Ctrl-B through openAPI : how to find PsiVariable from PsiRefExpression ?

PsiVariable v = (PsiVariable)ref.resolve();

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"Alain Ravet" <alain.ravet.list@wanadoo.be> wrote in message news:bop1hb$qg1$1@is.intellij.net...
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PsiReferenceExpression ref = ..
PsiVariable v = some??????Function (ref) ;

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On the code below,
how can obtain the PsiVariable (line 1) associated to a
PsiReferenceExpression (line 2)?

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    int i = 1;
>    i = i + 1 ;
>    ...
> ]]>

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>

Alain

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Alexey Kudravtsev (JetBrains) wrote:

PsiVariable v = (PsiVariable)ref.resolve();

Casting in this way will give you ClassCastException at some point in the
future with 98% certainity :)

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Dmitry
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Dmitry Lomov (JetBrains) wrote:

>>PsiVariable v = (PsiVariable)ref.resolve();
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>>
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>Casting in this way will give you ClassCastException at some point in the
>future with 98% certainity :)

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What do you suggest?

Alain

Alain Ravet wrote:

Dmitry Lomov (JetBrains) wrote:

>>>PsiVariable v = (PsiVariable)ref.resolve();
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Casting in this way will give you ClassCastException at some point in the
>>future with 98% certainity :)
>>
>>

What do you suggest?

Sorry if i wasn't clear. You should check that ref.resolve() really returns
PsiVariable, as in:

PsiElement resolved = ref.resolve();
if (resolved instanceof PsiVariable) {
// do stuff
} else {
// do other stuff
}

Friendly,
Dmitry

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Dmitry ,

>You should check that ref.resolve() really returns PsiVariable, ..

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Your answer triggers another pair of questions :
- when would resolve() called on a PsiReferenceExpression not return
the associated PsiVariable?
- what exactly does resolve() do?

Alain

Alain,

In my experience ref.resolve() returns a PsiElement that corresponds to the object described by the reference. So for example, if you have a PsiMethodCallExpression, then

returns a PsiMethod that corresponds to the method being called.

As long as your reference is to a PsiVariable, .resolve() should always return a PsiVariable. A PsiField is a subclass of PsiVariable, so PsiVariable might be safer in more cases. But anything for which a reference can be constructed (classes, methods, fields, variables) could be resolve()'d to the corresponding PsiElement.

HTH,
-Dave