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Move annotation to array type

Recipe IDorg.openrewrite.java.migrate.jspecify.MoveAnnotationToArrayType
Artifactorg.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-migrate-java

When an annotation like @Nullable is applied to an array type in declaration position, this recipe moves it to the array brackets. For example, @Nullable byte[] becomes byte @Nullable[]. Best used before ChangeType in a migration pipeline, targeting the pre-migration annotation type.

Single recipeMSAL

Usage

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

mod run . --recipe org.openrewrite.java.migrate.jspecify.MoveAnnotationToArrayType --recipe-option "annotationType=javax.annotation.*ull*"

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

mod config recipes jar install org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-migrate-java:3.41.0

Options

NameTypeDescription
annotationTyperequiredStringThe type of annotation to move to the array type. Should target the pre-migration annotation type to avoid changing the semantics of pre-existing type-use annotations on object arrays.
e.g. javax.annotation.*ull*

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