"OpenRewrite Refactoring Automation"
OpenRewrite Refactoring Automation is a comprehensive guide to the principles, architecture, and real-world application of automated refactoring in modern software engineering. Anchored in a detailed exploration of OpenRewrite, this book begins by laying out the motivations and challenges behind codebase automation—emphasizing maintainability, consistency, and the large-scale evolution of complex, polyglot environments. Through technical comparisons and foundational discussions, readers gain a clear understanding of where OpenRewrite fits within the broader ecosystem of refactoring tools, and how its design philosophy uniquely addresses the needs of contemporary development toolchains.
The book dives deep into the inner workings of OpenRewrite, from its core engine and abstract syntax tree processing to its robust recipe system that enables both declarative and imperative transformations. It offers practical guidance on developing, composing, testing, and maintaining reusable automation recipes across diverse languages and configuration formats. Essential topics such as integration with build tools, CI/CD pipelines, and IDEs are thoroughly addressed, providing readers with actionable strategies for embedding refactoring automation into everyday development workflows and enterprise-scale code management.
Covering advanced themes like scaling refactoring in heterogeneous and legacy systems, enforcing security and compliance policies, and optimizing for high-performance transformation, OpenRewrite Refactoring Automation is both a hands-on manual and a forward-looking resource. The book concludes by illuminating the future of automated code transformation, with discussions on AI-driven techniques, open ecosystem collaboration, and next-generation productivity metrics. Software engineers, architects, and DevOps professionals will find a meticulously structured and authoritative resource for leveraging automation to drive code quality, agility, and innovation.
