How to rename a class?

How to rename / move a Java class? Does the PsiClass contain a method for renaming?

For example, the VirtualFile class contains the rename, move methods.

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Find the name element, create a new name element, replace. Be sure to do the same for any constructors on the class, and any references to the class.

Alternatively, you could fire a "rename" refactoring by constructing a RenameRefactoringHandler. That's probably your safest bet.

In general PSI classes don't have much direct support for mutating them in their APIs.

--Dave Griffith

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see PsiNamedElement.setName(). For classes it also renames file if needed.

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Wow, how did I miss that?

--Dave Griffith

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I can change class name but how to move the class to another package? Remove from the current package and add to another?

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Hey, that's the whole refactoring! You want the references to the class to updated too, don't you? To invoke move programmatically see RefactoringActionHandlerFactory.createMoveHandler()

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