Bug 478287

Description Robert Reiner 2015-09-24 05:51:38 EDT

1. Overview
I have a problem formatting an annotation type element of an array type. I'd like to instruct the Eclipse Formatter to insert a space between the type and the name of the element.

So this is what I want:

String[] value();

But all I get is this (no space between the closing square bracket and the element name):

String[]value();

Everything works fine if the type is not an array.


2. Steps to reproduce

Create a Java Annotation with 

String[] value();

Run Autoformat (both Eclipse configurations)


3. Actual Result

String[]value();

(no space between the type and the identifier)


4. Expected Result

String[] value();

(with a space between the type and the identifier)


5. Build Date & Hardware

Mars Release (4.5.0), Build id: 20150621-1200 


7. Additional Builds and Platforms

Reported that it does not fail on 20130919-0819.

See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32745485/eclipse-formatter-issue-annotation-type-element-of-array-type


8. Additional Information
This relates to Bug 472962, which is already closed. That issue already mentions the missing space.