java-best-practices-refactor-legacy

Features and purpose

Refactor legacy Java code to modern patterns and best practices. Use when modernizing old Java code, converting to Java 8+ features, refactoring legacy applications, applying design patterns, improving error handling, extracting methods/classes, converting to streams/Optional/records, or migrating from old Java versions. Works with pre-Java 8 code, procedural Java, legacy frameworks, and outdated patterns.

Quick start

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