[cdt-dev] Heads-up: A new renaming UI tool

[Hoda Amer <hamer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello everyone,

I have been working on a new UI tool
for renaming model elements. It relies on search in finding all occurrences
of a specific model element and changes the found occurrences in the code
to a new name. It could be invoked by a menu item in the C/C++ Packages
view.

I have used the basic architecture of
the JDT refactoring, but simplified it to a great extent. In JDT, refactoring
has many specific options depending on the renamed element. It also has
an undo manager and a sophisticated preview page. Further, JDT has defined
refactoring as an extension point such that participants could change its
behavior if they wish. 

The new tool does not have all of this.
It just has a simple preview where the user can choose to apply changes
to a whole file or skip that specific file. It totally depends on search,
so its correctness is fairly high. It is not too sophisticated and it does
not have an undo manager; however, it can be viewed as a seed that could
be added to later to develop a solid refactoring tool. 

I am still testing the tool, but I am
planning to submit it soon. I am interested to know what everyone thinks
about this.

Regards,
Hoda Amer
Staff Software Engineer
Rational Software - IBM Software Group