Jan 23

Java Source Helper 0.2.1

Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 in Site Related.

I updated the Java Source Helper to version 0.2.1 after doing a quick-fix to the code to allow formatting with braces on a single line below the starting block (which would previously only show a starting brace and nothing else). As people format their code differently this will undoubtedly become a future issue in trying to process the source. Because of this I’m currently re-coding the entire code-parsing “engine” to use the Java AST tree instead which will allow for any crazy-formatting and the popup should still show the correct code.

Another addition to 0.2.1 is that you may now choose the line style (default is now “Eclipse”, and the other option is “IntelliJ”). The Eclipse line is the same as when you hover over a collapsible block of code in the ruler on the left.

Apart from those changes, there’s been quite a few feature requests and feedback (thanks!). I will try to accommodate as many of them as possible in the next release. One feature that is going in right away is the ability to show the “starting brace” parent, and its parent, and its parent – and so on up to a preference-set “max parent-history” limit. This will help give an even better insight into where you are in the code. Each parent will be shown in such a way that it’s obvious that they are the nested parent-parents, and the idea is to keep the window small as before (by default anyway).

I will be on vacation next week so it will be sometime early February probably when the new release comes out. Feel free to post comments/requests until then of course. New code is in the usual place, with new source. The screenshots have not been updated yet to reflect 0.2.1 but reflect 0.2.0, so I suggest you try it out to see the new stuff.