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Java Forum / General / July 2006Follow up on thread from a month ago (was: Something like Visual Assist for Eclipse )
Back in May there was a thread about the features of a C++ tool called Visual Assist and why didn't Eclipse have these features. I wanted to provide some follow up information. For reference that thread is at: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.java.programmer/browse_frm/thread/17eeb 0689bc8b381 One of the features mentioned that I thought was a good idea was the use of CamelCase when doing code assist. So this would look would be like you could type throw new NPE<ctrl>-space and it would expand that to NullPointerException. I submitted an RFE for that with Eclipse and it turns out that feature is already part of the upcoming version 3.2 of Eclipse (which is part of Callisto, which is the simultaneous release of 10 eclipse projects).  SignatureDale King > One of the features mentioned that I thought was a good idea was the > use of CamelCase when doing code assist. So this would look would be > like you could type throw new NPE<ctrl>-space and it would expand that > to NullPointerException. That sounds nice. Now I want method completion that automatically tries to add "get" in front, so I don't have to type "get" all the time :) /L SignatureLasse Reichstein Nielsen - lrn@hotpop.com DHTML Death Colors: <URL:http://www.infimum.dk/HTML/rasterTriangleDOM.html> 'Faith without judgement merely degrades the spirit divine.' Lasse Reichstein Nielsen schrieb: >> One of the features mentioned that I thought was a good idea was the >> use of CamelCase when doing code assist. So this would look would be >> like you could type throw new NPE<ctrl>-space and it would expand that >> to NullPointerException. > > That sounds nice. IntellJ's IDEA does that. > Now I want method completion that automatically tries to add "get" > in front, so I don't have to type "get" all the time :) I'd rather get rid of getters and setters :) > I'd rather get rid of getters and setters :) Now /that's/ an idea! Type g-e-t and press the autocomplete key, and the IDE finds and removes all the getter methods. This, is I like... -- chris P.S. Seriously, I think a good case can be made for the IDE issuing warnings for obvious public getters/setter pairs. Chris Uppal schrieb: > Seriously, I think a good case can be made for the IDE issuing warnings > for obvious public getters/setter pairs. That would be "Warning: You are using a getter/setter pair, which is stupid" for me ;) > Now /that's/ an idea! Type g-e-t and press the autocomplete key, and the IDE > finds and removes all the getter methods. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > P.S. Seriously, I think a good case can be made for the IDE issuing warnings > for obvious public getters/setter pairs. That's appealing to me, but given the number of frameworks and contexts where the JavaBeans specification is needed for interoperability with external software, I'm afraid I don't think it's too awfully reasonable. For example, objects accessed from JSP EL expressions, JSF backing beans, lots of ORM classes, visual GUI design components, etc. all need to have these getter/setter pairs in order to work properly. SignatureChris Smith - Lead Software Developer / Technical Trainer MindIQ Corporation [me:] > > P.S. Seriously, I think a good case can be made for the IDE issuing > > warnings for obvious public getters/setter pairs. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > beans, lots of ORM classes, visual GUI design components, etc. all need > to have these getter/setter pairs in order to work properly. I'm not convinced that the fiields you list are important enough to be taken to /define/ what good code looks like. Anyway -- as an academic question -- it would be interesting to see what the technologies you mention would have looked like if their designers hadn't choosen the path of least resistance (for themselves) and thus encouranged poor structure in their users. -- chris > Lasse Reichstein Nielsen schrieb: >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > IntellJ's IDEA does that. While that is interesting it is off topic, because the specific question was about Eclipse. And since the new version of Eclipse was released last week we can say that Eclipse does that. SignatureDale King Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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