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Replace constant with literal value

Recipe IDorg.openrewrite.java.ReplaceConstantArtifactorg.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

Add to your build

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~/.gradle/gradle.properties

codeGenomeUsername=you@example.com
codeGenomeToken=YOUR_DOWNLOAD_TOKEN

build.gradle.kts

plugins {
    id("org.openrewrite.rewrite") version("latest.release")
}

rewrite {
    activeRecipe("org.openrewrite.java.ReplaceConstant")
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven {
        url = uri("https://artifacts.codegenomeproject.org/maven")
        credentials {
            username = providers.gradleProperty("codeGenomeUsername").get()
            password = providers.gradleProperty("codeGenomeToken").get()
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    rewrite("org.openrewrite:rewrite-java:8.92.8")
}

Then run

./gradlew rewriteRun

This recipe has required options, which a build sets in a rewrite.yml recipe that you activate instead.

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:RELEASE

Options

Name	Type	Description
`owningType`required	`String`	The target type in which the constant to be replaced is defined. e.g. `com.google.common.base.Charsets`
`constantName`required	`String`	The name of the constant field to replace. e.g. `UTF_8`
`literalValue`required	`String`	The 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