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The Java Search dialog tab (reached via, e.g., C-h>Java Search) should support the Replace action (with the Whole Word option). What I mean: I'm running on 3.0-M8. My group is getting old source (many KLOC) running on a new base. Among the many tasks involved is replacing many Java type names, e.g. FacesConfig with FacesConfigTypeImpl. It would be nice to be able to replace all instances of the type name via C-h>Java Search, since ... these are Java type names! Instead I must do this with File Search, which has its own problems: see https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=61812
Thomas: there's a request in J Core land to support Regex. This would solve the Whole Word feature request. Re: replace: not sure whether this makes sense: I would either use text replace or if in Java land have/use refactoring.
The are a couple of things here: - Java search is always "whole word" since it only finds symbol names. - Refactoring is not really applicable, since the scenario they're describing (if I understand it right) is that they have a library X that depends on Type A. But in the new world, there is no type A. Instead there is a new type B, that has many of the same methods (like Plugin being replaced by Bundle in the eclipse world). The advantage a Java-aware search/replace is that we could identify type references in many cases (not sure whether that's possible in all cases). Anyway, I think the regex support in file search goes a long way. I'll take the liberty of changing the severity to "enhancement", since this is clearly a feature request. Feel free to change it back if you disagree.
