Specifying visual editor preferences for code generation

There are several code generation preferences that you can set for the visual editor.

To specify code generation preferences:

1. From the main menu, click Window > Preferences > Java > Visual Editor to open the visual editor preferences.

2. On the Code Generation page, select either of the following options:
   • Generate try{}catch() block

   • Generate a comment for new expressions

   The following code shows a JPanel initialized with the try{}catch() block:

   private JPanel getJPanel1() {
           if (jPanel1 == null) {
               try {
                   jPanel1 = new JPanel();
               }
               catch (java.lang.Throwable e) {
                   // TODO: Something
               }
           }
           return jPanel1;
       }

   The following code shows a JPanel without the try{}catch() block of code:

   private JPanel getJPanel() {
           if (jPanel == null) {
               jPanel = new JPanel();
           }
           return jPanel;
       }

   The following line of code is an example of what the generated comment looks like:

   this.add(getJPanel(), null);  // Generated

3. Click OK to save your changes and close the Preferences window.

 

Parent topic

Setting visual editor preferences

 

Related tasks

Customizing the appearance of the visual editor
Making the visual editor the default Java editor