Prevent Code-Formatting in Eclipse by HotKey

Question

I knew one can prevent the code formatting in eclipse by surrounding the code with

// @formatter:off
// my awesome formatted code...
public Set<Person> transformCustomersToPersons(List<Customer> customers){

    Set<Person> persons = new HashSet<Person>();
    for (Customer customer : customers) {
        persons.add(new Person(
                customer.getFirstname(),
                customer.getLastname(),
                customer.getTitle(),
                customer.getBirthday(),
                customer.getAddress(0).getCity(),
                customer.getAddress(0).getStreet(),
                customer.getAddress(0).getHousenumber(),
                customer.isMan() ? "m" : "w",
                customer.getCardNumber())
        );
    }
    return persons;
}
// @formatter:on

But I don't want to write it manually all the time. It would be perfect just mark the code, press a hotkey and the code gets prevented from formatting.

Anybody knows how? Thx!

Answer 1

Yes, that is possible:

Create new template: Windows->Preferences->Java->Editor->Templates->New (screenshot)

Give a name to the template something like non-formater and put the Pattern:

   // @formatter:off
   ${line_selection}${cursor}
   // @formatter:on

Now, you can select the text and type Alt+Shift+Z and a number of the template - here 4