Auto generate variable for return value of method

Question

I often find myself in a situation like this , and I find it really annoying, that I have to change the method by hand to something like

List<MPartSashContainerElement> list = sps.getChildren()

Is there any way, that on this very point shown in the picture, I can have the first part of the above assignment automatically added, such that

sps.[CTRL+SPACE - selection on getChildren()] may directly lead to the upper expression?

UPDATE

This became part of a bachelor thesis on postfix code completion, and the feature is right underway. If you want to know more check Google Plus announcement or the Postfix Template Implementation.

Answer 1

Feature will be realised by the newly implemented Postfix code completion, check the link for the update site or the above mentioned google plus post for more information.

Answer 2

No. You can finish writing sps.getChildren(), then with the cursor in the getChildren selector, use Ctrl+1 to assign the result to a new local. There's no way to tell when you're "done" and ready to have the left-hand side of the expression inserted--you could be calling something on the result of getChildren(), after all.