Find and replace

org.openrewrite.text.FindAndReplace

Textual find and replace, optionally interpreting the search query as a Regular Expression (regex). When operating on source files that are language-specific Lossless Semantic Tree, such as Java or XML, this operation converts the source file to plain text for the rest of the recipe run. So if you are combining this recipe with language-specific recipes in a single recipe run put all the language-specific recipes before this recipe.

Recipe source

GitHub, Issue Tracker, Maven Central

groupId: org.openrewrite
artifactId: rewrite-core
version: 8.30.0

Options

Type Name Description Example

Type	Name	Description	Example
`String`	find	The text to find (and replace). This snippet can be multiline.	`blacklist`
`String`	replace	Optional. The replacement text for `find`. This snippet can be multiline.	`denylist`
`Boolean`	regex	Optional. Default false. If true, `find` will be interpreted as a Regular Expression, and capture group contents will be available in `replace`.
`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.	`*/.java`
`Boolean`	plaintextOnly	Optional. Only alter files that are parsed as plaintext to prevent language-specific LST information loss. Defaults to false.

String

find

The text to find (and replace). This snippet can be multiline.

blacklist

String

replace

Optional. The replacement text for find. This snippet can be multiline.

denylist

Boolean

regex

Optional. Default false. If true, find will be interpreted as a Regular Expression, and capture group contents will be available in replace.

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.

**/*.java

Boolean

plaintextOnly

Optional. Only alter files that are parsed as plaintext to prevent language-specific LST information loss. Defaults to false.

Data Tables

Source files that had results

org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileResults

Source files that were modified by the recipe run.

Column Name	Description
Source path before the run	The source path of the file before the run.
Source path after the run	A recipe may modify the source path. This is the path after the run.
Parent of the recipe that made changes	In 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 changes	The specific recipe that made a change.
Estimated time saving	An estimated effort that a developer to fix manually instead of using this recipe, in unit of seconds.
Cycle	The recipe cycle in which the change was made.

Column Name

Description

Source path before the run

The source path of the file before the run.

Source path after the run

A recipe may modify the source path. This is the path after the run.

Parent of the recipe that made changes

In 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 changes

The specific recipe that made a change.

Estimated time saving

An estimated effort that a developer to fix manually instead of using this recipe, in unit of seconds.

Cycle

The 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 Name	Description
Source path	The file that failed to parse.
Recipe that made changes	The specific recipe that made a change.
Stack trace	The stack trace of the failure.

Column Name

Description

Source path

The file that failed to parse.

Recipe that made changes

The specific recipe that made a change.

Stack trace

The stack trace of the failure.

Recipe performance

org.openrewrite.table.RecipeRunStats

Statistics used in analyzing the performance of recipes.

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

Column Name

Description

The recipe

The recipe whose stats are being measured both individually and cumulatively.

Source file count

The number of source files the recipe ran over.

Source file changed count

The number of source files which were changed in the recipe run. Includes files created, deleted, and edited.

Cumulative scanning time

The total time spent across the scanning phase of this recipe.

99th percentile scanning time

99 out of 100 scans completed in this amount of time.

Max scanning time

The max time scanning any one source file.

Cumulative edit time

The total time spent across the editing phase of this recipe.

99th percentile edit time

99 out of 100 edits completed in this amount of time.

Max edit time

The max time editing any one source file.

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.FindAndReplaceExample. 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.FindAndReplaceExample
displayName: Find and replace example
recipeList:
  - org.openrewrite.text.FindAndReplace:
      find: blacklist
      replace: denylist
      filePattern: '**/*.java'

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

Add the following to your build.gradle file:

build.gradle

plugins {
    id("org.openrewrite.rewrite") version("6.16.4")
}

rewrite {
    activeRecipe("com.yourorg.FindAndReplaceExample")
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

Run gradle rewriteRun to run the recipe.

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>5.36.0</version>
        <configuration>
          <exportDatatables>true</exportDatatables>
          <activeRecipes>
            <recipe>com.yourorg.FindAndReplaceExample</recipe>
          </activeRecipes>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
</project>

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 FindAndReplaceExample

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Contributors

Sam Snyder, Nick McKinney, Tim te Beek, Ryan Hudson, Jonathan Schneider

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