Automate code formatting

Question

Automate code formatting

Opened this issue a year ago · 4 comments

Checkstyle is great for consistency but annoying for developers. I looked at https://github.com/google/google-java-format some time ago but perhaps there are better alternatives? Suggested by @delanym in #183.

Answer 1 · 2023-04-13T20:02:59.000Z

I recommend formatter-maven-plugin. Can you export and upload an Eclipse format XML?

Answer 2 · 2023-04-13T20:09:42.000Z

Eclipse XML format is a PITA to apply in IntelliJ IDEA (the plugins that exist are subpar in my experience).

Answer 3 · 2023-04-13T20:19:03.000Z

Well that is the only option with this plugin, and I know IntelliJ can import & export to that directly. If it misses a few properties I can live with that. Anyway, I use the Adaptor for Eclipse Code Formatter which ensures full compat and I've got no complaints. Save actions are the real PITA.

Also suggest the impsort-maven-plugin.

Answer 4 · 2023-04-15T06:55:50.000Z

My experiences with the formatter-maven-plugin have been positive so far. I know that diffplug/spotless is also a popular option. But it seems like an overkill and just uses the google formatter under the hood anyway.