Description Christoph Knabe 2006-03-02 08:12:41 EST

1. Code:

package a.b;

public class MyClass {

    public static class MyExc extends Exception {}
    
}


2. Request:

When selecting MyExc for  Refactor > Rename ...
(I think alike Move..., Move Member Type to New File) 
the upcoming dialog "Rename Type" should have the possibility to check
"Update canonical name in non-Java files",
and to give "File name patterns", similarly as we can do with the fully qualified name when renaming the top level class MyClass.


3. Motivation:

We use an exception's canonical name as key to a .properties file containing the appropriate message texts for each exception.

Actually, we use the class name as provided by java.lang.Class.getName(), that is here 
"a.b.MyClass$MyExc",
but for us the canonical name "a.b.MyClass.MyExc" would be acceptable, too.
Unfortunately, there is no exact naming of the format, which returns Class.getName().