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RemoveUnusedAssignments

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Description

  • A new recipe RemoveUnusedAssignment under org.openrewrite.staticanalysis that implements the PMD UnusedAssignment logic.

UnusedAssignment apache/maven#2350
https://pmd.github.io/pmd/pmd_rules_java_bestpractices.html#unusedassignment

Note: This new “Remove dead assignments” rule subsumes our existing
RemoveUnusedLocalVariables
recipe and complements the already-merged
RemoveUnusedParams (unused formal parameters) PR #560.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/RemoveUnusedLocalVariables.java and the PMD UnusedAssignment documentation linked in the issue. Review the related RemoveUnusedParams PR #560 for context, then implement the new RemoveUnusedAssignment recipe under org.openrewrite.staticanalysis. Done means the new recipe implements the requested PMD logic and subsumes the existing unused-local-variable recipe.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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