Intellij Save Actions Plugin

Supports configurable, Eclipse like, save actions, including "organize imports", "reformat code", "rearrange code", "compile file" and some quick fixes like "add / remove 'this' qualifier", etc. The plugin executes the configured actions when the file is synchronised (or saved) on disk.

Features

Code formatting

• Organize imports
• Reformat code (only changed text or all)
• Rearrange code (reorder methods, fields, etc.)

Build

• Compile file

Quick fixes

• Add final to local variable
• Add final to field
• Remove explicit generic type for diamond
• Qualify field access with this
• Remove unused suppress warning annotation
• Remove final from private method
• Remove unnecessary semicolon

Other

• File exclusion with regex support
• Works on any file type Intellij IDEA can reformat (Java, XML, etc.)
• Simple option page to activate / deactivate actions

Installation

Install it from the plugin repository in Intellij IDEA (recommended):

• "File > Settings > Plugins > Browse repositories... > Search 'Save Actions' > Category 'Code tools'"

Or the plugin is available from the Intellij IDEA Community Edition plugin repository and you can also download the jar from there then add it in Intellij IDEA:

• "File > Settings > Plugins > Install plugin from disk..."

Configuration

The configurations are located in "File > Settings > Other Settings > Save Actions".

Activate save actions

Enable / disable the plugin.

Organize imports

Enable / disable import organization (configured in "File > Settings > Code Style > Java > Imports").

Reformat file

Enable / disable formatting (configured in "File > Settings > Code Style"). See "Reformat only changed code" for more options.

Rearrange fields and methods

Enable / disable re-ordering of fields and methods (configured in "File > Settings > Code Style > Java > Arrangement").

Reformat only changed code

Enable / disable formatting for changed code only. If VCS is configured, it is used to check which lines where modified. If VCS is not configured, the code will always get reformatted.

Compile file

Enable / disable compiling of the modified file. The compiler might compile other files as well.

File path exclusions

Add / remove file path exclusions to ignore files. The entries are Java regular expressions, and it matches the whole file name from the project root. A pattern that do not compile cannot be added to the list. Some examples:

Exclude 'Main.java' only in root folder:

Main\.java

Exclude file 'Foo.java' only in folder 'src':

src/Foo\.java

Exclude all xml files in any folder:

.*/.*\.xml

Add final to local variable

Will add the final modifier to any local variable (not parameters or fields).

Add final to field

Will add the final modifier to any class fields (not parameters or local variables).

Remove explicit generic type for diamond

Will remove unused right side generic types for Java 7 diamond operator.

List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();

Becomes

List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();

Qualify field access with this

Will qualify all field access with this.

Remove unused suppress warning annotation

Will remove any unused @SuppressWarning annotations.

Remove final from private method

Will remove final for private method.

Remove unnecessary semicolon

Will remove unnecessary semicolon.

Bugs / features

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Compatibility

This plugin works with Java 6+ and Intellij IDEA Community Edition build 135+ (version 13.1.6).

Contributors

• krasa
• dorkbox

Licence

MIT License