Question

I just realized that in Eclipse one cannot collapse code blocks like {}. The only thing one can collapse are methods entirely.

Now if a method does not fit on one screen anymore it is sometimes difficult to find the corresponding counterpart of a closing }.

I know the “Expand Selection To” in Eclipse but this is not optimal in cases one just wants to hide a block so the rest one is working on can only be seen.

For example in a code like this: ( EDIT: I formatted the sample code with Eclipse Format-command so it at least looks OK)

private void myMethod(String msg) {
    Boolean a = true;
    Integer b = 1;
    Integer justSomeCode = 1;

    if (a) {
        switch (b) {
        case 1: {
            try {
                justSomeCode += justSomeCode;
            } catch (Exception e) {
                justSomeCode += justSomeCode;
            }

        }
            break;

        case 2: {
            try {
                justSomeCode += justSomeCode;
            } catch (Exception e) {
                justSomeCode += justSomeCode;

            }

        }
            break;
        }

        justSomeCode += justSomeCode;
    }

    else {
        justSomeCode += justSomeCode;
    }

}

Answer 1

This is what I follow

private void method1() {

    if (condition) {
        switch (...) {  
        case a: {
            try {
                ...
            } catch (Exception e) {
                ...;
               }

                        } /* case a */
            break; 

        case b: {
            try {
                ...
            } catch (Exception e) {
                ...;
               }

                        } /* case b */
            break;
                }  /* switch */

    ....
    }  
} else {    /* if (condition1) */
        ...
}  /* else */

} /* method1 */

Having said that it is always preferable to have multiple methods rather than doing everything in same method.