Code Completion For Anonymous Classes

All of the below applies for EclipseIde and IntellijIdea, although the key bindings vary somewhat

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Eclipse has code completion for anonymous classes:

frame.addMouseListener(new M);


typing CTRL+SPACE and selecting 'MouseAdapter' gives you

frame.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter);


then you type in '(){}' and add enter as you see fit to get something like:

frame.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()
{

}
);


typing CTRL+SPACE will show a list of methods you can override and selecting mouseClicked' gives you

frame.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()
{
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
}
}
);


as such, you can easily override other methods, now or later, as you like.

and IDEA:

• IDEA also offers definable 'templates': Type e.g. 'itco' and hit TAB and it'll generate the code for an iteration of the elements of a collection. Templates can have variable parts you can step through with the TAB key and modify them.
• IDEA has code completion for anonymous classes (useful for event handlers):

frame.addMouseListener(new );


typing CTRL+SHIFT+SPACE and selecting 'MouseAdapter' opens a list of overridable methods and gives the following code (depending on the selection of overridable methods):

frame.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
}
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
}
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
}
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
}
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
}
});


(similar when MouseListener is selected instead of MouseAdapter). This works on any method that takes an interface reference as a parameter.