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Inline method calls

Recipe IDorg.openrewrite.java.InlineMethodCalls
Artifactorg.openrewrite:rewrite-java

Inline method calls using a template replacement pattern. Supports both method invocations and constructor calls, with optional imports.

Single recipeApache 2.0

Usage

You’ll need the Moderne CLI configured before running the command below.

mod run . --recipe org.openrewrite.java.InlineMethodCalls --recipe-option "methodPattern=com.google.common.base.Preconditions checkNotNull(..)" --recipe-option "replacement=java.util.Objects.requireNonNull(#{p0})"

If the recipe isn’t available locally, install it with:

mod config recipes jar install org.openrewrite:rewrite-java:8.88.0

Options

NameTypeDescription
methodPatternrequiredStringA method pattern that is used to find matching method invocations.
e.g. com.google.common.base.Preconditions checkNotNull(..)
replacementrequiredStringThe replacement template for the method invocation. Parameters can be referenced using their names from the original method.
e.g. java.util.Objects.requireNonNull(#{p0})
importsSetList of regular imports to add when the replacement is made.
e.g. ["java.util.Objects"]
staticImportsSetList of static imports to add when the replacement is made.
e.g. ["java.util.Collections.emptyList"]
classpathFromResourcesSetList of paths to JAR files on the classpath for parsing the replacement template.
e.g. ["guava-33.4.8-jre"]

Data tables

Structured output this recipe can produce.

  • Source files that had resultsSource files that were modified by the recipe run.org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileResults
  • Source files that had search resultsSearch results that were found during the recipe run.org.openrewrite.table.SearchResults
  • Source files that errored on a recipeThe details of all errors produced by a recipe run.org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileErrors
  • Recipe performanceStatistics used in analyzing the performance of recipes.org.openrewrite.table.RecipeRunStats