| <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> |
| |
| <html> |
| <head> |
| <meta name="copyright" content="Copyright (c) IBM Corporation and others 2000, 2005. This page is made available under license. For full details see the LEGAL in the documentation book that contains this page." > |
| <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> |
| <link rel="stylesheet" href="../book.css" charset="ISO-8859-1" type="text/css"> |
| |
| <title>Templates</title> |
| <script language="JavaScript" src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/livehelp.js"> </script> |
| </head> |
| |
| <body> |
| <h1>Templates</h1> |
| |
| <p>Templates are a structured description of coding patterns that reoccur in |
| source code. The Java editor supports the use of templates to fill in |
| commonly used source patterns. Templates are inserted using content |
| assist (<strong>Ctrl+Space</strong>).</p> |
| |
| <p>For example, a common coding pattern is to iterate over the elements of |
| an array using a for loop that indexes into the array. By using a |
| template for this pattern, you can avoid typing in the complete code for the |
| loop. Invoking content assist after typing the word <code>for</code> will present |
| you with a list of possible templates for a for loop. You can choose the appropriate |
| template by name (<code>iterate over array</code>). Selecting this template will |
| insert the code into the editor and position your cursor so that you can |
| edit the details.</p> |
| |
| <p>Many common templates are already defined. These can be viewed with the |
| <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.jdt.ui.preferences.JavaTemplatePreferencePage)")'> |
| <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.png" alt="Goto the Java editor preferences page"> |
| <strong>Java > Editor > Templates</strong></a> preference page. |
| You can also create your own templates or edit the existing ones.</p> |
| |
| <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelt.png" alt="Related tasks"></p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-171.htm">Using templates</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-203.htm">Writing your own templates</a> |
| </p> |
| |
| <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelr.png" alt="Related reference" ></p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="../reference/ref-menu-edit.htm">Edit menu</a><br> |
| <a href="../reference/ref-143.htm">Java Content Assist</a><br> |
| <a href="../reference/ref-preferences-templates.htm">Templates preferences</a><br> |
| </p> |
| |
| <p><br> |
| </p> |
| |
| |
| </body> |
| </html> |
| |
