PsiToken addAfter

And the answer seems to be:

the API for this call needs the parent of the PsiElement you want to add something after (i.e. the implied subject of "addAfter").

// gettting the parent

PsiElement parent = yourElement.getParent();

//using the parent, the new statement and the PsiElement after which the statement will be added

parent.addAfter(newStatement, elementAfterWhichStatementWillBeInserted) ;

it worked!

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softwarevisualization

Hello softwarevisualization,

I seemed to have produced a valid statement (nothing blows up, the
variable does hold a PsiStatement type thing).

I also seem to have gotten a handle to the opening brace; I cite
similar evidence.

openingBrace= currentMethod.getBody().getLBrace();

However,

openingBrace.addAfter(openingBrace, statement) ;

does not love me.

Neither does openingBrace.add(statement) ;

The add() should be called on the container in which your target element
should be placed. Obviously an opening brace is not a valid container for
a statement. The correct way to do this is:

currentMethod.getBody().addAfter(statement, openingBrace);

You can use the PsiViewer plugin to examine the PSI structure. Also, you
can find many examples of working with PSI in the bundled open-source plugins
and third-party plugins.

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Dmitry Jemerov
Development Lead
JetBrains, Inc.
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