Darren, what about "search in path"? Search for "String empyIfNull".
r. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 5:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Eap-list] Feature request > > > Hi, > > I have a request / suggestion (as if IDEA wasn't good enough > already!): > When doing 'extract method' it would be great if the IDE could tell me > where that code block existed in the whole of my source tree, > not just the > current class. Or if that's too complex, a search tool that > could show me > where all duplicate lines / code chunks were. Quite often I > find the same > 'helper' methods in multiple classes, and it would be great > if there was a > tool to help me look, so the duplication can be factored out into the > correct place. As an example, we have a reasonable amount of > legacy code > that often returns nulls when it should probably return empty > strings. As > a result, I have the following code in several places: > > private String emptyIfNull (String input) { > if (input == null) return ""; > return input; > } > > It would be great if there was a 'Find Duplication in Source' > tool that > would find all instances of this and all other duplications. > > Regards, > > -Darren > > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
