ECLIPSE NEWBIE: How to preserve line breaks on re-formatting?

Go to Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Code Style -> Formatter
and edit the template. Line breaks can be in different places. You'll have to configure
appropriately.

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radarsh

Dear radarsh,

Thanks.  I'm there, but I'm afraid I can't find what I'm looking for.  More specifically, I want this type of statement to retain the line breaks:

String s =
  "First Thing " +
  "Second Thing " +
  "Third Thing  ";

I can't find how to do that.  I'm sure I'm missing something simple...

--BrianMc1958

I dont know if this will work or not ,but try it, it just might

String s =
  "First Thing \n" +
  "Second Thing \n" +
  "Third Thing  \n";

-Muj ;-)

Muj,

That will change the value of the string s itself. Which is undesirable.
Consider a scenario where you have to write a huge query as a static final
String constant. One would want it to be neatly formatted. But, eclipse doesn't
allow us to retain line breaks...

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radarsh

Thanks, folks.  I'm now seeing that the preserve-line-breaks option was REMOVED from Eclipse a couple years ago. WHY?  WHY WHY WHY???

OK.  Sorry.  Does anyone know a way around this problem?  It's actually important to me, as line breaks are sometimes needed to make sections of the code at all readable.

Thanks again,
BrianMc1958

from what I see the string seem to be used for display propers.. and nothing more..

why would you want a line break ...

example:

String s =
  "First Thing " +
  "Second Thing " +
  "Third Thing  ";

same as saying String s = "First Thing " + "Secong Thing " + "Third Thing ";  //

-Muj ;-)

I often have long Strings that match up field names and field values, like:

...
"FirstField = " + firstField +
"SecondField = " + secondField +
...

Ok I see this is an SQL query .. but along one..

So again what is the problem..

why not just right one long query in a straight line.. normally I do that and dont bother with puting + +..

-Muj ;-)

>>why not just right one long query in a straight line
That would spoil the readability of the Query!

One thing you can do is, select regions of code you want to format, and hit Ctrl+Shift+F

Do not select the query. This is what even I do sometimes.

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radarsh

Thanks, folks.

>> That would spoil the readability of the Query!
Normal the IDE should break them up and put + + where ever needed.

Ok here is another suggetion why not split the Long query into small String and + at the end...
example:

String select = "SELECT * FROM WHERE firstField = ";
String ffield =  "'+firstField+'";
etc..

String sql = select + ffield + etc...

Only a suggesion ..

-Muj ;-)