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Replace constant with literal value

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

Replace a named constant with a literal value when you wish to remove the old constant. A String literal must include escaped quotes.

Single recipeApache 2.0

Usage

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

mod run . --recipe org.openrewrite.java.ReplaceConstant --recipe-option "owningType=com.google.common.base.Charsets" --recipe-option "constantName=UTF_8" --recipe-option "literalValue=UTF_8"

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

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

Options

NameTypeDescription
owningTyperequiredStringThe target type in which the constant to be replaced is defined.
e.g. com.google.common.base.Charsets
constantNamerequiredStringThe name of the constant field to replace.
e.g. UTF_8
literalValuerequiredStringThe literal value to replace.
e.g. UTF_8

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