Roaster (formerly known as java-parser) is a library that allows easy parsing and formatting of java source files. Roaster introduces a fluent interface to manipulate Java source files, like adding fields, methods, annotations and so on.
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If you are using Maven, add the following dependencies to your project:
<properties>
<version.roaster>2.30.1.Final</version.roaster>
</properties>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.forge.roaster</groupId>
<artifactId>roaster-api</artifactId>
<version>${version.roaster}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.forge.roaster</groupId>
<artifactId>roaster-jdt</artifactId>
<version>${version.roaster}</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>-
Otherwise, download and extract (or build from sources) the most recent distribution containing the Roaster distribution and command line tools
Execute roaster by running the following script (add these to your $PATH for convenience):
bin/roaster (Unix/Linux/OSX)
bin/roaster.bat (Windows)Options described here:
$ roaster -h
Usage: roaster [OPTION]... FILES ...
The fastest way to build applications, share your software, and enjoy doing it.
-c, --config [CONFIG_FILE]
specify the path to the Eclipse code format profile (usually found at '$PROJECT/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs')
-r, --recursive
format files in found sub-directories recursively
FILES...
specify one or more space-separated files or directories to format
-h, --help
display this help and exitRoaster provides a fluent API to generate java classes. Here an example:
final JavaClassSource javaClass = Roaster.create(JavaClassSource.class);
javaClass.setPackage("com.company.example").setName("Person");
javaClass.addInterface(Serializable.class);
javaClass.addField()
.setName("serialVersionUID")
.setType("long")
.setLiteralInitializer("1L")
.setPrivate()
.setStatic(true)
.setFinal(true);
javaClass.addProperty(Integer.class, "id").setMutable(false);
javaClass.addProperty(String.class, "firstName");
javaClass.addProperty("String", "lastName");
javaClass.addMethod()
.setConstructor(true)
.setPublic()
.setBody("this.id = id;")
.addParameter(Integer.class, "id");Will produce:
package com.company.example;
import java.io.Serializable;
public class Person implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private final Integer id;
private String firstName;
private String lastName;
public Integer getId() {
return id;
}
public String getFirstName() {
return firstName;
}
public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
this.firstName = firstName;
}
public String getLastName() {
return lastName;
}
public void setLastName(String lastName) {
this.lastName = lastName;
}
public Person(Integer id) {
this.id = id;
}
}Of course it is possible to mix both approaches (parser and writer) to modify Java code programmatically:
JavaClassSource javaClass =
Roaster.parse(JavaClassSource.class, "public class SomeClass {}");
javaClass.addMethod()
.setPublic()
.setStatic(true)
.setName("main")
.setReturnTypeVoid()
.setBody("System.out.println(\"Hello World\");")
.addParameter("java.lang.String[]", "args");
System.out.println(javaClass);Here is an example on how to add JavaDoc to a class:
JavaClassSource javaClass =
Roaster.parse(JavaClassSource.class, "public class SomeClass {}");
JavaDocSource javaDoc = javaClass.getJavaDoc();
javaDoc.setFullText("Full class documentation");
// or
javaDoc.setText("Class documentation text");
javaDoc.addTagValue("@author","George Gastaldi");
System.out.println(javaClass);Roaster formats the Java Source Code by calling the format() method:
String javaCode = "public class MyClass{ private String field;}";
String formattedCode = Roaster.format(javaCode);
System.out.println(formattedCode);The Java Language Specification allows you to define multiple classes in the same .java file. Roaster supports parsing the entire unit by calling the parseUnit() method:
String javaCode = "public class MyClass{ private String field;} public class AnotherClass {}";
JavaUnit unit = Roaster.parseUnit(javaCode);
JavaClassSource myClass = unit.getGoverningType();
JavaClassSource anotherClass = (JavaClassSource) unit.getTopLevelTypes().get(1);Roaster validates Java snippets and reports as Problem objects by calling the validateSnippet() method:
Example:
List<Problem> problem = Roaster.validateSnippet("public class HelloWorld {}");
// problem.size() == 0
List<Problem> problem = Roaster.validateSnippet("public class MyClass {");
// problem.size() == 1 containing a new Problem("Syntax error, insert \"}\" to complete ClassBody", 21, 21, 1)Just run mvn clean install to build the sources
File an issue in our GitHub Issue Tracker
Roaster uses the same forum and mailing lists as the JBoss Forge project. See the JBoss Forge Community page.
For the writer part:
