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org.openrewrite.text.Find
Search for text, treating all textual sources as plain text.

Recipe source

  • groupId: org.openrewrite
  • artifactId: rewrite-core
  • version: 8.9.5

Options

Type
Name
Description
String
find
The text to find.
Boolean
regex
Optional. If true, find will be interpreted as a Regular Expression. Default false.
Boolean
caseSensitive
Optional. If true the search will be sensitive to case. Default false.
Boolean
multiline
Optional. When performing a regex search setting this to true allows "^" and "$" to match the beginning and end of lines, respectively. When performing a regex search when this is false "^" and "$" will match only the beginning and ending of the entire source file, respectively.Has no effect when not performing a regex search. Default false.
Boolean
dotAll
Optional. When performing a regex search setting this to true allows "." to match line terminators.Has no effect when not performing a regex search. Default false.
String
filePattern
Optional. A glob expression that can be used to constrain which directories or source files should be searched. Multiple patterns may be specified, separated by a semicolon ;. If multiple patterns are supplied any of the patterns matching will be interpreted as a match. When not set, all source files are searched.

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.FindExample. 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.FindExample
displayName: Find text example
recipeList:
- org.openrewrite.text.Find:
find: blacklist
regex: null
caseSensitive: null
multiline: null
dotAll: null
filePattern: '**/*.java'
Now that com.yourorg.FindExample has been defined activate it in your build file:
Gradle
Maven
Moderne CLI
  1. 1.
    Add the following to your build.gradle file:
build.gradle
plugins {
id("org.openrewrite.rewrite") version("6.5.6")
}
rewrite {
activeRecipe("com.yourorg.FindExample")
}
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
  1. 2.
    Run gradle rewriteRun to run the recipe.
  1. 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>5.13.0</version>
<configuration>
<activeRecipes>
<recipe>com.yourorg.FindExample</recipe>
</activeRecipes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
  1. 2.
    Run mvn rewrite:run to run the recipe.
You will need to have configured the Moderne CLI on your machine before you can run the following command.
shell
mod run . --recipe Find

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