Description Gustavo Soares 2013-01-26 17:59:18 EST

Eclipse rejects a rename class refactoring. The transformation could be performed with an additional change. 

Steps:

1. Create the classes:

package p1;
public class A {
}

package p1;
import p2.*;
public class B extends A {
}

package p2;
import p1.*;
public class C extends A {
}

2. Apply the rename class to rename A to C. Eclipse will show an error: Another type named C is referenced in C.java. Other refactoring tools perform the following behavior-preserving transformation:

package p1;
public class C {
}

package p1;
import p2.*;
public class B extends C {
}

package p2;
import p1.*;
public class C extends p1.C {
}