Eclipse template

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Over 2 million developers have joined DZone. Want to learn more about how to add custom templates in Eclipse? Check out this post on how to implement custom templates for faster Java development. To locate the Templates page type Templates into the filter text box. You can read more about the variables that can be used to customize the code that is inserted by reading the Eclipse help.

To bring up the help window click on the Help menu and select Help Contents. In the search text box enter Java Editor Template Variables. From the list on the left hand side select Java Editor Template Variables. If you look in the combobox in Java templates, you will see Java and Javadoc.

It is simple a context within the respective editor in which the template would be applicable. Check Automatically insert if you want the template to expand automatically on ctrl-space when there is no other matching template available.

It is usually good idea to leave the checkbox checked, otherwise you would get a template proposal "popup". See what happens when I uncheck it on sysout template. Now, I can create new XML file from template and it will be ready to use. Before I knew about templates, I used to copy this from an older project, or search for it in Spring documentation.

Now I don't have to.. If you have some interesting templates, please, share them with us. You can download the templates mentioned in this post and import them using the Import button in the editor template settings. Published at DZone with permission of Tomas Kramar.

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Effective Eclipse: Custom Templates. If you selected more than one template to export, all of them will be present in the exported XML file. PHP Development Tools. To create a new template: Click New. The New Template dialog will open. Enter the template's details: Name - A short name to identify the template e. Description - A short description of the template's code.