Prefer while over for loops
Recipe ID
org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.WhileInsteadOfForArtifact
org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-static-analysisWhen 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.
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.WhileInsteadOfForIf the recipe isn’t available locally, install it with:
mod config recipes jar install org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-static-analysis:2.40.0Data 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