Description mhawthorne 2004-02-18 16:25:19 EST

Maybe I'm just misunderstanding the way that things work, but there seem to be
some fundamental problems with the code formatter.

For example, if I choose "New Lines / Preserve Existing Line Breaks", then
create a few blank lines in between statements, then choose "Source/Format", it
gets rid of my blank lines.  This isn't what I expect.

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The entire line break system seems to be a bit screwy.

For example, I would expect the following line:

private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(ServiceContextFactory.class);

To be split into:

private static final Log logger = 
    LogFactory.getLog(ServiceContextFactory.class);

But it frequently ends up as:

private static final Log logger = LogFactory
            .getLog(ServiceContextFactory.class);

or:

private static final Log logger = LogFactory
.getLog(ServiceContextFactory.class);

And I've been spending a lot of time trying to get what I want, with
inconsistent results.

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I've had the comment formatting turned off since a few version ago, because it
always seemed to get rid of my white space and leave me with code like:

statement; /*
* comment
*/

Which is just a disaster.

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Thanks for any help, but it just seems that either I'm missing something, or
there is a definite disconnect between the Code Formatter settings that I
choose, and what actually  happens when I click "Source/Format"

Thanks for any help or info you can provide.