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Add or update child tag

Recipe IDorg.openrewrite.xml.AddOrUpdateChildTagArtifactorg.openrewrite:rewrite-xml

Adds or updates a child element below the parent(s) matching the provided parentXPath expression. If a child with the same name already exists, it will be replaced by default. Otherwise, a new child will be added. This ensures idempotent behaviour.

Single recipeApache 2.0

Add to your build

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~/.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.xml.AddOrUpdateChildTag")
}

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:rewrite-xml:8.92.8")
}

Then run

./gradlew rewriteRun

This recipe has required options, which a build sets in a rewrite.yml recipe that you activate instead.

Usage

You’ll need the Moderne CLI configured before running the command below.

mod run . --recipe org.openrewrite.xml.AddOrUpdateChildTag --recipe-option "parentXPath=/project//plugin//configuration" --recipe-option "newChildTag=<skip>true</skip>"

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

mod config recipes jar install org.openrewrite:rewrite-xml:RELEASE

Options

Name	Type	Description
`parentXPath`required	`String`	XPath identifying the parent to which a child tag must be added e.g. `/project//plugin//configuration`
`newChildTag`required	`String`	The XML of the new child to add or update on the parent tag. e.g. `<skip>true</skip>`
`replaceExisting`	`Boolean`	Set to `false` to not replace the child tag if it already exists. Defaults to 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