Adding author name in Eclipse automatically to existing files

Question

Is there a real easy to use tool  no monster tool  that I can plug into Eclipse  and press a  generate header  button and then the authors name appears in every file in that project

User · Accepted Answer

Actually in Eclipse Indigo thru Oxygen  you have to go to the Types template Window - gt  Preferences - gt  Java - gt  Code Style - gt  Code templates - gt   in right-hand pane  Comments - gt  double-click Types and make sure it has the following  which it should have by default           author   user          tags        and as far as I can tell  there is nothing in Eclipse to add the javadoc automatically to existing files in one batch  You could easily do it from the command line with sed  amp  awk but that s another question   If you are prepared to open each file individually  then selected the class   interface declaration line  e g  public class AdamsClass   and then hit the key combo Shift   Alt   J and that will insert a new javadoc comment above  along with the author tag for your user  To experiment with other settings  go to Windows- gt Preferences- gt Java- gt Editor- gt Templates

User · Answer

You can control select all customised classes and methods  and right-click  choose  Source   then select  Generate Element Comment   You should get what you want   If you want to modify the Code Template then you can go to Preferences -- Java -- Code Style -- Code Templates  then do whatever you want

User · Answer

Shift   Alt   J will help you add author name in existing file   To add author name automatically   go to Preferences --  java --  Code Style --  Code Templates    in case you don t find above option in new versions of Eclipse - install it from https   marketplace eclipse org content jautodoc

User · Answer

To old files I don t know how to do it    I think you will need a script to go thru all files and add the header   To change the new ones you can do this   Go to Eclipse menu bar    Window menu  Preferences search for Templates go to Code templates click on  code Click on New Java files Click Edit add                   user             And it s done every new File will have your name on it

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Quick and in some cases error-prone solution   Find Regexp    sm          n   b class interface enum  b     Replace   1    n    n    author  lt a href  mailto j smith acme com  gt John Smith lt  a gt  n    n 2  This will add the header to the first encountered class interface enum in the file  Class should have no existing header yet

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