Question

Does anyone have an example how to redefine an import in a java source file using the Eclipse JDT Core API?

I have the following (which does not work) and it’s driving me mad.

try {
    for (IPackageFragmentRoot root : project.getPackageFragmentRoots()) {
        if (root.getElementName().equals("src")) {
            for (ICompilationUnit unit : root.getPackageFragment("soap.service.implementation.strongProfile.delegate").getCompilationUnits()) {
                System.out.println(unit.getElementName());
                for (IImportDeclaration dec : unit.getImports()) {
                    dec.rename("soap.service.implementation.strongProfile.reader.HeadlineReader", true, null);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}catch(Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

The exception I get is:

Java Model Exception: Java Model Status [Invalid name specified: soap.service.implementation.strongProfile.reader.HeadlineReader]

I take the import name and paste it in to my java source file and it’s perfect, it doesn’t give me any errors. Any help or guidance would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Turns out this is a bug in Eclipse.