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Use text blocks

Recipe IDorg.openrewrite.java.migrate.lang.UseTextBlocks
Artifactorg.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-migrate-java

Text blocks are easier to read than concatenated strings.

Single recipeMSAL

Usage

This recipe has no required configuration options. You’ll need the Moderne CLI configured before running the command below.

mod run . --recipe org.openrewrite.java.migrate.lang.UseTextBlocks

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
convertStringsWithoutNewlinesbooleanWhether or not strings without newlines should be converted to text block when processing code. The default value is true.
e.g. true
avoidLineContinuationsbooleanWhen enabled, the recipe avoids using \ line continuation escapes in text blocks where the content contains newlines. Non-newline-joined strings are placed on the same text block line instead. The default value is false.
e.g. true

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