JAVA_REMOVE_IMPORTS(7)

💖 JAVA_REMOVE_IMPORTS 💖

okay bestie, welcome to java_remove_imports, part of the Java packaging support squad, section 7 of the manual. she's a macro, she's iconic, and she's about to yeet your import statements into the sun. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

java_remove_imports — remove import statements from Java source files 🧹✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

%java_remove_imports [optional flags] <matcher>... [file path]...

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so this macro removes import statements from Java source files. that's the whole vibe. 💖

here's the tea on how she decides what to delete: the script takes all the non-whitespace content that comes after the import [static] statement and matches it against every pattern you handed over with the -p flag. meanwhile, all the simple class names get matched against the names you gave with the -n flag. two lanes, both working at the same time. slay. 👑

🦋 how file paths get handled 🦋

file path arguments are handled the following way, no cap:

• symlinks are ignored. we simply do not see them. 🙈
• regular files are handled regardless of the file name. doesn't matter what you called it, she's gonna look.
• directories get traversed recursively and all .java files are handled. all of them. every single one. 🌈

and yes, arguments can be specified in arbitrary order. you do you, boo. 🫶

⭐ matcher (one of these) ⭐

• -n <name> — simple class name to be matched against the simple names of imported symbols. names are matched for exact equality. can be specified multiple times. 💫
• -p <pattern> — regex patterns to be matched against imported symbols. each imported symbol found in the code is matched against each pattern. can be specified multiple times. 🔥

✨ optional flags ✨

• -s, --strict — fail if any of the user provided arguments were redundant. she's checking your work, bestie. don't waste her time. 💀

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

example of usage in a .spec file:

%java_remove_imports src -n Nullable

examples of patterns:

• import statements present in Java source file:

1) import java.lang.Runnable;
2) import java.util.List;
3) import static java.util.*;
4) import static java.lang.String.valueOf;
5) import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Service;

• names used to match:

Name 'Runnable' matches 1)
Name 'String' matches 4)

Name 'util' does not match anything.
Name '*' does not match anything.
Name 'valueOf' does not match anything.

• patterns used to match:

Pattern 'Runnable' matches 1).
Pattern '[*]' matches 3).
Pattern 'java[.]util' matches 2), 3).
Pattern 'util' matches 2), 3), 5).
Patterns 'java', 'java.*' match 1) - 4).

Pattern 'static' does not match anything.

see how 'Runnable' and 'String' pulled their weight but 'util', '*' and 'valueOf' did absolutely nothing? that's the exact energy --strict is gonna clock. 👀

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😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? bugs should be reported through the issue tracker at GitHub:

https://github.com/fedora-java/jurand/issues

please do it there, not in my DMs. 🙏

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

written by Marián Konček. king behavior, fr fr. 💜

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

java_remove_annotations(7).

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okay that's the whole page bestie, go forth and de-import ✨

this has been JAVA_REMOVE_IMPORTS 💖 from 2025-07-24 💖 filed under JAVA_REMOVE_IMPORTS(7) 💖 mwah, take care of her 🎀