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Find licenses in use in third-party dependencies

org.openrewrite.java.dependencies.DependencyLicenseCheck

Locates and reports on all licenses in use.

Recipe source

GitHub, Issue Tracker, Maven Central

Options

TypeNameDescriptionExample
StringscopeMatch dependencies with the specified scope Valid options: compile, test, runtime, providedcompile
BooleanaddMarkersOptional. Report each license transitively used by a dependency in search results.

Usage

This recipe has required configuration parameters. Recipes with required configuration parameters cannot be activated directly. 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.DependencyLicenseCheckExample. 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.DependencyLicenseCheckExample
displayName: Find licenses in use in third-party dependencies example
recipeList:
- org.openrewrite.java.dependencies.DependencyLicenseCheck:
scope: compile

Now that com.yourorg.DependencyLicenseCheckExample has been defined, activate it and take a dependency on org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-java-dependencies:{{VERSION_REWRITE_JAVA_DEPENDENCIES}} in your build file:

  1. Add the following to your build.gradle file:
build.gradle
plugins {
id("org.openrewrite.rewrite") version("6.28.1")
}

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

repositories {
mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
rewrite("org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-java-dependencies:1.24.1")
}
  1. Run gradle rewriteRun to run the recipe.

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Data Tables

License report

org.openrewrite.java.dependencies.table.LicenseReport

Contains a license report of third-party dependencies.

Column NameDescription
GroupThe first part of a dependency coordinate com.google.guava:guava:VERSION.
ArtifactThe second part of a dependency coordinate com.google.guava:guava:VERSION.
VersionThe resolved version.
License nameThe actual name of the license as written in the third-party dependency.
License typeThe license in use, based on the category of license inferred from the name.

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.

Source files that errored on a recipe

org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileErrors

The details of all errors produced by a recipe run.

Column NameDescription
Source pathThe file that failed to parse.
Recipe that made changesThe specific recipe that made a change.
Stack traceThe stack trace of the failure.

Recipe performance

org.openrewrite.table.RecipeRunStats

Statistics used in analyzing the performance of recipes.

Column NameDescription
The recipeThe recipe whose stats are being measured both individually and cumulatively.
Source file countThe number of source files the recipe ran over.
Source file changed countThe number of source files which were changed in the recipe run. Includes files created, deleted, and edited.
Cumulative scanning timeThe total time spent across the scanning phase of this recipe.
99th percentile scanning time99 out of 100 scans completed in this amount of time.
Max scanning timeThe max time scanning any one source file.
Cumulative edit timeThe total time spent across the editing phase of this recipe.
99th percentile edit time99 out of 100 edits completed in this amount of time.
Max edit timeThe max time editing any one source file.