I am new to eclipse plug-in development. I want to customize the renaming of a project. I need to validate the new name. So how can I override eclipse's rename/refactoring method?
I saw something related to RenameParticipant, but didn't understand clearly. It would be great if someone could explain me steps to override the renaming functionality.
Many Thanks, Ann
The rename refactoring has several processors that subclass org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.participants.RenameProcessor and are responsible for renaming different elements. For example, there is a processor for renaming Java projects org.eclipse.jdt.internal.corext.refactoring.rename.RenameJavaProjectProcessor. A refactoring participant can participate in the condition checking and change creation of a refactoring processor. For example, to check some conditions during a rename refactoring, you should subclass org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.participants.RenameParticipant, override the method org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.participants.RefactoringParticipant.checkConditions(IProgressMonitor, CheckConditionsContext) and register the participant via the extension point org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.renameParticipants. The participant org.eclipse.jdt.internal.corext.refactoring.nls.NLSAccessorFieldRenameParticipant gives you a good example of how to participate in a rename refactoring.
When you declare your extension of the org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.renameParticipants extension point, you should specify the element you'd like your participant to get notified about. For example, see how the following use of the org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.renameParticipants extension point in org.eclipse.jdt.ui/plugin.xml involves the participant in renaming fields.
<extension point="org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.renameParticipants">
<renameParticipant class="org.eclipse.jdt.internal.corext.refactoring.nls.NLSAccessorFieldRenameParticipant" id="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.NLSFieldRenameParticipant" name="%Refactoring.NLSFieldRenameParticipant">
<enablement>
<with variable="affectedNatures">
<iterate operator="or">
<equals value="org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature"/>
</iterate>
</with>
<with variable="element">
<instanceof value="org.eclipse.jdt.core.IField"/>
</with>
</enablement>
</renameParticipant>
</extension>
