Released: May 16, 2019

Updates in v3.5.0/v2.2.0

Features

• New Rule - Replace Map::get with Map::getOrDefault
  • Automatically replaces invocations of Map::get with the alternative Map::getOrDefault , thus eliminating the succeeding null checks.
  • Makes the code more readable, by using Java 8 extensions of Map interface.

Java 8 introduced Map::getOrDefault which offers the possibility to return a default value if the map does not contain a mapping for the given key. This rule replaces the invocations of Map::get followed by a null-check with Map...

Released: Apr 18, 2019

Updates in v3.4.0/v2.1.0

Features

• Remove Unused Parameters in Private Methods - This new rule finds and removes the unused parameters in private methods. As a result, all the references of the affected method are updated accordingly.
• Stability improvements for StringBuilder() to StringBuffer() rule - Avoid type incompatibilities in assignments and return statements when replacing a StringBuffer by a StringBuilder.

Released: Apr 3, 2019

Updates in v2.0.1

Features

• New Ruleset - This release of jSparrow Maven Plugin contains 55 automatic refactoring rules:
  • All rules of the jSparrow Eclipse plugin 3.3.0 are included in this release, except for the Organize Imports rule.
  • The previously excluded rules System Out To Logging and Rename Fields have now been added.
• Performance Improvements
  • By using an improved dependency mechanism the start time of the jSparrow Maven plugin has been improved significantly.
• Java 11 Support
  • The jSparrow Maven plugin can...

Released: Mar 21, 2019

Updates in v3.3.0

Features

• New Rules
  • Use BufferedReader::lines - Replaces While-Loops and For-Loops that are using BufferedReader::readLine with streams using BufferedReader::lines.
  • Remove Modifiers in Interface Properties - Removes unnecessary modifiers on interface properties.
• Extended Rules
  • Replace For-Loop with Stream::Match - In addition to Stream::anyMatch , this rule is extended to allow converting Enhanced For-Loops to Stream::allMatch or Stream::noneMatch.
• Java Version handling
  • Version resolution when...

Released: Feb 21, 2019

Updates in v3.2.0

Features

• Fit for Java 11
  • Since the official End of Life of Java 8 has been reached, jSparrow is updated to be able to run on Java 11 as well as Java 8.
• New Rule
  • Adds a new rule for collapsing 'if' statements. The motivation behind this rule is to improve the readability of code by reducing the number of nested language constructs.
• Direct Link to Rule Documentation
  • The “Select Rules” wizard adds a link to each rule description which leads directly to a detailed documentation of that rule on the...