Question

I am aware of 'Must Override a Superclass Method' Errors after importing a project into Eclipse (my issue is the opposite, I need to remove the @Overrides) and I understand the reason the error occurs.

My question

Is there an easy way to remove all of those errors, or remove all the errors of the same kind in one swoop? Kind of like solving all imports…

Thanks for any tips to help save time.

Answer 1

Solution:

If you imported a Java 6 project and have Eclipse complaining about @Override annotations because you are compiling with Java 5…

• Make sure you have a file from the project open and selected in your workspace
• CTRL+H
• Change the Tab at the top from Java Search to File Search
• In Containing Text enter @Override
• In File name patterns enter *
• Select Enclosing Projects for your Scope
• Press Search to do a dry run to see what happens and what it finds

Then, if all looks good, proceed with:

• CTRL+H
• Change the Tab at the top from Java Search to File Search
• All your values should be remembered, if not follow the steps above from the dry run
• Press Replace

Example Replace

Replacing 92 matches in 18 files

• Replace: field should have carried over @Override
• Remove anything/everything from the With: field
• Press OK

Awesome…no laborious removing of @Overrides ever again.

Please NOTE: Occasionally, for me at least, when pressing CTRL+H the File Search wont allow me to choose Enclosing Projects as a Scope or it will automatically search the entire Workspace as opposed to the project. This is resolved by ensuring a file from your project is open and focused in Eclipse.

Hope this helps others. Thanks