Copyright (c) 2000, 2009 IBM Corporation and others. This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/ SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 Contributors: IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
/******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2000, 2009 IBM Corporation and others. * * This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/ * * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 * * Contributors: * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core; import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IJavaElement; import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IJavaModelStatus; import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IJavaModelStatusConstants; import org.eclipse.jdt.core.ISourceReference; import org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaModelException; import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.util.Messages;
This operation renames elements.

Notes:

  • Resource rename is not supported - this operation only renames elements contained in compilation units.
  • When a main type is renamed, its compilation unit and constructors are renamed.
  • Constructors cannot be renamed.
/** * This operation renames elements. * * <p>Notes:<ul> * <li>Resource rename is not supported - this operation only renames * elements contained in compilation units. * <li>When a main type is renamed, its compilation unit and constructors are renamed. * <li>Constructors cannot be renamed. * </ul> */
public class RenameElementsOperation extends MoveElementsOperation {
When executed, this operation will rename the specified elements with the given names in the corresponding destinations.
/** * When executed, this operation will rename the specified elements with the given names in the * corresponding destinations. */
public RenameElementsOperation(IJavaElement[] elements, IJavaElement[] destinations, String[] newNames, boolean force) { //a rename is a move to the same parent with a new name specified //these elements are from different parents super(elements, destinations, force); setRenamings(newNames); }
See Also:
  • MultiOperation
/** * @see MultiOperation */
@Override protected String getMainTaskName() { return Messages.operation_renameElementProgress; }
See Also:
  • isRename.isRename()
/** * @see CopyElementsOperation#isRename() */
@Override protected boolean isRename() { return true; }
See Also:
  • MultiOperation
/** * @see MultiOperation */
@Override protected IJavaModelStatus verify() { IJavaModelStatus status = super.verify(); if (! status.isOK()) return status; if (this.renamingsList == null || this.renamingsList.length == 0) return new JavaModelStatus(IJavaModelStatusConstants.NULL_NAME); return JavaModelStatus.VERIFIED_OK; }
See Also:
  • MultiOperation
/** * @see MultiOperation */
@Override protected void verify(IJavaElement element) throws JavaModelException { if (element == null || !element.exists()) error(IJavaModelStatusConstants.ELEMENT_DOES_NOT_EXIST, element); if (element.isReadOnly()) error(IJavaModelStatusConstants.READ_ONLY, element); if (!(element instanceof ISourceReference)) error(IJavaModelStatusConstants.INVALID_ELEMENT_TYPES, element); int elementType = element.getElementType(); if (elementType < IJavaElement.TYPE || elementType == IJavaElement.INITIALIZER) error(IJavaModelStatusConstants.INVALID_ELEMENT_TYPES, element); verifyRenaming(element); } }