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bogdanb
bogdanb

Reputation: 458

Can Eclipse be configured to use "favorites" without static imports?

I’d like to configure Eclipse with some “favorite” static-method collections, but without using static imports.

For example, if I add com.google.common.collect.Lists the list in Window » Preferences » Java » Editor » Content Assist » Favorites, I can type “newA”, press Ctrl-Space, and pick the Lists.newArrayList method from that list. But:

1) If “static imports” is enabled in Preferences » Java » Editor » Content Assist, the result is that Eclipse adds a static import for com.google.common.collect.Lists.newArrayList and auto-completes my code to newArrayList(...).

2) If “static imports” is disabled, then:

2.a) If the class with the static method is not imported, it adds an import for the class, and auto-completes to Lists.newArrayList(...), which is exactly what I want. However,

2.b) If the class with the static method is already imported, then it just auto-completes to newArrayList(...), which of course doesn’t compile.

My question is: Is there a way to configure Eclipse so that (2.b) behaves like (2.a) all the time? (I.e. so that it auto-completes favorite static methods with their class name prefix even when the class is already imported.)

Upvotes: 2

Views: 427

Answers (1)

Morfic
Morfic

Reputation: 15528

Not exactly to the point, but you can define a template and when you select it, you get both the import and the code. Go to Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Templates, add a new one with name newA and the pattern ${staticImport:importStatic('com.google.common.collect.Lists')}Lists.newArrayList(${cursor})

In your method body, type newA and hit CTRL+Space and you should see the following: enter image description here

Upvotes: 1

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