Created attachment 142183 [details]
Failing testcase

When transforming an expression via org.netbeans.spi.java.hints.JavaFixUtilities.rewriteFix then the leading and following comment is deleted

Example (full example attached as a testcase)

This simple hint

        @Hint(displayName = "#DN_UseBigDecimalConstantsONE", description = 
"#DESC_UseBigDecimalConstantsONE", category = "suggestions", hintKind = Hint.Kind.INSPECTION, severity = Severity.HINT)
        @TriggerPatterns(
                {
                    @TriggerPattern("new java.math.BigDecimal(\"1\")"),}
        )
        public static ErrorDescription convert(HintContext ctx) {
            Fix fix = org.netbeans.spi.java.hints.JavaFixUtilities.rewriteFix(ctx, Bundle.ERR_UseBDConstFixONE(), ctx.getPath(), "java.math.BigDecimal.ONE");
            return ErrorDescriptionFactory.forName(ctx, ctx.getPath(), Bundle.ERR_UseBDConstFixONE(), fix);
        }

transforms

java.math.BigDecimal[] b=new java.math.BigDecimal[]{null, /**PRE*/new java.math.BigDecimal(\"1\")/**POST*/, null};

to

ACTUAL:
java.math.BigDecimal[] b=new java.math.BigDecimal[]{null, BigDecimal.ONE, null};
(the comments are lost)

EXPECTED:
java.math.BigDecimal[] b=new java.math.BigDecimal[]{null, /**PRE*/new BigDecimal.ONE/**POST*/, null};
(the comments are preserved)


Tested with 7.2.1 and 201311130002