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Change method access level

org.openrewrite.java.ChangeMethodAccessLevel

Change the access level (public, protected, private, package private) of a method.

Recipe source​

GitHub, Issue Tracker, Maven Central

This recipe is available under the Apache License Version 2.0.

Options​

TypeNameDescriptionExample
StringmethodPatternA method pattern is used to find matching method invocations. For example, to find all method invocations in the Guava library, use the pattern: com.google.common..*#*(..).

The pattern format is <PACKAGE>#<METHOD_NAME>(<ARGS>).

..* includes all subpackages of com.google.common.
*(..) matches any method name with any number of arguments.

For more specific queries, like Guava's ImmutableMap, use com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap#*(..) to narrow down the results.		org.mockito.Matchers anyVararg()
StringnewAccessLevelNew method access level to apply to the method. Valid options: private, protected, package, publicpublic
BooleanmatchOverridesOptional. When enabled, find methods that are overrides of the method pattern.

Usage​

This recipe has required configuration parameters. Recipes with required configuration parameters cannot be activated directly (unless you are running them via the Moderne CLI). To activate this recipe you must create a new recipe which fills in the required parameters. In your rewrite.yml create a new recipe with a unique name. For example: com.yourorg.ChangeMethodAccessLevelExample. Here's how you can define and customize such a recipe within your rewrite.yml:

rewrite.yml
---
type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
name: com.yourorg.ChangeMethodAccessLevelExample
displayName: Change method access level example
recipeList:
  - org.openrewrite.java.ChangeMethodAccessLevel:
      methodPattern: org.mockito.Matchers anyVararg()
      newAccessLevel: public

Now that com.yourorg.ChangeMethodAccessLevelExample has been defined, activate it in your build file:

  1. Add the following to your build.gradle file:
build.gradle
plugins {
    id("org.openrewrite.rewrite") version("7.5.0")
}

rewrite {
    activeRecipe("com.yourorg.ChangeMethodAccessLevelExample")
    setExportDatatables(true)
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
  1. Run gradle rewriteRun to run the recipe.

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Data Tables​

Source files that had results​

org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileResults

Source files that were modified by the recipe run.

Column NameDescription
Source path before the runThe source path of the file before the run. null when a source file was created during the run.
Source path after the runA recipe may modify the source path. This is the path after the run. null when a source file was deleted during the run.
Parent of the recipe that made changesIn a hierarchical recipe, the parent of the recipe that made a change. Empty if this is the root of a hierarchy or if the recipe is not hierarchical at all.
Recipe that made changesThe specific recipe that made a change.
Estimated time savingAn estimated effort that a developer to fix manually instead of using this recipe, in unit of seconds.
CycleThe recipe cycle in which the change was made.

Contributors​

Jonathan Leitschuh, Jonathan Schnéider, Tim te Beek