Convert standard setters to flow setters with regex

Using regex you can convert all void setters to flow or builder setters

Feb 01, 2019

Albert Lacambra Basil

Having:

public SomeClass setX(…){}

and using the regex:

public void set([\w]+.+\{(\n\s+).+)

with replace:

public SomeClass set$1$2return this;

It transforms

public void setX(int x){
    this.x;
}

to

public MyClass setX(int x){
    this.x;
    return this;
}

Tested with Intellij.

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