Order imports

org.openrewrite.java.OrderImports

Groups and orders import statements. If a style has been defined, this recipe will order the imports according to that style. If no style is detected, this recipe will default to ordering imports in the same way that IntelliJ IDEA does.

Recipe source

GitHub, Issue Tracker, Maven Central

• groupId: org.openrewrite

• artifactId: rewrite-java

• version: 8.23.1

Options

Type	Name	Description	Example
Boolean	removeUnused	Optional. Remove unnecessary imports.

Usage

This recipe has no required configuration parameters and comes from a rewrite core library. It can be activated directly without adding any dependencies.

Gradle

1. Add the following to your build.gradle file:

build.gradle

plugins {
    id("org.openrewrite.rewrite") version("6.11.2")
}

rewrite {
    activeRecipe("org.openrewrite.java.OrderImports")
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

2. Run gradle rewriteRun to run the recipe.

Gradle init script

1. Create a file named init.gradle in the root of your project.

init.gradle

initscript {
    repositories {
        maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2" }
    }
    dependencies { classpath("org.openrewrite:plugin:latest.release") }
}
rootProject {
    plugins.apply(org.openrewrite.gradle.RewritePlugin)
    dependencies {
        rewrite("org.openrewrite:rewrite-java")
    }
    rewrite {
        activeRecipe("org.openrewrite.java.OrderImports")
    }
    afterEvaluate {
        if (repositories.isEmpty()) {
            repositories {
                mavenCentral()
            }
        }
    }
}

2. Run gradle --init-script init.gradle rewriteRun to run the recipe.

Maven POM

1. Add the following to your pom.xml file:

pom.xml

<project>
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.openrewrite.maven</groupId>
        <artifactId>rewrite-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>5.27.0</version>
        <configuration>
          <activeRecipes>
            <recipe>org.openrewrite.java.OrderImports</recipe>
          </activeRecipes>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
</project>

2. Run mvn rewrite:run to run the recipe.

Maven Command Line

You will need to have Maven installed on your machine before you can run the following command.

shell

mvn -U org.openrewrite.maven:rewrite-maven-plugin:run -Drewrite.activeRecipes=org.openrewrite.java.OrderImports

Moderne CLI

You will need to have configured the Moderne CLI on your machine before you can run the following command.

shell

mod run . --recipe OrderImports

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Contributors

Jonathan Schneider, Greg Adams, Sam Snyder, Tyler Van Gorder, Mike Solomon, Marit van Dijk, Knut Wannheden, Tracey Yoshima, Tim te Beek