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Remove unreachable catch alternatives shadowed by earlier catch clauses

Recipe IDorg.openrewrite.staticanalysis.RemoveUnreachableMultiCatchAlternativeArtifactorg.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-static-analysis

When an earlier catch clause already covers a type, any later catch (including a multi-catch alternative) for the same type or a subtype is unreachable and is a Java compile error. This commonly appears after type-substitution migrations (for example, renaming an exception so that two catch clauses end up overlapping). This recipe drops the unreachable alternatives from later multi-catches, collapses a multi-catch to a regular catch when only one alternative remains, and removes the entire catch clause when all of its declared types are already covered.

Single recipeMSAL

Add to your build

Get a download tokenThis recipe is Moderne licensed, so the token must belong to a Moderne customer. It replaces YOUR_DOWNLOAD_TOKEN below.

~/.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.staticanalysis.RemoveUnreachableMultiCatchAlternative")
}

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.recipe:rewrite-static-analysis:2.44.0")
}

Then run

./gradlew rewriteRun

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.RemoveUnreachableMultiCatchAlternative

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

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

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