[news.eclipse.tools.jdt] Re: Order of auto method insertion

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse5@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pete Ellis wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> When a new class is created that must implement an interface, the methods 
> that are required by the interface are automatically added to the body of 
> the new class.  This is a fine convenience, however I find it a bit annoying 
> that the interface's methods are added in alphabetical order, *not* the 
> order in which they appear in the interface.
>
> I've searched for a preference setting that might govern this behavior, but 
> have thus far come up empty handed.  Is there any way to influence how the 
> order of these added methods is chosen?

Not that I know of. I'm not even sure it is possible in all cases, 
because I don't think the method order in class files is preserved from 
the source. Even when the source is available, it would require that 
Eclipse look there to get the method signatures, which I doubt it does 
currently.

Still, you are welcome to submit an enhancement request in Bugzilla. It 
is likely to get more attention if you can offer some assistance in 
implementing it.

Eric