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Shorten fully qualified type names to simple names with imports - #94

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Replaces type names written out in full in the code by their simple name plus an import, for example
java.util.List<String> list = new java.util.ArrayList<>() becomes List<String> list = new ArrayList<>()
with import java.util.ArrayList; and import java.util.List;. The change is mechanical, made with an automated
import refactoring.

The two commits

  1. Imports cleaned up (da48dee3): unused imports are removed, and import blocks that were in no consistent order are
    sorted. No code line changes.
  2. Qualified names shortened (cbed5c20): a type name written in full becomes its simple name and the import is
    added. A nested type keeps its enclosing type (java.util.Map.Entry becomes Map.Entry, importing
    java.util.Map); a static member keeps its class (java.util.Collections.emptyList() becomes
    Collections.emptyList()); no static import is added. Comments, javadoc and string literals are left as they are.

A name stays qualified where its simple name would mean another type in that file: another type of that simple
name is imported, declared or written in the file, or two on-demand imports would both provide it.

Verification

  • Every Java source set compiles.
  • ./gradlew test passes, with no failures.

Where qualified names are kept

Each link points to a line where a type name is still written in full, because its simple name already means another
type in that file (for example org.slf4j.Logger beside an import of ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger).

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