Eclipse Project 4.32 - New and Noteworthy

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A new quick assist has been added to allow splitting resources from a try-with-resources into an inner try-with-resources. All resources from the point of the split are added to the new inner try-with-resources statement. The assist is offered when CTRL+1 is clicked while some part of a resource statement in the try-with-resources is selected.

For example, in the following example, we can select part of the second resources statement:

try-with-resources example before

and choose to split from that point:

try-with-resources example after

String concat to formatted text block

The quick assists to convert a mixed string concatenatation of literals and variables into a MessageFormat or String.format call have been enhanced to use a text block when using Java 15 or greater. This is useful when there is purposeful alignment of the line indentation of the concatenation (e.g. a code snippet).

For example, in the following example:

original string concatenation

If we use CTRL+1 with the cursor in the concatenation and choose Use 'MessageFormat' for string concatenation we get:

after changing to MessageFormat

or if we choose Use 'String.format' for string concatenation we get:

after changing to String.format

Combine declaration and assignment

The Remove overridden assignment cleanup found in the Unnecessary Code tab of the clean-up configuration dialog has been enhanced to combine a variable declaration that is immediately followed by an assignment into a declaration with assignment.

For example, the following:

declaration with assignment immediately after

will be transformed into:

declaration with assignment combined

Extract anonymous class to local variable

A new quick-assist has been added to extract an anonymous class implementation to a local variable. To use, click on CTRL+1 with the cursor within the anonymous class. For example:

anonymous class to local variable before

Results in:

anonymous class to local variable after

Types call Hierarchy on Ctrl+Click

Open Call Hierarchy action now added to the list of actions shown on Ctrl+Click for types as well

Call hierarchy action for types

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Javadoc styling improvements

Styling of the method signatures displayed in the Javadoc view and hover dialog has been improved to make them easier to read.

Until now, the entire signature has been rendered as one continuous text making it a bit hard to identify specific parts. This is especially difficult when the signature contained type variables of generic declarations:

Old Javadoc styling

Now, by default, parts of the signature are visually distinguished by using italic, lighter, or colorized text or by placing them on separate lines.

New Javadoc styling

Coloring is used to distinguish different types used as type variables. Four different colors are pre-configured and are also re-used repeatedly in case more unique types are present in displayed Javadoc. Note: custom colors can be configured to avoid this repetition.

All aspects of the new styling can be customized through the Javadoc styling menu accessible via a new menu button added to the toolbar of the Javadoc view and Javadoc hover (here visible after pressing F2), where the button itself toggles the new styling functionality on/off.

Enable encapsulating multiple fields from a single dialog

It is now possible to encapsulate multiple fields of a class and its references in other classes by invoking Refactor > Encapsulate Fields... on that class.

The new dialog looks like this:

The Encapsulate Fields option can be accessed either by the menu bar > Refactor or by right clicking while hovering over any field.

The dialog now consists of a tree where you can check all the fields that need to be encapsulated along with their getter and setter.

You can now select Same as field (default option) as the access modifier for the generated getters and setters.

The operation would have the following results as displayed in the example below:

Java Editor
Split try-with-resources	A new quick assist has been added to allow splitting resources from a try-with-resources into an inner try-with-resources. All resources from the point of the split are added to the new inner try-with-resources statement. The assist is offered when CTRL+1 is clicked while some part of a resource statement in the try-with-resources is selected. For example, in the following example, we can select part of the second resources statement: and choose to split from that point:
String concat to formatted text block	The quick assists to convert a mixed string concatenatation of literals and variables into a MessageFormat or String.format call have been enhanced to use a text block when using Java 15 or greater. This is useful when there is purposeful alignment of the line indentation of the concatenation (e.g. a code snippet). For example, in the following example: If we use CTRL+1 with the cursor in the concatenation and choose Use 'MessageFormat' for string concatenation we get: or if we choose Use 'String.format' for string concatenation we get:
Combine declaration and assignment	The Remove overridden assignment cleanup found in the Unnecessary Code tab of the clean-up configuration dialog has been enhanced to combine a variable declaration that is immediately followed by an assignment into a declaration with assignment. For example, the following: will be transformed into:
Extract anonymous class to local variable	A new quick-assist has been added to extract an anonymous class implementation to a local variable. To use, click on CTRL+1 with the cursor within the anonymous class. For example: Results in:
Types call Hierarchy on Ctrl+Click	`Open Call Hierarchy` action now added to the list of actions shown on `Ctrl+Click` for types as well
Java Views and Dialogs
Javadoc styling improvements	Styling of the method signatures displayed in the Javadoc view and hover dialog has been improved to make them easier to read. Until now, the entire signature has been rendered as one continuous text making it a bit hard to identify specific parts. This is especially difficult when the signature contained type variables of generic declarations: Now, by default, parts of the signature are visually distinguished by using italic, lighter, or colorized text or by placing them on separate lines. Coloring is used to distinguish different types used as type variables. Four different colors are pre-configured and are also re-used repeatedly in case more unique types are present in displayed Javadoc. Note: custom colors can be configured to avoid this repetition. All aspects of the new styling can be customized through the Javadoc styling menu accessible via a new menu button added to the toolbar of the Javadoc view and Javadoc hover (here visible after pressing F2), where the button itself toggles the new styling functionality on/off.
Enable encapsulating multiple fields from a single dialog	It is now possible to encapsulate multiple fields of a class and its references in other classes by invoking Refactor > Encapsulate Fields... on that class. The new dialog looks like this: The Encapsulate Fields option can be accessed either by the menu bar > Refactor or by right clicking while hovering over any field. The dialog now consists of a tree where you can check all the fields that need to be encapsulated along with their getter and setter. You can now select Same as field (default option) as the access modifier for the generated getters and setters. The operation would have the following results as displayed in the example below:

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