Recipe to move fields to the top of class definition

[greg-at-moderne]

What problem are you trying to solve?

Increase readability. Follow conventions.

Describe the situation before applying the recipe

class A {
    void foo(String bar) {
        int i = Integer.valueOf(bar);
    }

    String myField = "important";
}

Describe the situation after applying the recipe

class A {
    String myField = "important";

    void foo(String bar) {
        int i = Integer.valueOf(bar);
    }
}