Java source refactoring of 7000 references

Question

I need to change the signature of a method used all over the codebase.

Specifically, the method void log(String) will take two additional arguments (

Answer 1

Il fact your problem is not to use a click'n'play engine that will allow you to replace all occurences of

log("some weird message");

by

log(this.getClass(), new Exception().getStackTrace()[1].getMethodName());

As it has few chances to work on various cases (like static methods, as an example).

I would tend to suggest you to take a look at spoon. This tool allows source code parsing and transformation, allowing you to achieve your operation in a -obviously code based- slow, but controlled operation.

However, you could alos consider transforming your actual method with one exploring stack trace to get information or, even better, internally use log4j and a log formatter that displays the correct information.