How to search and replace 2 lines (together) in Eclipse?

Question

I would like to search multiple files via eclipse for the following 2 lines:

@Length(max = L_255) private String description; 

and replace them with these two:

@Length(max = L_255, message="{validator.description.len}") private String description; 

Answer 1

Another tip on how to get the regex for a selected block. Open one of the files that contains the multiple lines (multiline) to search or replace. Click Ctrl+F and select "Regular expression". Close the Find/Replace window. Select the block you need and click again Ctrl+F to open the Find/Replace window. Now in the Find text box you have the regular expression that exactly matches your selection block.

(I discovered this, only after creating manually a regexp for very long block :)