About JDT Sort

JDT Sort is an Eclipse JDT plugin which aims to improve Java project consistency by sorting order insensitive Java code elements.

@see Eclipse bug #322494

Available sorts

• Modifiers on body declarations (JLS3 compliant)
• List of implemented interfaces in type declarations (alphanumeric)
• List of thrown exceptions in method declarations (alphanumeric)
• Catch clause blocks in try statements (bottom-up sort based on hierarchy of caught exception type or alphanumeric when not related)
• Methods declarations in type/enum declarations (alphanumeric & grouped by closest enclosing declaration type in hierarchy)
• Annotations declarations (predefined order on annotation name and alphanumeric on member/value pairs)

Additional cleanups

• Remove the public modifier from method declarations within interface declarations
• Remove the final modifier from parameter declarations within abstract method declarations
• Remove comments (default option is off) to clear inconsistent documentation on legacy projects

How to use it?

• The Sort Code command can be triggered from the JDT Source context menu.

Screenshots

Context menu

Preference page