Put Space Between Auto-Generated Getters / Setters in Eclipse

Question

I am using Eclipse EE IDE - Indigo. I filled in all my class variables and then right click on the page and select -> Source -> Generate Getters and Setters. This works fine but it puts the methods right on top of each other ex:

public String getValue1() {  
    return value1;  
}  
public void setValue1(String value1) {  
    $this.value1 = value1  
}  
public String getValue2() {  
    return value2;  
}  
public void setValue2(String value2) {  
    $this.value2 = value2
}  

Is there any way to tell Eclipse to put a space between the methods when auto-generating?

Answer 1

Yes. I tried this on Eclipse 3.7. It's a bit clunky, but it works.

• Generate one getter or setter method using the right click option Source -> Generate Getters and Setters.

• Manually add two blank lines after the method.

• On the second blank line, use the right click option Source -> Generate Getters and Setters to generate the rest of the getters and setters.

Answer 2

After the getters and setters have been created, select the newly created methods and "format" the code (Ctrl+Shift+F).