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Properly use declaration-site type variance

Recipe IDorg.openrewrite.staticanalysis.DeclarationSiteTypeVariance
Artifactorg.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-static-analysis

Currently, Java requires use-site type variance, so if someone has Function<IN, OUT> method parameter, it should rather be Function<? super IN, ? extends OUT>. Unfortunately, it is not easy to notice that ? super and ? extends is missing, so this recipe adds it where that would improve the situation.

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Options

3 parameters
1 required2 optional
ParameterExampleTypeRequired
variantTypesjava.util.function.Function<IN, OUT>ListRequired
A list of well-known classes that have in/out type variance.
excludedBoundsjava.lang.*ListOptional
A list of bounds that should not receive explicit variance. Globs supported.
excludeFinalClassesBooleanOptional
If true, do not add ? extends variance to final classes. ? super variance will be added regardless of finality.

Examples

java
ParameterValue
variantTypesList.of("java.util.function.Function<IN, OUT>")
excludedBoundsList.of("java.lang.*")
excludeFinalClassestrue
Unchanged
interface In {}
interface Out {}
Before
import java.util.function.Function;
class Test {
void test(Function<In, Out> f) {
}
}
After
import java.util.function.Function;
class Test {
void test(Function<? super In, ? extends Out> f) {
}
}

Usage

Run this recipe

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

shell
mod run . --recipe DeclarationSiteTypeVariance --recipe-option "variantTypes=java.util.function.Function<IN, OUT>" --recipe-option "excludedBounds=java.lang.*"

If the recipe is not available locally, then you can install it using:

mod config recipes jar install org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-static-analysis:2.37.0

Data tables

Source files that had results
org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileResults

Source files that were modified by the recipe run.

ColumnDescription
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 had search results
org.openrewrite.table.SearchResults

Search results that were found during the recipe run.

ColumnDescription
Source path of search result before the runThe source path of the file with the search result markers present.
Source path of search result after run 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.
ResultThe trimmed printed tree of the LST element that the marker is attached to.
DescriptionThe content of the description of the marker.
Recipe that added the search markerThe specific recipe that added the Search marker.
Source files that errored on a recipe
org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileErrors

The details of all errors produced by a recipe run.

ColumnDescription
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.

ColumnDescription
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 time (ns)The total time spent across the scanning phase of this recipe.
Max scanning time (ns)The max time scanning any one source file.
Cumulative edit time (ns)The total time spent across the editing phase of this recipe.
Max edit time (ns)The max time editing any one source file.