Class Template Editor

Use this editor to make changes in class templates. It appears when you double click on a class template in the Templates view.

Overview

This tab includes:

• The class template Name.
• A Description field in which you can enter the description of the template. This text appears in the Apply Pattern... dialog description area when you select this template. The description of a template usually describes what the template does and (if any) what the parameters expect and do. For information about what HTML tags can be entered in the description, see Description Tags.
• A Help Context ID field for linking to a help page (for use with the extension point org.eclipse.help.contexts) if you want to provide F1 context help for the template.
• A checkbox option, Applicable only to interface, allowing you to designate the template to be used only for interfaces.

Variables

Use this tab to specify text in the code that the template will generate, or for names that appear on the various tabs.

Columns include:

• Name
• Label
• Type, for instance: int, float, java.lang.String
• Value

Double-click on an existing variable or click Edit to open the Edit Variable dialog. Clicking Add opens the New Variable dialog. To select the variable type, the Variable Type field provides code completion and a drop down list.

Imports

Use this tab to specify import statements to add to the class created by this template. Double-click an import line to open the Edit Import dialog.

Attributes

Use this tab to specify the attributes to generate.

Operations

Use this tab to create operations.

Buttons

Button	Description
	On the Variables, Imports, Attributes, and Operations tabs. Opens a wizard or new dialog to add new elements. The fields in the wizard correspond to those on the tab.
	On the Variables and Imports tabs. Opens a wizard (for Variables) or new dialog (for Imports) to change elements. The fields in the wizard correspond to those on the tab.
	On the Variables and Imports tabs. Removes the selected element. NB: Consider this option carefully. You will not be prompted before an element is removed.
	On the Attributes and Operations tabs. Removes the selected element. NB: Consider this option carefully. You will not be prompted before an element is removed.
	On the Attributes and Operations tabs. Opens a dialog with an editable name field.
	On the Attributes and Operations tabs. Opens a popup with choices className, fieldName, packageName for adding code snippets.

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Using the Class Template Editor