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The Java reordering tool I wanted for years, so I finally built it (opens in new tab)

For years, I wanted one simple thing in Java projects: a reliable way to keep class members ordered and formatted consistently. Fields, constructors, methods, accessors, nested types. Not manually. Not by a team convention written in a wiki. Not by asking everyone to remember the right IDE action before committing. A real tool. Something I could run locally, wire into Maven, and enforce in CI pipeline. I kept thinking this should already exist. The problem felt too common to be mine alone. Ev...

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