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Help with Java code formatter [message #761470]

Tue, 06 December 2011 09:13

Eclipse User

Hello,

I try to use the Java code formatter but I can't get what I want with
line wrapping.
I've set the policy to "Wrap where necessary" and maximum line width to
80, but either it wraps where it shouldn't, or it doesn't wrap where it
should...
Here is an example of result:

//
-------------------------------------------------------------------------80->
public class FormatterTest {
void test() {
int a, x = 1, y = 2, z = 3, somelongvariablename1 = 1,
somelongvariablename2 =
2;
a =
x
* y
* z
* (somelongvariablename1 + somelongvariablename1
+ somelongvariablename1 +
somelongvariablename2 + somelongvariablename2);
}
}
//
-------------------------------------------------------------------------80->

Thanks for your help.
--
Patrick

Re: Help with Java code formatter [message #761485 is a reply to message #761470]

Tue, 06 December 2011 09:39

Eclipse User

Formatter does provide various options to handle wrapping at different type of nodes. It doesn't have an option to take care of multiple assignments, but has different option for different kind of expressions and their options. See if they could help.

Re: Help with Java code formatter [message #761500 is a reply to message #761485]

Tue, 06 December 2011 09:53

Eclipse User

Le 06/12/2011 15:39, Satyam Kandula a écrit :
> Formatter does provide various options to handle wrapping at different
> type of nodes. It doesn't have an option to take care of multiple
> assignments, but has different option for different kind of
> expressions and their options. See if they could help.

I already tried the different formatter options and didn't get what I
want, that's why I'm asking here. The problem is not with multiple
assignments, but simple expressions that cannot get wrapped correctly.

For example this line is formatted like:

a =
x
* y
* z
* (somelongvariablename1 + somelongvariablename1
+ somelongvariablename1 +
somelongvariablename2 + somelongvariablename2);

But I would prefer:

a = x * y * z * (somelongvariablename1 + somelongvariablename1
+ somelongvariablename1 + somelongvariablename2 +
somelongvariablename2);

Re: Help with Java code formatter [message #761826 is a reply to message #761500]

Wed, 07 December 2011 01:03

Eclipse User

This looks like https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=250636

Re: Help with Java code formatter [message #762191 is a reply to message #761826]

Wed, 07 December 2011 12:06

Eclipse User

Le 07/12/2011 07:03, Satyam Kandula a écrit :
> This looks like https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=250636

Hmm... the bug is 3 years old, and low priority... I'll have to cope
with that funky formatting.

Re: Help with Java code formatter [message #762675 is a reply to message #762191]

Thu, 08 December 2011 08:48

Eclipse User

FYI, you could turn off the formatter for a region.

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