palantir / palantir/palantir-java-format

Join string concatenations if they end up on the same line

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Description

What happened?

throw new SafeIllegalArgumentException("Invalid recipient field - contains multiple "
        + "foreign key properties.", UnsafeArg.of("field", maybeField));

gets turned into

throw new SafeIllegalArgumentException(
        "Invalid recipient field - contains multiple " + "foreign key properties.", UnsafeArg.of("field", maybeField));

but the + is left behind.

What did you want to happen?

There should be a single string literal and no +.

Implementation wise, my intuition is that we should rewrap string concatenations that end up being moved in normal formatting, which will achieve this.
Currently, StringWrapper.wrap will bail out if there are no overly long lines.

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Research direction

Start in StringWrapper.wrap and reproduce the shown formatting transformation with the Java examples from the issue. Trace why wrapping is skipped when no line remains overlong, then verify that a moved concatenation becomes one string literal with no + and that normal formatting remains unchanged.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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