Is there a way to create package-info.java for existing packages in one move in eclipse?

Question

I have some legacy packages which doesn't have package-info.java. For some reason I need to create package-info.javas for them and I found the task really boring because there is no shortcut in eclipse for me to do that. I have to manually use the New > File procedure to create the file, then manually type in those package names.

Is there a shortcut in eclipse for such task?

Grenadines

BTW, in IntelliJ IDEA you can add one through the file → new menu – Misread

Answer 1

It's counter-intuitive, but Eclipse's "New Java Package" dialog with its option to create a package-info.java works for existing packages, too.

Just right-click the existing package, select New > Package, and leave everything except the "Create package-info.java" checkbox unchanged.

This will produce a package-info.java that's pre-populated with the correct package name and an empty javadoc comment block (possibly with @author tags and similar default content depending on your settings). Works even if you don't have an existing file to copy from. Tested with Eclipse Oxygen.

Rudolf

Thank you, this should be the correct answer. – Illuminant

this is the right answer – Lumbar

Answer 2

There is no easy way to do this as far as I know, at least "the right way."

What you can do as a shortcut is right-click package-info.java and click "Copy." Then you can use the keyboard shortcut to paste the package-info.java in any package. Eclipse automatically changes the package org.whatever.pkgname; command to match the package you paste the java file into.

Doloritas