public void applyFix()

in comparing_string_references_inspection/src/main/java/org/intellij/sdk/codeInspection/ComparingStringReferencesInspection.java [100:135]
26 lines of code
3 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    public void applyFix(@NotNull Project project, @NotNull ProblemDescriptor descriptor) {
      // binaryExpression holds a PSI expression of the form "x == y",
      // which needs to be replaced with "x.equals(y)"
      PsiBinaryExpression binaryExpression = (PsiBinaryExpression) descriptor.getPsiElement();
      IElementType opSign = binaryExpression.getOperationTokenType();
      PsiExpression lExpr = binaryExpression.getLOperand();
      PsiExpression rExpr = binaryExpression.getROperand();
      if (rExpr == null) {
        return;
      }
      // Step 1: Create a replacement fragment from text, with "a" and "b" as placeholders
      PsiElementFactory factory = JavaPsiFacade.getInstance(project).getElementFactory();
      PsiMethodCallExpression equalsCall =
          (PsiMethodCallExpression) factory.createExpressionFromText("a.equals(b)", null);
      // Step 2: Replace "a" and "b" with elements from the original file
      PsiExpression qualifierExpression =
          equalsCall.getMethodExpression().getQualifierExpression();
      assert qualifierExpression != null;
      qualifierExpression.replace(lExpr);
      equalsCall.getArgumentList().getExpressions()[0].replace(rExpr);
      // Step 3: Replace a larger element in the original file with the replacement tree
      PsiExpression result = (PsiExpression) binaryExpression.replace(equalsCall);

      // Steps 4-6 needed only for negation
      if (opSign == JavaTokenType.NE) {
        // Step 4: Create a replacement fragment with negation and negated operand placeholder
        PsiPrefixExpression negation =
            (PsiPrefixExpression) factory.createExpressionFromText("!a", null);
        PsiExpression operand = negation.getOperand();
        assert operand != null;
        // Step 5: Replace operand placeholder with the actual expression
        operand.replace(result);
        // Step 6: Replace the result with the negated expression
        result.replace(negation);
      }
    }