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Modernize BufferedWriter creation & prevent file descriptor leaks

Recipe IDorg.openrewrite.staticanalysis.BufferedWriterCreationRecipes
Artifactorg.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-static-analysis

The code new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(f)) creates a BufferedWriter that does not close the underlying FileWriter when it is closed. This can lead to file descriptor leaks as per CWE-755. Use Files.newBufferedWriter to create a BufferedWriter that closes the underlying file descriptor when it is closed.

Composite 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.staticanalysis.BufferedWriterCreationRecipes

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

mod config recipes jar install org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-static-analysis:2.40.0

Definition

This recipe runs the following recipes in order.

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  • 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