Fix #5167 - issue with type projection

pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/types/TypeOps.java

@@ -1170,6 +1170,13 @@ public final class TypeOps {
                     } else if (!upwards) {
                         // If Ai is a type that mentions a restricted type variable, then Ai' is undefined.
                         return NO_DOWN_PROJECTION;
+                    } else if (u instanceof JWildcardType) {
+                        // The rest of this function, below, treats u as the bound of a wildcard,
+                        // but if u is already a wildcard (and therefore ai was a wildcard), we
+                        // are already done.
+                        newTargs.add(u);
+                        change = true;
+                        continue;
                     }
 
                     change = true;

pmd-java/src/test/kotlin/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/types/TypeOpsTest.kt

@@ -95,7 +95,44 @@ class TypeOpsTest : FunSpec({
 
 
             }
+            test("#5167 problem in projection") {
+                val (acu, spy) = javaParser.parseWithTypeInferenceSpy(
+                    """
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+interface Bar<T> {
+    Baz<T> getBaz();
+}
+
+interface Predicate<T> {
+    boolean check(T t);
+}
+interface Stream<T>{
+    T findSome();
+}
+interface Baz<T>{
+    Stream<Bar<? super T>> filterMethods(Predicate<? super T> p);
+}
+
+class Foo {
+
+    private static Bar<?> foo(
+        Bar<?> type, Class<? extends Annotation> annotation, boolean required) {
+        var method = type.getBaz().filterMethods(m -> true).findSome();
+        return method;
+    }
+}
+            """.trimIndent()
+                )
+
+                val (barT) = acu.declaredTypeSignatures()
+                val methodId = acu.varId("method")
+
+                spy.shouldBeOk {
+                    methodId shouldHaveType barT[`?`]
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
+
 })