Eclipse: Filter / Exclude certain packages during “Organize Imports”
The Eclipse “Organize Import” Feature (Cntr+Shift + O) allows to automatically import the packages which are used in a program. If there are several options Eclipse suggests all available classes and...
View ArticleEclipse Papercut #1 – The annoying creation of the project package
This series is about simplifying the handling of Eclipse for simple but repetitive tasks. See 7 Paper Cuts in Eclipse. Ok lets start with something simple. By convension Eclipse projects are named...
View ArticleEclipse Papercut #3 – Plugin to find unused methods
In this episode of Eclipse Papercuts we will look at how we can analyse our own code to find “dead” code in your projects. We will write a plug-in to find methods which are not called (within the...
View ArticleEclipse Papercut #6 – Modifying Mylyn Context
In this episode of Eclipse Papercuts I will demonstrate how to modify the Mylyn tasks context. Many thanks to David Green for providing sample code to access the Mylyn context. Mylyn makes certain...
View ArticleThe next e4 killer feature? JDT on the move
Some people say that the Eclipse support for alternative JVM based languages is not best in class. Therefore I think it is great news that Olivier Thomann from the JDT team indicated that might open up...
View ArticleImproved JDT Filtered PackageExplorer (for Eclipse 4.2.1)
I updated my JDT Filtered Package Explorer. It should now also work with ‘Top Level Elements > Working Sets’ as top level and should also the native “Cancel” button of the platform. Just for...
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