How to generate an Eclipse formatter configuration from a checkstyle configuration?

java eclipse code-formatting checkstyle

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In Eclipse (3.6):

Install Checkstyle plug-in
Import stylesheet using Windows --> Preferences, General --> Checkstyle --> New. Since you have an external file, choose "external file" as the type.

Right-click on your project in the Package view and select Checkstyle --> Create Formatter-Profile.

Then enable the formatter for your workspace: Windows --> Preferences --> Java --> Code Style --> Formatter. Select formatter: "eclipse-cs [project name]".

Click OK!

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Ken Liu

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Updated on April 28, 2020

Comments

Ken Liu about 4 years

I have a checkstyle configuration XML file and want to automatically generate an Eclipse formatter configuration from this. Is there any tool that can do this?
- Jean-Rémy Revy over 8 years
  
  Dear Ken, some of us think you really should accept the above answer as the best (not sure that Paul is running after the Unsung hero's badge ;))
- Ken Liu over 8 years
  
  @Jean-RémyRevy done, thanks for the ping!
- Vivek Chavda almost 7 years
  
  @Jean-RémyRevy It's good that the answer was accepted, but unsung hero would be for users that have accepted answers with 0 votes, rather than lots of votes without being accepted. (Just trying to save others from having to search what unsung hero badge means)
Robert Munteanu almost 15 years

There seems to be a problem with the generated links. After getting 'Bad Wiki Name', replace all %2B with +
Andreas Dolk almost 15 years

Sorry for this inconvenience - I added the full url to the answer.
Kevin Meredith about 10 years

which file should I import into the Eclipse check-style plug-in for the Google Java style - google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk? I tried styleguide.css, but that failed.
Paul about 10 years

Looks like it depends on the programming language: C++ Java You need an XML file in any case, not a CSS.
Noumenon over 4 years

This feature is broken and the Eclipse plugin authors said in March 2019 that they were planning to remove it. stackoverflow.com/a/55323793/733092
Marco Bolis about 3 years

@Noumenon is there an alternative AFAYK?
Noumenon about 3 years

@MarcoBolis I never found one and just ran it from the command line.