intellij mass refactoring using macros

Question

I am working on a project in intellij using java and spring. I want to change in multiple files my api's in a similar way like this:

instead of:

public void someApi(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
    someThrift thriftRequest = getThrift(...);
    someOtherThrift thriftResponse = …
    setThriftResponse(...);
}

use this:

@ThriftResponse
public someThrift getReports(@ThriftRequestBody someThrift thriftRequest) throws Exception {
    someOtherThrift thriftResponse = …
    return thriftResponse;
}

is there a way to achieve this using some sort of a macro? this kind of code spans on multiple files that all have the same suffix in their name as well

thank you

Answer 1

As said in the comments, you can use Structural search and replace. It allows you to search and replace fragment of codes using a template defined with variables constraint by count numbers, regular expressions, and even Groovy scripts.

The easiest way to create a template is to browse the list of existing ones, find one similar to what you want to achieve and modify it.