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Enhancement request: Time saver in "run configurations" [message #1857190]

Mon, 23 January 2023 15:20

Eitan Rosenberg

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Registered: October 2018

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Hello,

I have a habit to named my source files that contain the "main" method as (surprise, surprise...) Main.java.

I have numerous projects that contain multiple packages.

When I run the Main class of a given package, eclipse create run configurations that looks like this:

index.php/fa/42861/0/

IMHO, it will be more useful and time saver to create run configuration with a name in a format like <project> <full class name> so
the run configurations will look like this:

index.php/fa/42862/0/

The biggest time saver that we will have is in the "run popup" that will look like this:

index.php/fa/42863/0/

Any comment will be welcome.

Regards.

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Re: Time saver in "run configurations" [message #1857198 is a reply to message #1857190]

Tue, 24 January 2023 08:56

Jay Arthanareeswaran

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Registered: July 2009

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Yes, I agree it will be useful. But I am not sure it will be easy to convince the committers to add this enhancement that will probably server a very specific use-case. But still worth an enhancement request perhaps.

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Re: Time saver in "run configurations" [message #1857199 is a reply to message #1857198]

Tue, 24 January 2023 10:31

Ed Merks

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I agree this could be improved. Perhaps there could even be some preference with a "template" for how to synthesize the name. But, without contributing actual code toward a solution, the request is likely to just sit in a list...

Ed Merks
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Re: Time saver in "run configurations" [message #1857203 is a reply to message #1857199]

Tue, 24 January 2023 12:58

Ed Willink

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Yes, but the fix could be simpler. (I often rename my launches with hierarchical names to provide some alphabetical discipline.) I'm not sure that the project qualification is necessary. A fully qualified class name should do given that the packaging should point directly to a project anyway. Therefore the code fix might be as simple as a replacing a call to Class.getSimpleName() by Class.getName(). Of course documentation and testing may take longer.

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Re: Time saver in "run configurations" [message #1857204 is a reply to message #1857203]

Tue, 24 January 2023 13:53

Ed Merks

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I agree. A qualified class name would be an improvement...

Ed Merks
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Re: Time saver in "run configurations" [message #1857208 is a reply to message #1857204]

Tue, 24 January 2023 17:02

Eitan Rosenberg

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Registered: October 2018

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Thanks for responding to the idea.

The project name make sense if we have multi projects open at the same time.

When I wrote <full class name> I meant qualified name as the picture above show.

I like the idea of Ed Merks of using "template".

How should I proceed ?

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Re: Enhancement request: Time saver in "run configurations" [message #1858919 is a reply to message #1857190]

Mon, 01 May 2023 15:27

Jeff Johnston

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Registered: July 2009

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FYI: An issue has been created by Eitan and PRs has been merged for the 2023-06 M2 milestone to add a Java preference set of options which specify qualifying the generated Run/Debug configuration names for Java Applications, or JUnit tests, or Java Applets.

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