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Change XML attribute

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

Alters XML attribute value on a specified element.

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.ChangeTagAttribute")
}

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.ChangeTagAttribute --recipe-option "elementName=property" --recipe-option "attributeName=name" --recipe-option "newValue=newfoo.bar.attribute.value.string"

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

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

Options

Name	Type	Description
`elementName`required	`String`	The name of the element whose attribute's value is to be changed. Interpreted as an XPath expression. e.g. `property`
`attributeName`required	`String`	The name of the attribute whose value is to be changed. e.g. `name`
`newValue`required	`String`	The new value to be used for key specified by `attributeName`, Set to null if you want to remove the attribute. e.g. `newfoo.bar.attribute.value.string`
`oldValue`	`String`	Only change the property value if it matches the configured `oldValue`. e.g. `foo.bar.attribute.value.string`
`regex`	`Boolean`	Default false. If true, `oldValue` will be interpreted as a Regular Expression, and capture group contents will be available in `newValue`.

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Source files that had resultsSource files that were modified by the recipe run.org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileResults
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