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Prefer while over for loops

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

When only the condition expression is defined in a for loop, and the initialization and increment expressions are missing, a while loop should be used instead to increase readability. A for loop with empty init and update sections signals iteration mechanics that do not exist, whereas while clearly communicates a simple conditional loop.

Single recipeRSPEC-S1264MSAL

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.WhileInsteadOfFor

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

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

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  • 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