private static PsiDeclarationStatement createNewDeclaration( @NotNull PsiLocalVariable variable, PsiExpression initializer) throws IncorrectOperationException { final PsiManager manager = variable.getManager(); final PsiElementFactory factory = JavaPsiFacade.getInstance(manager.getProject()).getElementFactory(); final PsiDeclarationStatement newDeclaration = factory.createVariableDeclarationStatement( variable.getName(), variable.getType(), initializer); if (variable.hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.FINAL)) { final PsiLocalVariable newVariable = (PsiLocalVariable) newDeclaration.getDeclaredElements()[0]; final PsiModifierList modifierList = newVariable.getModifierList(); modifierList.setModifierProperty(PsiModifier.FINAL, true); } return newDeclaration; }