[news.eclipse.tools.jdt] Re: Modifying setter generation?

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sean LeBlanc wrote:
> I'd like to add the keyword "final" before the argument in the setter 
> signature. Is there any way to modify the template to do this?
>
> I see you can check off "final" but that's for the whole method. I want it 
> to look like this:
>
> public void setFoo(final int foo) {
>    ...
> }
>
> Otherwise, CheckStyle warns about the variable needing to be final.

Does it really? That is simply not true. There is no inherent *need* for 
setter arguments to be final. In fact, the only reason I know of to make 
a method parameter final is when it is used in the code of a local inner 
class.
Seems to me CheckStyle is being too stringent in this case.

Eric