Sorting methods in Eclipse

Question

Is there an easy way to sort methods within a class in Eclipse?

I've got a couple of versions of the class to merge; this will make merging more straightforward, because some methods wound up at different places and diff doesn't resolve them nicely. — Carl Manaster, May 12 '09 at 18:49
By name is sufficient, but by protection, static-ness, and name is probably better. — Carl Manaster, May 12 '09 at 18:50

score 68 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 08 '17 at 14:34

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select the class, Source > Sort Members

you can set the order in Java preferences

edited Nov 08 '17 at 14:34

kryger

answered May 12 '09 at 18:49

marcgg

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Sometimes this gives compilation error.Say if one variable is instantiated based on the other and it on sort the variable goes above. I was wondering if this can be handled in any way – Ravisha Jun 23 '10 at 05:01
@Ravisha I usually handle this by hacking the variable name to force alphabetic order OR simply by not using sort members on that file... – Christophe Roussy Mar 11 '13 at 12:17

score 17 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 08 '17 at 14:36

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Found it on the Eclipse newsgroup:

select the class, Source > Sort Members

edited Nov 08 '17 at 14:36

kryger

answered May 12 '09 at 18:48

Carl Manaster

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This answer was actually added one minute earlier than the selected one. – Cacovsky Aug 05 '14 at 02:46
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First isn't always best, and generally it's better to have an answer from someone other than the OP. The accepted answer also includes some useful information about settings which my answer here is missing. – Carl Manaster Aug 05 '14 at 14:03
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Oh, I didn't noticed you were the OP. I understand now your decision. – Cacovsky Aug 05 '14 at 15:07

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