I am after more refactoring options than the default that comes in Eclipse 3.6. Can anyone list any other plugins that do refactoring and what they do ?
My original problem was i wanted to re-order some type parameter declarations in some classes and unfortunately for me the default refactorings in Eclipse did not support moving them around...
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I'm using Netbeans IDE. It's quite annoying and it's a cause of errors the import of Java packages and/or classes that are not provided by Codename One. (Codename One use its own implementation of a subset of Java8 and it cannot support the full Java API).
For example, sometimes Netbeans imports automatically wrong packages (such as "java.awt.BorderLayout" instead of "com.codename1.ui.layouts.BorderLayout"), other times it shows me methods and Javadocs that are not available in Codename One.
Is it possible to force Netbeans to show me only packages, classes, methods and javadocs that are supported by Codename One? It could be useful to avoid errors.
We'd love to but unfortunately the only way NetBeans allows you to do that is if you build your own Java language package. That's what some other plugins like NBAndroid did AFAIK but when we implemented the plugin we didn't want to create something too complex.
If NetBeans supported a "bootclasspath" option for the JDK it would have solved everything. It does have support for plugging in an alternative JDK which can be a micro-profile but because we don't comply with the micro-profile spec I'm not sure if that will work.
At times, NetBeans suggests to import more than one package from the drop-down list. When you check carefully before pressing ENTER this might avoid importing the wrong package.
I use NetBeans for quite a while with CN1 and faced the same problem at the beginning.
I'd like to find all references to certain methods within my workspace. I used to do this using Eclipse's ⌘+shift+G / ctrl+shift+G hotkeys for all my Java classes, but now nothing shows up when searching in Scala classes using the Eclipse Scala IDE.
I'm currently using Scala IDE for Eclipse v3.0.3.
Is this reference searching functionality already supported in the Scala IDE, and if so, what is the shortcut for it?
Thanks.
I had this problem too and I ended up installing the Eclipse Quick Search plugin from the Spring team that normally ships as part of STS. It has no Spring dependencies and is easy to install separately from the Eclipse Marketplace. Use ⌘+shift+L and start typing and you get incremental search results.
Find references is implemented as feature but it is far away from being as powerful as the Java implementation.
You can find the actual key combination if you do a right click in the editor area and navigate to the "References" entry.
However, if the find references feature doesn't find anything, then it is clearly a bug and it would be nice if you could report your use case in the ticket tracker.
Did you try using Scala-Search? It's available from the same update site as the Scala IDE itself, and it should find Scala references. See Features docs.
I'm using Eclipse & the Scala plugin to write scala code. The editor seems to have limited syntax highlighting options - for example I would like to change the formatting of variables (I like them blue) and method defs.
I know there are a few other highlighter plugins out there like EclipsesColorer, but they all seem to lose features of the Scala (or other langauges) Editor like auto complete and suggestions.
Is there any plugin or way I can modify the scala plugin to get finer control over Scala syntax coloring/formatting options?
Some of this is being worked on. The nightly build page has 'Semantic Highlighting' (making variables blue etc) marked as 'coming soon.
Also the current roadmap may help with when a released version on the eclipse-scala ide.
(As 'coming soon' is very date dependent then 'today' is 10/March/12 )
The editor that comes with the Play Framework Eclipse plugin has syntax highlighting customizability: http://scala-ide.org/download/current.html
You can go to Preferences -> Scala -> Syntax Coloring to set the different colors.
Have you tried Eclipse Color Theme?
Scala auto complete, etc. unaffected ;-)
A slightly tweaked Wombat theme in Scala works well for me (also: Aptana Eclipse plugin helps immensely with html/css/erb, etc.)
I've been trying to convert from Java to Scala for a few months, and found that the greatest roadblock is that Eclipse plugin for Scala is hardly better then using Vim.
I normally have "Build Automatically" on, so apart from Open and Save, the commands I use most of the time are:
Open Declaration (F3)
References > Workspace (Ctrl-Shift-G)
Open Type Hierarchy (F4)
Open Type (Ctrl-Shift-T)
Content Assist (Ctrl-Space)
and looking at the Outline.
None of this works with the Scala IDE for the libraries. Some stuff works for my own code, like outline. But the rest just returns the following error:
The resource is not on the build path of a Java project.
Is there any way to get any of those things to work in Eclipse? Without them, basically the only thing I get is syntax highlight and compile-on-save, and I can get syntax highlight from vim without needing 1.5 GB of ram...
With implicits, and static function import, finding out from where something comes is really difficult without F3. I ended up using Google to find what class/trait defines what.
[EDIT] I just pulled Eclipse Classic 3.6.2, and update-1.0.0-milestones-2.8.1.final, which wasn't available the last time I checked. They have fixed the Outline, and "Open Type", that's it. The rest still doesn't work.
Which version of the Eclipse plugin are you using? If the version is from a while ago, then you're right, it's a bit buggy.
However, there is a new version, currently in beta (as of 23.04.2011) available from Scala IDE Eclipse download site. This is a lot better.
Also, please make sure that the 'Use JDT content assists' checkboxes are checked in Scala->Setup diagnostics window.
Please try the new version, and see if it fixes your problems. If not, raise a bug, and the team will fix it.
I'm trying to use Google Protocol Buffers in my project and I'd like to have some tooling support from Eclipse. In particular, I want Eclipse to call protoc every time I make changes to the .proto files and then rebuild all code that depends on the generated code.
I tried to set up a Custom Builder but it keeps bugging me with errors I don't understand, most often it complains that the .proto file is not on the path given by --proto-path, which it should be by all I can tell. Also, because I use ${build_files}, Eclipse passes all changed files to the compiler (instead of those that I have configured to trigger the build).
NetBeans seems to have a protobuf-Plugin, but I can't find one for Eclipse. Is there one?
Theres a protoclipse plugin on googlecode, which is in the initial stages:
http://code.google.com/p/protoclipse/
Not sure if there is a builder, but I did find a plugin for syntax highlighting for protocol buffers.
You can define an external builder on the plugin that invokes an ant task. It is an ugly kludge, but until there is a better solution this may serve your purposes.
In practice, syntax highlighting turned out to not be that important, I hardly edit these files, and they tend to be very small. Maven and the m2eclipse plugin handle the building side of things great.
I recommend using Google's "Protocol Buffers Development Tools". It is a plugin for Eclipse that features automagic regeneration and error checking, among other things. It's available here: http://code.google.com/p/protobuf-dt/ .
While this question is close to other Eclipse plugin for working with protobuf, answers here are different.
Well, yes, if you use maven/gradle to invoke protoc (Protobuf compiler), than you may need no Eclipse plugin at all.
Colorizing editor helps for long file or with many comments. Know there are 2 editor plugins for Eclipse.