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Rewriting a node swallows a comment line [message #987419] Mon, 26 November 2012 14:31 Go to next message
Artium Nihamkin is currently offline Artium NihamkinFriend
Messages: 2
Registered: November 2012
Junior Member
I was writing simple refactoring and noticed a strange thing. The comment line before the node I am rewriting disappears after refactoring. Also comments after the node in question are transferred inside the node and break the indentation in the new place. This is very strange and I want to ask if it is a bug in jdt or I did something wrong and oblivious.

For example my code suppose to refactor if-else statements in a way that the shortest branch would appear first.
when I try to refactor this:

		// pre
		if(a==6) { 
			a = 5;
			return false;
		} else { 
			a++;
		}
		//post 

I get this:

		if (!(a==6)) { 
			a++;
		}
		//post 
 else { 
			a = 5;
			return false;
		}


The relevant snippet where the refactoring is done:
protected ASTRewrite createRewrite(CompilationUnit cu, SubProgressMonitor pm) {
		pm.beginTask("Creating rewrite operation...", 1);
		
		final AST ast = cu.getAST();
		final ASTRewrite rewrite = ASTRewrite.create(ast);
		
		cu.accept(new ASTVisitor() {
			public boolean visit(IfStatement node) {
				if (node.getStartPosition() > selection.getOffset() + selection.getLength() || node.getStartPosition() < selection.getOffset())
					return true;
				
				if (node.getElseStatement() == null)
					return true;
				
				int thenCount = countNodes(node.getThenStatement());
				int elseCount = countNodes(node.getElseStatement());
				
				if(thenCount <= elseCount)
					return true;
					
				IfStatement newnode = ast.newIfStatement();	
				PrefixExpression neg = negateExpression(ast, rewrite, node.getExpression());	
				newnode.setExpression(neg);
					
				newnode.setThenStatement((org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Statement) rewrite.createMoveTarget(node.getElseStatement()));
				newnode.setElseStatement((org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Statement) rewrite.createMoveTarget(node.getThenStatement()));	
				
				rewrite.replace(node, newnode, null);						
				return true;
			}
		});
		pm.done();
		return rewrite;
	}
Re: Rewriting a node swallows a comment line [message #997325 is a reply to message #987419] Sat, 05 January 2013 23:15 Go to previous message
Stephan Herrmann is currently offline Stephan HerrmannFriend
Messages: 1853
Registered: July 2009
Senior Member
You mave have figured this out meanwhile, the behavior can easily be explained if we just assume:
- "//pre" is associated to the if statement as a leading comment; since the if statement has been replaced with a new one (which has no leading comment) this comment is lost.
- "//post" is associated as a trailing comment to the else statement, by moving up the else statement also this comment is moved up.

I didn't check the code, but I believe the above comes close to the truth.

cheers,
Stephan
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