A practical implementation of the code refactoring utility, safely renaming a function while ignoring occurrences in comments and strings.

ID: 1402

See: Project: An Advanced Find-and-Replace Utility 
				
					using uCalcSoftware;

var uc = new uCalc();
// Simulate user inputs for the tool
var findText = "GetUserData";
var replaceText = "FetchUserProfile";
var sourceCode = """

// Deprecated: Use FetchUserProfile instead of GetUserData
function GetUserData(id) {
    print("Calling GetUserData is not recommended.");
    return http.get("/users/" + id);
}
var user = GetUserData(123);

""";

using (var refactorTool = new uCalc.Transformer()) {
   // 1. Define rules to ignore comments. These have the highest precedence.
   refactorTool.SkipOver("// {text}");
   refactorTool.SkipOver("/* {text} */");

   // 2. Define the replacement rule. QuoteSensitive is true by default, protecting strings.
   var rule = refactorTool.FromTo(findText, replaceText);

   // 3. Run the transformation and print the result.
   Console.WriteLine(refactorTool.Transform(sourceCode));
}
				
			

// Deprecated: Use FetchUserProfile instead of GetUserData
function FetchUserProfile(id) {
    print("Calling GetUserData is not recommended.");
    return http.get("/users/" + id);
}
var user = FetchUserProfile(123);
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					#include <iostream>
#include "uCalc.h"

using namespace std;
using namespace uCalcSoftware;

int main() {
   uCalc uc;
   // Simulate user inputs for the tool
   auto findText = "GetUserData";
   auto replaceText = "FetchUserProfile";
   auto sourceCode = R"(
// Deprecated: Use FetchUserProfile instead of GetUserData
function GetUserData(id) {
    print("Calling GetUserData is not recommended.");
    return http.get("/users/" + id);
}
var user = GetUserData(123);
)";

   {
      uCalc::Transformer refactorTool;
      refactorTool.Owned(); // Causes refactorTool to be released when it goes out of scope
      // 1. Define rules to ignore comments. These have the highest precedence.
      refactorTool.SkipOver("// {text}");
      refactorTool.SkipOver("/* {text} */");

      // 2. Define the replacement rule. QuoteSensitive is true by default, protecting strings.
      auto rule = refactorTool.FromTo(findText, replaceText);

      // 3. Run the transformation and print the result.
      cout << refactorTool.Transform(sourceCode) << endl;
   }
}
				
			

// Deprecated: Use FetchUserProfile instead of GetUserData
function FetchUserProfile(id) {
    print("Calling GetUserData is not recommended.");
    return http.get("/users/" + id);
}
var user = FetchUserProfile(123);
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					Imports System
Imports uCalcSoftware
Public Module Program
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim uc As New uCalc()
      '// Simulate user inputs for the tool
      Dim findText = "GetUserData"
      Dim replaceText = "FetchUserProfile"
      Dim sourceCode = "
// Deprecated: Use FetchUserProfile instead of GetUserData
function GetUserData(id) {
    print(""Calling GetUserData is not recommended."");
    return http.get(""/users/"" + id);
}
var user = GetUserData(123);
"
      
      Using refactorTool As New uCalc.Transformer()
         '// 1. Define rules to ignore comments. These have the highest precedence.
         refactorTool.SkipOver("// {text}")
         refactorTool.SkipOver("/* {text} */")
         
         '// 2. Define the replacement rule. QuoteSensitive is true by default, protecting strings.
         Dim rule = refactorTool.FromTo(findText, replaceText)
         
         '// 3. Run the transformation and print the result.
         Console.WriteLine(refactorTool.Transform(sourceCode))
      End Using
   End Sub
End Module
				
			

// Deprecated: Use FetchUserProfile instead of GetUserData
function FetchUserProfile(id) {
    print("Calling GetUserData is not recommended.");
    return http.get("/users/" + id);
}
var user = FetchUserProfile(123);
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