How can I add a default header to my source files automatically in Eclipse?

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John picture John · Apr 9, 2010 · Viewed 82.7k times · Source

I'm trying to figure out how I can have a comment header automatically added to all new source files in my eclipse java project. I've looked around but I haven't found a simple solution to automate this process. I gave JAutodoc a try, and even though it does allow me to specify a header I still had to tell the plugin manually to inject the header and it didn't seem very fond of my keyword-subsitution.

I'm by the way using the Maven2 plugin for Eclipse for most of my projects if that's any help.

Any tips?

Answer

Gabriel Ščerbák picture Gabriel Ščerbák · Apr 9, 2010

Comments generation is configured in:

Main Menu -> Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Code Style -> Code Templates -> Configure generated code and comments

You can change directly the New Java files template: Code -> New Java files -> Edit

As of Eclipse 3.6 version, it is already configured that for new Java files ${filecomment} is inserted, so it is probably better to edit it instead:

Comments -> Files -> Edit

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