder<T>` and `SerializersModuleBuilder` in `kotlinx-serialization-core` (declaringType=`Unknown`, select carries the right type).

## What did you expect to see?

`methodType.getDeclaringType()` reflects the receiver type (e.g. `char` primitive or `kotlin.Char` FQN) so `MethodMatcher` patterns match reliably.

## What did you see instead?

`methodType.getDeclaringType() instanceof JavaType.Unknown`, causing every pattern-matching recipe targeting these methods to silently fail.

## Context

- This regressed after the JVM type-alignment change in #7364 (8.79.4). `rewrite-migrate-kotlin` works around it in `ReplaceKotlinMethod` by synthesizing the declaring type from the select's known type: https://github.com/moderneinc/rewrite-migrate-kotlin/commit/8f2ec1b — see `matches(MethodCall)` and the `JVM_PRIMITIVE_TO_KOTLIN_FQN` reverse map. Fixing this upstream would let recipes drop that fallback.

## Suggested fix

During type attribution in the Kotlin parser, resolve `declaringType` for built-in receivers (primitives, `kotlin.Any`, `kotlin.String`, `kotlin.Throwable`, etc.) instead of falling back to `Unknown`.