Where is refactoring engine documentation?
I have checked out the source code from https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community.git and am sifting through the source code trying to determine how IntelliJ IDEA's refactoring engine works (my end goal is to make a plugin that applies custom code changes and refactorings).
I found some code for the rename refactoring, but it seems to be spread out throughout the project. For example, java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/rename/RenameJavaVariableProcessor is used for a rename invoked through the GUI, while platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/rename/inplace/VariableInplaceRenamer is used for an inplace rename. I feel like these two should call some common class or method, but I can't find any documentation on how the refactoring engine code is organized.
Could someone please point me in the right direction?
Thanks,
LM
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Here's some documentation about Rename Refactoring http://www.jetbrains.org/intellij/sdk/docs/reference_guide/custom_language_support/rename_refactoring.html
There is no documentation describing how the code is organized. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them here.
Thanks Dmitry. I found your unchain plugin and think I understand adding a custom refactoring a little more from it.
I have asked a question about the process of adding a custom refactioring here.