How to generate return value type and variable assignment in Eclipse java editor?

Question

If I have a statement like this " EntitiesProvider.getEntities();

Any idea how to "generate" the assignment to variable of return Type ?

so that this would be generated Map<String, Entity> hashMap =

this is the result :

Map<String, Entity> hashMap = EntitiesProvider.getEntities();

It is similar to ctrl + 1 and Change type, if it returns different Type that you already have there.

I find myself doing myself manually very often...

Solution 1

Ctrl+2, L is one option, and the other is Alt+Shift+L when the desired statement is selected. The popup will appear allowing to set variable name & few additional options (e.g., "Replace occurrences of the selected expression with references to the local variable").

I prefer Alt+Shift+L because it allows marking specific part of the line for variable extraction.

.. and here's a simple example:

..
new FileInputStream(new File("test.txt"));
..

You can select the whole line to assign it to FileInputStream variable, or you can 'extract' new File("test.txt"), or even String expression "test.txt".

P.S. Sometimes I wish it would be able to let me choose supertype from combo box in a pop-up, e.g. InputStream in this specific example.

Solution 2

CTRL=2,L will do what you are looking for.

Solution 3

What is wrong with Ctrl+2, L. With Tab and ↓/↑ ?