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Bug 359965

Summary:	[formatter] Annotation assignment before/after assignment operator
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Darryl Miles <darryl>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	JDT-Core-Inbox <jdt-core-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3
Version:	3.8
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Whiteboard:

Description Darryl Miles

2011-10-05 07:38:47 EDT

Build Identifier: 

Currently the Preferences -> Java -> Code Style -> Formatter, then edit a profile and look at both:

Whitespace [tab] -> Declarations -> Annotations
Whitespace [tab] -> Expressions -> Assignments

There is currently no way to control:

@Annot(x = 23, y = -3)
@Annot(x=23, y=-3)

Independantly of:

int a = -4 + -9;
int a=-4 + -9;


So this feature request is requesting that 2 new tri-state options exist in "Whitespace [tab] -> Declarations -> Annotations" called:

before assignment operator  (yes, no, default)
after assignment operator  (yes, no, default)

Using the GUI tri-state widget: check box ticked, check box empty/unticked, check box blocked (square block where tick is) to indicate the states.

The "yes" and "no" override the state.  The "default" takes the setting from "Whitespace [tab] -> Expressions -> Assignments" which is currently the only option available.

Reproducible: Always