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Re: java.* - import first or last?

From: Paul Sandoz <Paul.Sandoz_at_oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:37:17 +0100

On Dec 9, 2010, at 9:41 PM, Santiago Pericas-Geertsen wrote:

>
> On Dec 9, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Bill Shannon wrote:
>
>> Santiago Pericas-Geertsen wrote on 12/09/2010 06:52 AM:
>>>
>>> On Dec 9, 2010, at 1:13 AM, Bill Shannon wrote:
>>>
>>>> But I see a bunch of code that imports the java.* classes last.
>>>>
>>>> Why?
>>>
>>> The "fix imports" option in NB sorts these alphabetically,
>>> resulting in com.*, then java.* and then org.*. That may be one of
>>> the reasons. Eclipse does a better job, and I think someone wrote
>>> a NB plugin for this. I like java.* first too.
>>
>> Got a pointer to the NB plugin?
>>
>> I've been sorting by java.*, org.*, com.sun.*.
>
> http://netbeans.dzone.com/import-statement-organizer
>

Anyone know of something similar as a maven plugin to format the source?

Paul.