Question

So if I declare a private member such as

private MyObject test;

I want to create a template that will generate code in the following format

public MyObject retrieveAllMyObjects() {
    return test.findAll();
}

I have been messing around with the templates but I can’t even figure out how to activate the templates. when I do the Ctrl+Space i just get no template proposals message

public ${return_type} retrieveAll${field}s() {

}

Obviously this is just a starting point, i was just trying to see if i could get eclipse to generate this and then I would go from there, but no such luck. My template doesn’t show up anywhere. The context im using is “Java Type Members” what am I doing wrong??

Answer 1

Maybe you are happy with this solution:

private ${type} ${name};

public ${type} retrieveAll${type}s() {
    return  ${name}.findAll();
}

How to use it:

1. Set up a code template with name ‘retrieveAll’
2. Go to your class
3. type ‘ret’
4. hit <ctrl>+<space>
5. select retrieveAll
6. <Enter>
7. type your desired Type, e.g. String
8. <Tab>
9. type your desired field name, e.g. test
10. <Enter>