Eclipse在具有依赖项的项目上重命名功能

Question

I have two eclipse project. The second one depends on the first one. When I try to rename a java class of the first project (using the rename function on the java file on the project explorer) it correctly do the refactor of that project but it doesn't changes anything on the project that depends on it.

Is there a way in eclipse to tell the renaming function to act even on the projects that are linked to the refactored one? Thanks for help.

My Eclipse version is Juno.

Update:
Forgot to mention that the projects are linked to an SVN repository. Maybe it could be relevant.

Update 2:
I add more details after mliebelt request of clarification.
My Eclipse version is Juno, Eclipse Java EE IDE for Web Developers, build id: 20120614-1722.

I've installed some plugins: subclipse, JRebel, m2e, Eclipse Web Tool Platform.
The second project is linked to the first one as a project dependency in eclipse. I have added the first project in the project tab of Java Build Path. Everything seems to work fine, even the renaming function.

Then, I tried to put the two project in two different SVN repositories. I created two repositories on the SVN server and I installed on my machine the client tortoiseSVN and the eclipse plugin subclipse. Since I didn't succeeded in importing the projects on the server directly from eclipse, I copied the projects' folders in a different location and I removed the projects from eclipse. I used tortoiseSVN to import the projects, each one on a repository with the same name of the project, and than I imported the project back to eclipse. To do that I used the eclipse "import existent project into workspace" function with the "copy project into workspace" option selected. Everything seems to work but not the renaming function.

Answer 1

It does work (for me), so here is what I have done to reproduce the behavior. I hope that this helps to find the error.

1. Create two projects, and make the second dependent on the first.
2. Create some source code, so that you can refactor it. Ensure that a class in Test2 is dependent on a class in Test .
3. Select from the context menu of the method you want to rename. Enter there a new name for the method, only then is the Preview option available. Ensure that Update references is checked.
4. Press the button Preview to see which classes will be changed by the refactoring.

As you can see, it works for me. Please check what is different in your context:

• Define dependency different
• Use different refactoring (which possibly contains a bug)
• ... ?

I then added the two projects to a (local) repository (I use the plugin Subversive, it that matters), and have retried the refactoring, and it works the same way. What is that "it does not work if the projects are in SVN"? The projects have to be in Eclipse, refactoring cannot be done on the Subversion repository directly.

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I have made another attempt to reproduce the error, but could not. Here is what has worked for me (no screenshots included):

1. Installed Java EE from Eclipse (version Indigo)
2. Installed Subclipse 1.8 from the Eclipse Marketplace.
3. Defined the 2 projects as before.
4. Added the projects to the different Subversion repositories by using Team > Share Project...> SVN > select the repository location > Finish
5. I have then deleted the 2 projects, and instantiated them inside the workspace by doing the following steps:
   • Go to the SVN Repository Exploring perspective .
   • Open in the view SVN Repositories your repository locations, and select for each project from the menu Checkout... .
   • The projects will be reinstantiated insided the workspace, and the dependency between the 2 is not lost.
6. After that, I am able to rename a method as I have shown above.

Answer 2

The problem in my workflow, described in Update2, was that, when I imported back the projects to eclipse, I used "import existent project into workspace" function.

I had to use SVN Checkout Projects from SVN instead, choosing the repositories I previously created.