Hello,

Is it possible to apply suggestions from multiple related bugchecks in a specific order in in a single run?

Example:

Given:

• BugCheckA: moves initialized fields to constructor
• BugCheckB: introduce parameter to constructor
• Initial code snipped:

class A {
  private int a;
  private int b = 1;
  A(int a) {
      this.a = a;
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) {
      A obj = new A(2);
  }
}

Then:

• Apply BugCheckA resulting in

class A {
 private int a;
 private int b;
 A(int a) {
     this.a = a;
     this.b = 1;
 }
 public static void main(String[] args) {
     A obj = new A(2);
 }
}

Note that b is now initialized inside the constructor instead of the field declaration

• Apply BugCheckB resulting in

class A {
 private int a;
 private int b;
 A(int a, int b) {
     this.a = a;
     this.b = b;
 }
 public static void main(String[] args) {
     A obj = new A(2, 1);
 }
}

Note that the constructor now has an extra parameter and the object initialization was updated.

Desired

While I'm aware that ErrorProne can be used to inline suggestions when configured with

-XepPatchChecks:BugCheckA,BugCheckB -XepPatchLocation:IN_PLACE

I noticed that I needed two separate runs for each check instead of one.
Is there a way ask ErroProne to run these related bugchecks in a specific order in a single run? (Or maybe, have a "meta"-bugcheck that is composed by these checks?)

Thanks in advance!
Cheers 👋