### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P org.eclipse.jdt.core
Index: formatter/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/formatter/CodeFormatterVisitor.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core/formatter/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/formatter/CodeFormatterVisitor.java,v
retrieving revision 1.230
diff -u -r1.230 CodeFormatterVisitor.java
--- formatter/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/formatter/CodeFormatterVisitor.java	2 Mar 2010 18:28:49 -0000	1.230
+++ formatter/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/formatter/CodeFormatterVisitor.java	20 Apr 2010 10:22:02 -0000
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@
 						isChunkStart = memberAlignment.checkChunkStart(TYPE, i, this.scribe.scanner.currentPosition);
 						format((TypeDeclaration)member, null, isChunkStart, i == 0);
 					}
-					if (isNextToken(TerminalTokens.TokenNameSEMICOLON)) {
+					while (isNextToken(TerminalTokens.TokenNameSEMICOLON)) {
 						this.scribe.printNextToken(TerminalTokens.TokenNameSEMICOLON, this.preferences.insert_space_before_semicolon);
 						this.scribe.printComment(CodeFormatter.K_UNKNOWN, Scribe.BASIC_TRAILING_COMMENT);
 					}
@@ -2021,7 +2021,7 @@
 							isChunkStart = memberAlignment.checkChunkStart(Alignment.CHUNK_TYPE, i, this.scribe.scanner.currentPosition);
 							format((TypeDeclaration)member, typeDeclaration.scope, isChunkStart, i == 0);
 						}
-						if (isNextToken(TerminalTokens.TokenNameSEMICOLON)) {
+						while (isNextToken(TerminalTokens.TokenNameSEMICOLON)) {
 							this.scribe.printNextToken(TerminalTokens.TokenNameSEMICOLON, this.preferences.insert_space_before_semicolon);
 							this.scribe.printComment(CodeFormatter.K_UNKNOWN, Scribe.BASIC_TRAILING_COMMENT);
 						}
#P org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model
Index: src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/formatter/FormatterBugsTests.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/formatter/FormatterBugsTests.java,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -r1.25 FormatterBugsTests.java
--- src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/formatter/FormatterBugsTests.java	3 Mar 2010 16:32:13 -0000	1.25
+++ src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/formatter/FormatterBugsTests.java	20 Apr 2010 10:22:06 -0000
@@ -5373,4 +5373,59 @@
 	);
 }
 
+/**
+ * @bug 309706: [formatter] doesn´t work when code has three semicolons side by side
+ * @test Verify that formatter does get puzzled by three consecutive semicolons
+ * @see "https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=309706"
+ */
+public void testBug309706() {
+	String source =
+		"public class Test {\n" + 
+		"\n" + 
+		"    private int id;;;\n" + 
+		"\n" + 
+		"    private void dummy() {\n" + 
+		"\n" + 
+		"        if (true) {\n" + 
+		"                    System.out.println(\"bla\");\n" + 
+		"        }\n" + 
+		"    }\n" + 
+		"}\n";
+	formatSource(source,
+		"public class Test {\n" + 
+		"\n" + 
+		"	private int id;;;\n" + 
+		"\n" + 
+		"	private void dummy() {\n" + 
+		"\n" + 
+		"		if (true) {\n" + 
+		"			System.out.println(\"bla\");\n" + 
+		"		}\n" + 
+		"	}\n" + 
+		"}\n"
+	);
+}
+public void testBug309706b() {
+	String source =
+		"    private int id;;;\n" + 
+		"\n" + 
+		"    private void dummy() {\n" + 
+		"\n" + 
+		"        if (true) {\n" + 
+		"                    System.out.println(\"bla\");\n" + 
+		"        }\n" + 
+		"	}\n";
+	formatSource(source,
+		"private int id;;;\n" + 
+		"\n" + 
+		"private void dummy() {\n" + 
+		"\n" + 
+		"	if (true) {\n" + 
+		"		System.out.println(\"bla\");\n" + 
+		"	}\n" + 
+		"}",
+		CodeFormatter.K_CLASS_BODY_DECLARATIONS
+	);
+}
+
 }