Embed spotless

[snicoll]

Hey! I am working on a service that generates source code and we'd like a bit more control over the formatting. We do support Java, Kotlin, and Groovy.

Our needs are pretty "basic" where our code would chose a formatter for each with basic settings. I am wondering if someone else already embedded spotless in a Java app to help me get started. Wondering also about the dependencies download based on the tools and if it can be done at build-time since we don't need that flexibility.

Thanks!

[nedtwigg]

if someone else already embedded spotless in a Java app

We maintain the lib API with strict semver to make exactly this usecase easy.

• Cleanthat has embedded Spotless

Wondering also about the dependencies download based on the tools and if it can be done at build-time

Yes, that can be done, you can implement Provisioner with a local classpath search. If you implement that, it would be a nice thing to contribute upstream to lib. That would take maintenance off of your plate, and probably other people would like to use it too.

• Command Line Application #527 (comment)