properties.ChangePropertyKey vs yaml.ChangePropertyKey - latter has option 'filePattern', but the former does not - how to specify which property file(s) to process?

[chris-nielsen-wgu]

Hopefully the subject line is clear, but to quickly recap:

• org.openrewrite.yaml.ChangePropertyKey has an option filePattern, allowing one to specify which yaml file(s) to process
• However, org.openrewrite.properties.ChangePropertyKey does not

And while I've Googled this topic - as well as reviewing a number of different recipes - it's really not clear how to accomplish this via a declarative yaml recipe.

Am I missing something...?

[shanman190]

What you're looking for is the feature named preconditions.
https://docs.openrewrite.org/authoring-recipes/recipe-conventions-and-best-practices#use-preconditions

These are supported in both imperative and declarative recipes.

Some recipes still have direct arguments to support this same feature, but there has been reluctance to cause breaking changes by removing the options from those recipes that do have it. On the flip side, it is now completely avoided and no longer advised to add options such as filePatterns because the preconditions feature is much more flexible and powerful.

[shanman190]

To mimic just the file patterns functionality, you'd use a Find files precondition specifically.

[chris-nielsen-wgu]

What you're looking for is the feature named preconditions. https://docs.openrewrite.org/authoring-recipes/recipe-conventions-and-best-practices#use-preconditions

These are supported in both imperative and declarative recipes.

Some recipes still have direct arguments to support this same feature, but there has been reluctance to cause breaking changed by removing the options from those recipes that do have it. On the flip side, it is now completely avoided and no longer advised to add options such as filePatterns because the preconditions feature is much more flexible and powerful.

The background is very helpful, and now makes sense. Thank you so much for the quick response!