removecallstosystemgc.md

Remove garbage collection invocations

org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.RemoveCallsToSystemGc

Removes calls to System.gc() and Runtime.gc(). When to invoke garbage collection is best left to the JVM.

Tags

• RSPEC-1215

Source

GitHub, Issue Tracker, Maven Central

• groupId: org.openrewrite.recipe
• artifactId: rewrite-static-analysis
• version: 1.0.1

Example

{% tabs %} {% tab title="A.java" %}

Before

{% code title="A.java" %}

public class A {
    public String gc() {
       return "here gc stands for good call";
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        gc();
        System.gc();
        if (1 > 0) {
            System.gc();
        }
    }
}

{% endcode %}

After

{% code title="A.java" %}

public class A {
    public String gc() {
       return "here gc stands for good call";
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        gc();
    }
}

{% endcode %}

{% endtab %} {% tab title="Diff" %} {% code %}

--- A.java
+++ A.java
@@ -8,4 +8,0 @@
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        gc();
-       System.gc();
-       if (1 > 0) {
-           System.gc();
-       }
    }

{% endcode %} {% endtab %} {% endtabs %}

Usage

This recipe has no required configuration options. It can be activated by adding a dependency on org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-static-analysis:1.0.1 in your build file or by running a shell command (in which case no build changes are needed): {% tabs %} {% tab title="Gradle" %} {% code title="build.gradle" %}

plugins {
    id("org.openrewrite.rewrite") version("6.1.4")
}

rewrite {
    activeRecipe("org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.RemoveCallsToSystemGc")
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    rewrite("org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-static-analysis:1.0.1")
}

{% endcode %} {% endtab %} {% tab title="Maven POM" %} {% code title="pom.xml" %}

<project>
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.openrewrite.maven</groupId>
        <artifactId>rewrite-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>5.2.4</version>
        <configuration>
          <activeRecipes>
            <recipe>org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.RemoveCallsToSystemGc</recipe>
          </activeRecipes>
        </configuration>
        <dependencies>
          <dependency>
            <groupId>org.openrewrite.recipe</groupId>
            <artifactId>rewrite-static-analysis</artifactId>
            <version>1.0.1</version>
          </dependency>
        </dependencies>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
</project>

{% endcode %} {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Maven Command Line" %} {% code title="shell" %} You will need to have Maven installed on your machine before you can run the following command.

mvn -U org.openrewrite.maven:rewrite-maven-plugin:run \
  -Drewrite.recipeArtifactCoordinates=org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-static-analysis:RELEASE \
  -Drewrite.activeRecipes=org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.RemoveCallsToSystemGc

{% endcode %} {% endtab %} {% endtabs %}

Contributors

• Grzegorz Olędzki
• Knut Wannheden
• Sam Snyder

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