/**
* Replace a node with the contents of a list.
*
* <p>Technically this will always work, but it really only makes sense if the replaced node is an
* element of a list to begin with.
*/
public static void replaceWithContents(ASTNode<?> node, ast.List<?> source) {
ASTNode<?> parent = node.getParent();
int index = parent.getIndexOfChild(node);
node.getParent().removeChild(index);
for (Object element : source) {
parent.insertChild((ASTNode<?>) element, index++);
}
}
/** Removes the given subtree, i.e. disconnects it from its parent. */
public static void remove(ASTNode<?> node) {
node.getParent().removeChild(node.getParent().getIndexOfChild(node));
}
/** Replaces a subtree with another, correctly updating parent/child links. */
public static void replace(ASTNode<?> oldNode, ASTNode<?> newNode) {
oldNode.getParent().setChild(newNode, oldNode.getParent().getIndexOfChild(oldNode));
newNode.setStartPosition(oldNode.getStartLine(), oldNode.getStartColumn());
newNode.setEndPosition(oldNode.getEndLine(), oldNode.getEndColumn());
}