How do I prevent Eclipse from adding the 'final' keyword to a member variable declaration?

Question

When I type this

private MyKlass myklass;

and hit 'save' in Eclipse, it becomes this:

private final MyKlass myklass;

How do I stop Eclipse from doing this?

Grobe

I want the same thing, BUT just on some specific cases (where there is bytecode processing and the vars cannot be final!!). I don't want to change the global eclipse code formatting... – Olmstead

Answer 1

You need to disable that option in your 'save actions'.

right click your project > properties, then go to java editor > save actions. go to 'configure', 'code style' tab, and you have it on the bottom ('private fields').

Perbunan

Answer 2

Window - Preferences - Java - Editor - Save Actions - Configure... - Code Style - Use modifier final when possible

The same option can be found in Java - Code Style - Clean up.

Rathbun

Answer 3

If you want to leave this feature enabled in general but turn it off for a specific field, I found a simple workaround. Just declare a protected method that assigns to this field.

protected void preventFinal() { field = null; }

Risorgimento

Answer 4

You can go to Project --> Properties --> Java Editor --> Save actions , Uncheck "Enable project specific settings"

Backscratcher

Answer 5

There is Section called Save Actions in Eclipse Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Editor. There You can Configure Aditional actions - > (tab) code style - > Variable declarations -> edit use of final keyword.

Hummingbird

Answer 6

Initialize the field with null:

private File tempDir = null;

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