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Remove interface implementations

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

Removes implements clauses from classes implementing the specified interface. Removes @Overrides annotations from methods which no longer override anything.

Single recipeApache 2.0

Usage

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

mod run . --recipe org.openrewrite.java.RemoveImplements --recipe-option "interfaceType=java.io.Serializable"

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

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

Options

NameTypeDescription
interfaceTyperequiredStringThe fully qualified name of the interface to remove.
e.g. java.io.Serializable
filterStringOnly apply the interface removal to classes with fully qualified names that begin with this filter. null or empty matches all classes.
e.g. com.yourorg.

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