Eclipse settings for SWAGD developers - GitHubRGI/swagd GitHub Wiki

Compiler warning / error settings

In Eclipse, navigate to Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Compiler -> Errors/Warnings and set all options to "Warning" except for the following:

• Access to a non-acessible member of an enclosing type (Ignore)
• Non-externalized strings (missing/unused $NON-NLS$ tag) (Ignore)
• Boxing and unboxing conversions (Ignore)
• 'switch' case fall-through (Ignore)
• Forbidden reference (acess rules) ( Error )
• Include 'assert' in null analysis (Unchecked)
• Enable annotation-based null analysis (Unchecked)

Save actions

In Eclipse, navigate to Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Save Actions and ensure "Perform the selected actions on save" is checked, along with "Organize Imports" and "Additional Actions." Then click on the "Configure" button which will bring up a new window of save actions. Ensure the following options are checked:

• Code Organizing tab
  • Remove trailing whitespace (All lines)
• Code Style tab
  • Use blocks in if/while/for/do statements (Always)
  • Convert 'for' loops to enhanced
  • Use modifier 'final' where possible (Private fields, Parameter, and Local variables)
  • Convert functional interface instances (Use lambda where possible)
• Member Accesses tab
  • Use 'this' qualifier for field accesses (Always)
  • Use 'this' qualifier for method accesses (Always)
• Missing Code tab
  • Check all options
• Unnecessary Code tab
  • Remove unused imports
  • Remove unnecessary casts