How can refaster be used from error-prone?

[JnRouvignac]

Hello,

I have found that this commit moved refaster code to error-prone code base.
Is it possible to use refaster with error-prone? And how is it possible?

Thanks!

[lowasser]

The code is in, but there's not yet any way to use it. That's a work in progress.

[JnRouvignac]

That's a pity. Good to know somebody is working on it though!

Is this effort publicly visible?
Will you update the current issue once this effort will be completed?

[eaftan]

Typically we do development internally and then periodically (~once per week) sync our internal changes with Github. So the code will be visible within a week of when we finish the work. We'll do our best to remember to update this issue when it's ready.

To set expectations, I don't think this is going to happen this quarter. @lowasser would know better.

[alexeagle]

Interesting, I just presented Error Prone at an angular meetup (because I want to show the power of compiler checks and do it in TypeScript) and one questioner came up afterwards specifically asking about searching code using an example. I showed him refaster in the repo but couldn't find any example. Glad to know it's in progress.

[JnRouvignac]

@lowasser @eaftan Has Google position changed over the last year? Was there work performed towards solving this issue?

[eaftan]

Sorry for not updating this bug. @nglorioso did this. Instructions are here: http://errorprone.info/docs/refaster

[JnRouvignac]

Thanks for the update!