Question

Eclipse’s automatic formatter changes block comments such that the Source > Remove Block Comment does not completely remove the block comment. Source > Add Block Comment adds the start and end of the clock comment to the lines of code, but after running the Formatter (Ctrl + Shift + F), it wraps the lines of code and adds an asterisk to the start of each line. When I try to remove the block comment with Source > Remove Block Comment, the start and end of the block comment is removed, but the asterisks at the beginning of each line is not removed.

How do I prevent Eclipse from adding these asterisks, or remove the asterisks when it removes the start and end of the block comment?

Example:

Code like this:

    String abc="abc";
    String def="def";
    System.out.println(abc+def);
    System.exit(0);

Becomes like this after adding block comments:

/*  String abc="abc";
    String def="def";
    System.out.println(abc+def);
*/  System.exit(0);

Which becomes like this after applying formatting:

    /*
     * String abc="abc"; String def="def"; System.out.println(abc+def);
     */System.exit(0);

Which ends up like this after using the Remove Block Comment function:

    * String abc="abc"; String def="def"; System.out.println(abc+def);
    System.exit(0);

Answer 1

This may be a little late in the game, but I fixed this by disabling block comment formatting.

Windows -> Preferences -> Java -> Code Style -> Formatter -> Edit -> Comments

Then uncheck Enable block comment formatting.