--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/common/bin/blessed-modifier-order.sh	Thu Sep 17 08:55:39 2015 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2015 Google, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+# DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+#
+# This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+# accompanied this code).
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+# 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+#
+# Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+# or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+# questions.
+
+usage() {
+  (
+    echo "$0 DIR ..."
+    echo "Modifies in place all the java source files found"
+    echo "in the given directories so that all java language modifiers"
+    echo "are in the canonical order given by Modifier#toString()."
+    echo "Tries to get it right even within javadoc comments,"
+    echo "and even if the list of modifiers spans 2 lines."
+    echo
+    echo "See:"
+    echo "https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Modifier.html#toString-int-"
+    echo
+    echo "Example:"
+    echo "$0 jdk/src/java.base jdk/test/java/{util,io,lang}"
+  ) >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+set -eu
+declare -ar dirs=("$@")
+[[ "${#dirs[@]}" > 0 ]] || usage
+for dir in "${dirs[@]}"; do [[ -d "$dir" ]] || usage; done
+
+declare -ar modifiers=(
+  public protected private
+  abstract static final transient
+  volatile synchronized native strictfp
+)
+declare -r SAVE_IFS="$IFS"
+for ((i = 3; i < "${#modifiers[@]}"; i++)); do
+  IFS='|'; x="${modifiers[*]:0:i}" y="${modifiers[*]:i}"; IFS="$SAVE_IFS"
+  if [[ -n "$x" && -n "$y" ]]; then
+    find "${dirs[@]}" -name '*.java' -type f -print0 | \
+      xargs -0 perl -0777 -p -i -e \
+      "do {} while s/^([A-Za-z@* ]*)\b($y)(\s|(?:\s|\n\s+\*)*\s)($x)\b/\1\4\3\2/mg"
+  fi
+done