negora opened a new issue, #4417:
URL: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/issues/4417

   ### Description
   
   Type hierarchy and call hierarchy are very useful features when working on 
medium to large sized projects (specially the former). If the LSP/TypeScript 
plug-in for NetBeans supported these two features, I guess that any language 
supported through LSP would benefit from them (as long as the server in 
question also supports them, of course).
   
   Call hierarchy is specified in [LSP 
3.16](https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/specifications/specification-3-16/),
 whereas type hierarchy is specified in [LSP 
3.17](https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/specifications/lsp/3.17/specification/).
   
   If I'm not mistaken, NetBeans uses LSP4J to implement its LSP client. LSP 
3.17 is almost fully supported by LSP4J 0.14 (except Notebook support and 
`WorkspaceSymbol.data`). So I guess that, as a first step, NetBeans should 
upgrade LSP4J from 0.12 to 0.14 (or the future 0.15).
   
   
   ### Use case/motivation
   
   When we work with big code bases or when we work with vast libraries or 
frameworks, it's easy to forget the type hierarchy that a specific type belongs 
to. Being able to quickly view such hierarchy in the IDE itself is very useful. 
Otherwise you need to check the documentation (if it exists) or dive and search 
in the source code (if available).
   
   With regard to the call hierarchy, it's very useful when we've a function or 
method that is used in many places and we want to change its signature. By 
inspecting the call hierarchy, we can know why it takes some parameters whose 
need is not so obvious.
   
   
   ### Related issues
   
   _No response_
   
   ### Are you willing to submit a pull request?
   
   No
   
   ### Code of Conduct
   
   Yes


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