Re: batch code formatters for Java files

Posted by Fred Forester-2 on Jun 28, 2006; 12:03am
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/batch-code-formatters-for-Java-files-tp168959p168960.html



I have used this one a few times.

http://www.javaregex.com/download.html

jbeautfull.jar

Fred


Leon Torres wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I tried using astyle (http://astyle.sf.net) to clean up a Java
> contribution recently and it doesn't seem to be comprehensive enough to
> be used in general.
>
> Does anyone know of a good code formatter or if an official ofbiz Java
> style already exists for some program?  I'd like to avoid using Eclipse,
> unless it can batch format, save the originals, and show you the diff
> easily.
>
> The goals are relatively simple, we want the code to conform to an
> "ofbiz" style.  Briefly,
>
> public static void method() {
>     if (something) {
>        doSomething;
>     } else {
>        doSomethingElse;
>     }
> }
>
> Where there are 4 spaces per indentation level (no tabs).  Since ofbiz
> Java can be quite verbose, we don't want to force a standard column
> width such as 80. Control over padding of parentheses is also good, but
> the above should be sufficient.
>
> - Leon
>
>