[Code refactor proposal] Split/merge multiple attributes into/from separate attribute lists

[Rekkonnect]

Summary

Code refactors that convert between multiple attributes in a list and multiple attribute lists into a single attribute list

Details

The proposed refactors are the following:

• provided on attribute lists that contain multiple attributes, splitting them into multiple attribute lists, each with one attribute, with the following options:
  • only split attributes that have constructor arguments
  • split all attributes
• provided on the attribute list collection of the declared symbol, merging the attributes into one attribute list with the following options:
  • only merge attributes that have no constructor arguments
  • merge all attributes

Examples

[A, B, C, D(1), E]
[F]
[G, H]
public class C;

The proposed attribute list splitting refactoring will be available within each attribute list that contains more than one attributes, resulting in the following code:

• split all attributes

// Only fixes the selected attribute list, in this case [A, B...]
[A]
[B]
[C]
[D(1)]
[E]
[F]
[G, H]
public class C;

• only split attributes that have constructor arguments

[A, B, C, E]
[D(1)]
[F]
[G, H]
public class C;

For attribute merging, the inverse process will be applied.

[balogun14]

@Rekkonnect can i work on this

[Rekkonnect]

Sure thing