Example of refactoring using rope library.

tools/telemetry/third_party/rope/docs/library.rst

+=========================
+ Using Rope As A Library
+=========================
+
+If you need other features, send a feature request.  Have a look at
+`contributing.rst`_.
+
+
+.. contents:: Table of Contents
+
+
+Quick Start
+===========
+
+This section will help you get started as soon as possible.
+
+
+Making A Project
+----------------
+
+The first thing you should do is make a project:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  import rope.base.project
+
+
+  myproject = rope.base.project.Project('/path/to/myproject')
+
+It's good to know that:
+
+* A project is a folder in the file-system.
+* It can contain anything.
+* Rope searches for python modules and packages inside a project when
+  needed.
+* Refactorings only change files and folders inside the project that
+  has been passed to them.
+* Out of project modules that are imported from a module inside a
+  project are handled but never changed by refactorings.
+* Rope makes a rope folder inside projects.  By default the name of this
+  folder is ``.ropeproject``, but that can be changed using the
+  constructor's ``ropefolder`` parameter. Passing ``None`` prevents rope
+  from making this folder.
+* Rope uses the ``.ropeproject`` folder for things like saving object
+  information and loading project configurations.
+* Project preferences can be configured by passing options to the
+  constructor or in ``.ropeproject/config.py``.  See the default
+  ``config.py``, ``rope.base.default_config`` module, for more
+  information.
+* All configurations that are available in the ``config.py`` file can
+  be specified as keyword parameters to the ``Project`` constructor.
+  These parameters override the ones in the ``config.py`` file.
+* Each project has a set of ignored resource patterns. You can use it
+  to tell rope to ignore files and folders matching certain patterns.
+* The ``.ropeproject`` folder can be safely copied in other clones of
+  a project if you don't want to lose your objectdb and history.
+
+
+Library Utilities
+-----------------
+
+The `rope.base.libutils`_ module provides tools that make using rope as a
+library easier.  We'll talk more about this module later.
+
+
+What Are These `Resource`\s?
+----------------------------
+
+In rope, files and folders in a project are accessed through
+``rope.base.resources.Resource`` objects.  It has two subclasses
+``File`` and ``Folder``.  What we care about is that refactorings and
+``Change``\s (we'll talk about them later) use resources.
+
+There are two options for creating a ``Resource`` for a path in a project.
+The first approach uses the `Project.get_resource()`_ method.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  from rope.base import project
+
+
+  myresource = myproject.get_resource('/path/to/resource')
+
+However, it's preferable to use the ``libutils.path_to_resource()``
+function, because it's more flexible and offers a unified way to create
+resources.  It takes a ``project`` and ``path`` as parameters with an
+optional ``type``.  The ``type`` parameter, with values ``file`` or
+``folder``, can create a resource for an object that doesn't exist yet.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  from rope.base import libutils
+
+
+  myresource = libutils.path_to_resource(myproject, '/path/to/resource')
+
+
+Consider we have a resource.  How can we know anything about it? The
+answer is to use its ``path`` and ``real_path`` attributes.
+``Resource.real_path`` is the absolute path of the resource in the
+file-system.  The ``Resource.path`` attribute contains the address of a
+resource relative to the project's root.
+
+
+Performing Refactorings
+-----------------------
+
+As a short example of performing refactorings, we'll show how to extract
+a variable from a file.  First we need the ``Resource`` object that
+points to a file in a project:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  resource = libutils.path_to_resource(myproject, '/path/to/my/module.py')
+
+Now we can make our Refactoring class:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  from rope.refactor.extract import ExtractVariable
+
+
+  extractor = ExtractVariable(myproject, resource, start, end)
+
+Where ``start`` and ``end`` are the offsets of the region to extract in
+``resource``.  Be careful when calculating the offsets.  DOS
+line-endings and multi-byte characters are considered to be one
+character.  This is actually easier for IDEs, since most GUI libraries
+handle those cases for you.
+
+Next, the IDE ask the user to configure refactoring options, like
+specifying the name of the extracted variable.
+
+After that, we can calculate the changes:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  changes = extractor.get_changes('extracted_variable')
+
+Each refactoring returns a ``rope.base.change.Change`` object that holds
+the changes it made.  Calculating those changes can be time consuming.
+See the `rope.base.taskhandle.TaskHandle`_ section for measuring its
+progress or interrupting it.
+
+
+Previewing And Performing Changes
+---------------------------------
+
+As mentioned in the last section each refactoring returns a
+``rope.base.change.Change`` object.  Now how can we know what it
+contains and how to perform it?
+
+*Previewing*:
+
+You can use ``changes.get_description()`` to get a preview. It is useful
+when you don't care much about the format.  Otherwise you can use the
+``changes`` object directly.  See the documentation in
+``rope.base.change`` module.
+
+*Performing*:
+
+The easiest way for performing the refactoring is to use the
+`Project.do()`_ method:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  myproject.do(changes)
+
+If you want to perform the changes yourself, you have two options.
+Note that the main reason for performing the changes manually is
+handling version control systems that are not supported by rope.
+
+1. The first approach is to use `rope.base.fscommands`_ (see `Writing A
+   FileSystemCommands`_).  The changes can be performed as before using
+   `Project.do()`_.
+
+2. The second approach is to perform the changes manually based on the
+   returned ``changes`` object (again see the documentation in
+   ``rope.base.change`` module).  If this approach is used you cannot undo
+   the refactoring using ``project.history.undo()``.
+
+*Updating Open Buffers In IDEs*:
+
+Usually editors need to reload the files changed by rope.  You can use
+``Change.get_changed_resources()`` to get the list of resources that
+need to be reloaded.
+
+
+Validating The Project
+----------------------
+
+When using rope as a library, you probably change the files in it in
+parallel (for example in IDEs).  To force rope to invalidate cached
+information about resources that have been removed or changed outside
+rope, you should call the `Project.validate()`_ method.  You can pass a
+resource to this method.  For example:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  myproject.validate(resource)
+
+This validates all files and directories in resource.  Call this
+function every time you want use rope (i.e., before performing
+refactorings).
+
+
+Performing Static Object Analysis
+---------------------------------
+
+One of the greatest strengths of rope is its Static Object Analysis
+(SOA). It analyzes function calls and assignments to collect the types
+of objects passed to the function. Rope uses the collected data to infer
+the type of function parameters, return values, and the objects stored
+in built-in containers. The function
+``rope.base.libutils.analyze_modules()`` performs SOA on all modules in
+the project. It is recommended that you call this function occasionally,
+and especially before performing large refactorings. Note that analyzing
+all modules of a project may take a long time.
+
+If you have ``automatic_soa`` set, which instructs rop to analyze the
+changed scopes of modules, then you should report the changes by calling
+``rope.base.libutils.report_change()`` when saving files, as follows:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  # Save the new contents.
+  old_contents = resource.read()
+  resource.write(new_contents)
+
+  # Inform rope about the change.
+  libutils.report_change(myproject, path, old_contents)
+
+Note, however, that the use of ``automatic_soa`` is discouraged, because it may
+slow down saving considerably.
+
+
+Closing The Project
+-------------------
+
+`Project.close()`_ closes a project's open resources.  Always call this
+function when you don't need a project anymore:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  myproject.close()
+
+
+``rope.base.libutils``
+======================
+
+The ``rope.base.libutils`` module contains functions that make life
+easier for building refactoring tools. In some cases, the functions
+offer a unified way to access or create objects. You're encouraged to
+use ``rope.base.libutils`` functions whenever possible, because the APIs
+here may not be as volatile as class methods.
+
+
+``libutils.analyze_module()``
+------------------------------
+
+Perform static object analysis on a Python file in the project. Note,
+this may be a very time consuming task.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  libutils.analyze_module(myproject, resource)
+
+
+``libutils.analyze_modules()``
+------------------------------
+
+Perform static object analysis on all Python files in the project. Note
+that it might take a long time to finish.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  libutils.analyze_modules(myproject)
+
+
+``libutils.get_string_module()``
+--------------------------------
+
+Returns a ``rope.base.pyobjects.PyModule`` object for the code string.
+An optional ``resource`` argument can be specified for the resource this
+code is associated with. If ``force_errors` is ``True``, then
+``rope.base.exceptions.ModuleSyntaxError`` is raised when the code has
+syntax errors. Otherwise, syntax errors are silently ignored. Note that
+``force_errors`` overrides the ``ignore_syntax_errors`` project
+configuration flag.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  pymodule = libutils.get_string_module(myproject, source)
+
+
+``libutils.get_string_scope()``
+-------------------------------
+
+Get the ``rope.base.pyscopes.GlobalScope`` object for the code string.
+This is the outermost scope of the code encompassing the whole module.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  scope = libutils.get_string_scope(myproject, source)
+
+
+``libutils.is_python_file()``
+-----------------------------
+
+Returns ``True`` if the resource is a Python file.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  libutils.is_python_file(myproject, resource)
+
+
+``libutils.modname()``
+----------------------
+
+Retrieves the dotted path string to the module that contains that given
+resource.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  # If resource is 'path/to/resource.py' relative to the project's root
+  # directory, this returns the string: 'path.to.resource'.
+  module_name = libutils.modname(resource)
+
+
+``libutils.path_relative_to_project_root()``
+--------------------------------------------
+
+Retrieve the path relative to the project's root directory.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  # Get the path relative to the project's root directory.
+  relpath = libutils.relative(myproject.address, path)
+
+
+``libutils.path_to_resource()``
+-------------------------------
+
+Get the resource --- a file or folder --- at the given path. An optional
+``type`` argument can be used if the resource doesn't yet exist. The
+values for ``type`` are the strings ``'file'`` or ``'folder'``.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  # Resource for an existing file.
+  myfile = libutils.path_to_resource(myproject, '/path/to/file.py')
+
+  # Resource for a non-existing folder.
+  new_folder = libutils.path_to_resource(myproject, '/path/to/folder', type='folder')
+
+
+``rope.base.project.Project``
+=============================
+
+You can create a project by:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  project = Project(root_address)
+
+Where the ``root_address`` is the root folder of your project.
+
+A project has some useful attributes.  ``Project.address`` is the
+address of the root folder of a project.  ``Project.root`` is a
+``Folder`` object that points to that folder.
+
+
+`Project.do()`
+--------------
+
+Used to commit changes returned by refactorings:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  project.do(changes)
+
+
+`Project.history`
+-----------------
+
+A ``rope.base.history.History`` object.  You can use its ``undo`` and
+``redo`` methods for undoing or redoing changes.  Note that you can use
+this only if you have committed your changes using rope.
+
+
+`Project.validate()`
+--------------------
+
+When using rope as a library, you will probably change the files in that
+project in parallel (for example in IDEs).  To force rope to validate
+cached information about resources that have been removed or changed
+outside rope, you should call ``Project.validate()``.  You should pass a
+resource to this method.  For example:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  project.validate(project.root)
+
+This validates all files and directories in the project and clears the
+cache of all recorded changes.
+
+
+`Project.close()`
+-----------------
+
+Closes a project's open resources.  Always call this function when you
+don't need a project anymore.  Currently it closes the files used for
+storing object information and project history.  Because some parts of
+these files are in memory for efficiency, not closing a project might
+put them in an inconsistent state.
+
+
+`rope.base.fscommands`
+======================
+
+The ``rope.base.fscommands`` module implements basic file system
+operations that rope needs to perform.  The main reason for the
+existence of this module is supporting version control systems.  Have a
+look at ``FileSystemCommands`` and ``SubversionCommands`` in the same
+module.  If you need other version control systems you can write a new
+class that provides this interface.  ``rope.base.project.Project``
+accepts an ``fscommands`` argument.  You can use this argument to force
+rope to use your new class.
+
+
+``.ropeproject`` Folder
+=======================
+
+Since version ``0.5``, rope makes a ``.ropeproject`` folder in the
+project by default for saving project configurations and data.  The name
+of this folder is passed to the constructor if you want to change that.
+You can force rope not to make such a folder by passing ``None``.
+
+If such a folder exists, rope loads the ``config.py`` file in that
+folder.  It might also use it for storing object information and
+history.
+
+
+`rope.base.pycore.PyCore`
+=========================
+
+Provides useful methods for managing python modules and packages.  Each
+project has a ``PyCore`` that can be accessed using the
+``Project.pycore`` attribute.
+
+``PyCore.run_module()`` runs a resource.  When running, it collects type
+information to do dynamic object inference.  For this reason modules
+run much slower.
+
+Also ``Pycore.analyze_module()`` collects object information for a
+module.  The collected information can be used to enhance rope's
+static object inference.
+
+
+`rope.base.taskhandle.TaskHandle`
+=================================
+
+A TaskHandle can be used for stopping and monitoring the progress of
+time consuming tasks, like some refactorings.  The ``Project.do()`` and
+``Refactoring.get_changes()`` methods for most refactorings take a
+keyword parameter called ``task_handle``.  You can pass a ``TaskHandle``
+object to them.  A ``TaskHandle`` can be used for interrupting or
+observing a task.
+
+Always pass ``task_handle`` as keyword argument.  It will always be the
+last argument, and new arguments of the refactoring are added before it.
+
+A task might consist of a few ``JobSet``\s.  Each ``JobSet`` performs a
+few jobs.  For instance calculating the changes for renaming a method in
+a class hierarchy has two job sets: one to find the classes for
+constructing the class hierarchy and another to change the occurrences.
+
+The ``TaskHandle.current_jobset()`` returns the most recent ``JobSet``
+or ``None`` if none has been started.  You can use the methods of
+``JobSet`` for obtaining information about the current job.  So you
+might want to do something like:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  import rope.base.taskhandle
+
+
+  handle = rope.base.taskhandle.TaskHandle("Test Task")
+
+  def update_progress():
+      jobset = handle.current_jobsets()
+      if jobset:
+          text = ''
+          # getting current job set name
+          if jobset.get_name() is not None:
+              text += jobset.get_name()
+          # getting active job name
+          if jobset.get_active_job_name() is not None:
+              text += ' : ' + jobset.get_active_job_name()
+          # adding done percent
+          percent = jobset.get_percent_done()
+          if percent is not None:
+              text += ' ... %s percent done' % percent
+          print text
+
+  handle.add_observer(update_progress)
+
+  changes = renamer.get_changes('new_name', task_handle=handle)
+
+Also you can use something like this for stopping the task:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  def stop():
+      handle.stop()
+
+After calling ``stop()``, the thread that is executing the task will
+be interrupted by a ``rope.base.exceptions.InterruptedTaskError``
+exception.
+
+
+Refactorings
+============
+
+Have a look at ``rope.refactor`` package and its sub-modules.  For
+example for performing a move refactoring you can create a ``Move``
+object like this:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  mover = Move(project, resource, offset)
+
+Where ``resource`` and ``offset`` is the location to perform the
+refactoring.
+
+Then you can commit the changes by it using the ``get_changes()``
+method:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  project.do(mover.get_changes(destination))
+
+Where the ``destination`` module/package is the destination resource for
+move refactoring.  Other refactorings classes have a similar interface.
+
+
+List Of Refactorings
+--------------------
+
+Here is the list of refactorings rope provides.  (Note that this list
+might be out of date.)  For more information about these refactoring see
+pydocs in their modules and the unit-tests in the ``ropetest/refactor/``
+folder.
+
+* ``rope.refactor.rename``:
+  Rename something in the project.  See the example below.
+
+* ``rope.refactor.move``:
+  Move a python element in the project.
+
+* ``rope.refactor.restructure``:
+  Restructure code.  See the example below.
+
+* ``rope.refactor.extract``:
+  Extract methods/variables.
+
+* ``rope.refactor.inline``:
+  Inline occurrences of a method/variable/parameter.
+
+* ``rope.refactor.usefunction``:
+  Try to use a function wherever possible.
+
+* ``rope.refactor.method_object``:
+  Transform a function or a method to a method object.
+
+* ``rope.refactor.change_signature``:
+  Change the signature of a function/method.
+
+* ``rope.refactor.introduce_factory``:
+  Introduce a factory for a class and changes all constructors to use
+  it.
+
+* ``rope.refactor.introduce_parameter``:
+  Introduce a parameter in a function.
+
+* ``rope.refactor.encapsulate_field``:
+  Generate a getter/setter for a field and changes its occurrences to
+  use them.
+
+* ``rope.refactor.localtofield``:
+  Change a local variable to field.
+
+* ``rope.refactor.topackage``:
+  Transform a module to a package with the same name.
+
+* ``rope.refactor.importutils``:
+  Perform actions like organize imports.
+
+
+Refactoring Resources Parameter
+-------------------------------
+
+Some refactorings, restructure and find occurrences accept an argument
+called ``resources``.  If it is a list of `File`\s, all other
+resources in the project are ignored and the refactoring only analyzes
+them. If it is ``None`` all python modules in the project will be
+analyzed.  Using this parameter, IDEs can let the user limit the files
+on which a refactoring should be applied.
+
+
+Examples
+========
+
+Rename
+------
+
+Using rename refactoring:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  # Creating a project
+  >>> from rope.base.project import Project
+  >>> project = Project('.')
+
+  # Working with files to create a module
+  >>> mod1 = project.root.create_file('mod1.py')
+  >>> mod1.write('a_var = 10\n')
+
+  # Alternatively you can use `generate` module.
+  # Creating modules and packages using `generate` module
+  >>> from rope.contrib import generate
+  >>> pkg = generate.create_package(project, 'pkg')
+  >>> mod2 = generate.create_module(project, 'mod2', pkg)
+  >>> mod2.write('import mod1\nprint mod1.a_var\n')
+
+  # We can use `Project.find_module` for finding modules, too
+  >>> assert mod2 == project.find_module('pkg.mod2')
+
+  # Performing rename refactoring on `mod1.a_var`
+  >>> from rope.refactor.rename import Rename
+  >>> changes = Rename(project, mod1, 1).get_changes('new_var')
+  >>> project.do(changes)
+  >>> mod1.read()
+  u'new_var = 10\n'
+  >>> mod2.read()
+  u'import mod1\nprint mod1.new_var\n'
+
+  # Undoing rename refactoring
+  >>> project.history.undo()
+  ...
+  >>> mod1.read()
+  u'a_var = 10\n'
+  >>> mod2.read()
+  u'import mod1\nprint mod1.a_var\n'
+
+  # Cleaning up
+  >>> pkg.remove()
+  >>> mod1.remove()
+  >>> project.close()
+
+
+Restructuring
+-------------
+
+The example for replacing occurrences of our ``pow`` function to ``**``
+operator (see the restructuring section of `overview.rst`_):
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  # Setting up the project
+  >>> from rope.base.project import Project
+  >>> project = Project('.')
+
+  >>> mod1 = project.root.create_file('mod1.py')
+  >>> mod1.write('def pow(x, y):\n    result = 1\n'
+  ...            '    for i in range(y):\n        result *= x\n'
+  ...            '    return result\n')
+  >>> mod2 = project.root.create_file('mod2.py')
+  >>> mod2.write('import mod1\nprint(mod1.pow(2, 3))\n')
+
+  >>> from rope.refactor import restructure
+
+  >>> pattern = '${pow_func}(${param1}, ${param2})'
+  >>> goal = '${param1} ** ${param2}'
+  >>> args = {'pow_func': 'name=mod1.pow'}
+
+  >>> restructuring = restructure.Restructure(project, pattern, goal, args)
+
+  >>> project.do(restructuring.get_changes())
+  >>> mod2.read()
+  u'import mod1\nprint(2 ** 3)\n'
+
+  # Cleaning up
+  >>> mod1.remove()
+  >>> mod2.remove()
+  >>> project.close()
+
+
+See code documentation and test suites for more information.
+
+.. _overview.rst: overview.rst
+.. _contributing.rst: contributing.rst
+
+
+Other Topics
+============
+
+
+Writing A `FileSystemCommands`
+------------------------------
+
+The ``get_changes()`` method of refactoring classes return a
+``rope.base.change.Change`` object.  You perform these changes by
+calling ``Project.do()``.  But as explained above some IDEs need to
+perform the changes themselves.
+
+Every change to the file-system in rope is commited using an object that
+provides a ``rope.base.fscommands.FileSystemCommands`` interface.  As
+explained above in `rope.base.fscommands`_ section, rope uses this
+interface to handle different VCSs.
+
+You can implement your own fscommands object:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  class MyFileSystemCommands(object):
+
+    def create_file(self, path):
+        """Create a new file"""
+        # ...
+
+    def create_folder(self, path):
+        """Create a new folder"""
+        # ...
+
+    def move(self, path, new_location):
+        """Move resource at `path` to `new_location`"""
+        # ...
+
+    def remove(self, path):
+        """Remove resource"""
+        # ...
+
+    def write(self, path, data):
+        """Write `data` to file at `path`"""
+        # ...
+
+And you can create a project like this:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  my_fscommands = MyFileSystemCommands()
+  project = rope.base.project.Project('~/myproject',
+                                      fscommands=my_fscommands)
+
+
+`rope.contrib.codeassist`
+-------------------------
+
+The ``rope.contrib`` package contains modules that use rope base parts
+and provide useful features.  ``rope.contrib.codeassist`` module can be
+used in IDEs:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  from rope.ide import codeassist
+
+
+  # Get the proposals; you might want to pass a Resource
+  proposals = codeassist.code_assist(project, source_code, offset)
+
+  # Sorting proposals; for changing the order see pydoc
+  proposals = codeassist.sorted_proposals(proposals)
+
+  # Where to insert the completions
+  starting_offset = codeassist.starting_offset(source_code, offset)
+
+  # Applying a proposal
+  proposal = proposals[x]
+  replacement = proposal.name
+
+  new_source_code = (source_code[:starting_offset] +
+                     replacement + source_code[offset:])
+
+``maxfixes`` parameter of ``code_assist`` decides how many syntax errors
+to fix.  The default value is one.  For instance:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  def f():
+      g(my^
+
+  myvariable = None
+
+  def g(p):
+      invalid syntax ...
+
+will report ``myvariable``, only if ``maxfixes`` is greater than 1.
+
+``later_locals``, if ``True``, forces rope to propose names that are
+defined later in current scope.  It is ``True`` by default.  For
+instance:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  def f():
+      my^
+      myvariable = None
+
+will not report ``myvariable``, if ``later_locals`` is ``False``.
+
+See pydocs and source code for more information (other functions in
+this module might be interesting, too; like ``get_doc``,
+``get_definition_location``).
+
+
+`rope.contrib.findit`
+---------------------
+
+``findit`` module provides ``find_occurrences()`` for finding
+occurrences of a name.  Also the ``find_implementations()`` function
+finds the places in which a method is overridden.
+
+
+`rope.contrib.autoimport`
+-------------------------
+
+This module can be used to find the modules that provide a name.  IDEs
+can use this module to auto-import names.  ``AutoImport.get_modules()``
+returns the list of modules with the given global name.
+``AutoImport.import_assist()`` tries to find the modules that have a
+global name that starts with the given prefix.
+
+
+Cross-Project Refactorings
+--------------------------
+
+``rope.refactor.multiproject`` can be used to perform a refactoring
+across multiple projects.
+
+Usually refactorings have a main project.  That is the project that
+contains the definition of the changing python name.  Other projects
+depend on the main one, and the uses of the changed name in them should
+be updated.
+
+Each refactoring changes only one project (the project passed to its
+constructor).  But we can use the ``MultiProjectRefactoring`` proxy to
+perform a refactoring on other projects, too.
+
+First we need to create a multi-project refactoring constructor.  As
+an example consider that we want to perform a rename refactoring:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  from rope.refactor import multiproject, rename
+
+
+  CrossRename = multiproject.MultiProjectRefactoring(rename.Rename,
+                                                     projects)
+
+
+Here ``projects`` is the list of dependant projects.  It does not
+include the main project.  The first argument is the refactoring class
+(such as ``Rename``) or factory function (like ``create_move``).
+
+Next we can construct the refactoring:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  renamer = CrossRename(project, resource, offset)
+
+We create the rename refactoring as we do for normal refactoings.  Note
+that ``project`` is the main project.
+
+As mentioned above, other projects use the main project. Rope
+automatically adds the main project to the python path of other
+projects.
+
+Finally we can calculate the changes.  But instead of calling
+``get_changes()`` (which returns main project changes only), we can
+call ``get_all_changes()`` with the same arguments.  It returns a list
+of ``(project, changes)`` tuples.  You can perform them manually by
+calling ``project.do(changes)`` for each tuple, or use
+``multiproject.perform()``:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  project_and_changes = renamer.get_all_changes('newname')
+
+  multiproject.perform(project_and_changes)