Vscode-java: Refactor when moving files
Automatically adjust imports and package declarations when moving a class in the file explorer. (As implemented in eclipse/eclipse.jdt.ls#683 ?)
Environment
- Operating System:
Windows 10 - JDK version:
1.8.0_144 - Visual Studio Code version:
1.27.2 - Java extension version:
0.30.0
Steps To Reproduce
- Move a Java source file to another folder in the explorer
Current Result
- The imports in other source files are not updated
Expected Result
- The imports should be updated accordingly
fwcd
All 9 comments
The original change was made for Eclipse Che. @yaohaizh can we also enable this feature at vscode side?
akaroml
on 9 Oct 2018
That's literally the one thing that's stopping this (amazing) tool to become the # 1 choice for Java development. I am the only developer in a project of near 100 Java developers who is using VSCode for Java. People are very impressed when I show my Java code in VSCode and also skeptical. So they ask "can it do this?" or "I bet if you try this it won't let you...". And refactoring is a key point. I confess I've been relying on Eclipse to do more complex code refactoring... It'd be great to have this fetaure incorporated in the tool.
julianosam
on 22 Oct 2018
Automatically fixing imports across the project and package declarations would be a killer feature for Java in vscode.
SpenceUK
on 14 Jun 2019
See https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/43768, vscode will fire an FileWillRenameEvent when the user is renaming or moving (drag and drop) files in file explorer. By listening at this event, the language server is able to update package declaration and references.
Currently the change is proposed at vscode insider. When it's officially ready, it will unblock us on the refactoring features such as move/rename file/rename package name.
testforstephen
on 10 Jul 2019
What is the current status on this? There's some work merged here https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/85830
but I see an open ticket for a language server protocol extension https://github.com/microsoft/language-server-protocol/issues/873
nistvan86
on 5 Feb 2020
I also like this feature
liudonghua123
on 12 Feb 2020
Is there a way I can get notification for when this fix is released?
noel-yap
on 15 Jul 2020
@noel-yap You can subscribe to this issue and choose to only get notified once it closes.
fwcd
on 16 Jul 2020
Hi any update on this?
Sayyiditow
on 3 Nov 2020
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That's literally the one thing that's stopping this (amazing) tool to become the # 1 choice for Java development. I am the only developer in a project of near 100 Java developers who is using VSCode for Java. People are very impressed when I show my Java code in VSCode and also skeptical. So they ask "can it do this?" or "I bet if you try this it won't let you...". And refactoring is a key point. I confess I've been relying on Eclipse to do more complex code refactoring... It'd be great to have this fetaure incorporated in the tool.