How to convert a PsiElement to a PsiClass

PsiElement referenceAt = psiFile.findElementAt(editor.getCaretModel().getOffset());


PsiClass parentOfType = PsiTreeUtil.getParentOfType(referenceAt, PsiClass.class);

WriteCommandAction.runWriteCommandAction(project, () -> {
if (referenceAt instanceof PsiClass){
    editor.getDocument().insertString(editor.getCaretModel().getOffset(), "isClass");
} else if (referenceAt instanceof PsiVariable){
    editor.getDocument().insertString(editor.getCaretModel().getOffset(), "isVariable");
}

}

Right now I can extract the name of the Element that the caret is standing at. My goal is to find out whether or not the PsiElement is Class.


How can I accomplish this?

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Hello Osama,

> to find out whether or not the PsiElement is Class.

does

psiElement instanceof PsiClass

do it?

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No that always returns false.

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is

PsiClass parentOfType 


always null?

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That returns the name of the class the Type is contained in.

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looks like PsiTreeUtil.getParentOfType returns PsiElement subclass:

  public static <T extends PsiElement> T getParentOfType(@Nullable PsiElement element, @NotNull Class<T> aClass)


Are you using PsiViewer plugin?

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yeah. through that I resolved the the Types will show up as JavaTypeReference.

the way I have written it is a bit "circle-y". I wonder if this is really the correct way to get the Type.

        PsiElement referenceAt = psiFile.findElementAt(editor.getCaretModel().getOffset());
        try {
            PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement context = (PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement) ((PsiIdentifier) referenceAt).getContext();
            return true;
        } catch (ClassCastException e) {
            return false;
        } catch (NullPointerException ne) {
            return false;
        }

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Is this what you are looking for?

http://stackoverflow.com/a/33810502/500478

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yes, Osama, could you give some background / context as to what you are trying to do?

I was trying to solve a problem which was not obvious to me.

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My goal is to find out the fully qualified name of a Type,  look it up in a mapping of mine and then add a provision to my android manifest.

That would be XML manipulation, maybe you detail that too.

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I haven't had a chance to test out your answer there Bastien.

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if you work with Java and XML, you need to find out about Java pre-built Element types (which you may already know).

You'd also need to find XML element factory to add new elements to the manifest.

I did not work with Java & XML language types so no ready answer.


to let user interact with the code, these tutorials describe one such option:

http://www.jetbrains.org/intellij/sdk/docs/tutorials/custom_language_support/annotator.html
http://www.jetbrains.org/intellij/sdk/docs/tutorials/custom_language_support/quick_fix.html



ElementFactory is described here
http://www.jetbrains.org/intellij/sdk/docs/tutorials/custom_language_support/reference_contributor.html

at

10.3. Define an element factory


did you git clone the community edition already? You'd need that and time: the more - the better.

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