Using Eclipse as an IntelliJ addict
After 3 solid years of IntelliJ use, I've spent the last two months using Eclipse full-time.
The only two features I've really really missed:
- The code generator for equals() and hashCode(). If there is such a feature, 5 minutes of searching didn't find it. Perhaps I need to install a plugin. Besides, IntelliJ's implementation is rock-solid and easily accessible - it's just on Alt-Insert (bizarrely Ctrl-N on the Mac). Even when I had a few medium sized classes to knock out equals() for, it wasn't enough for me to install IntelliJ.
- Ctrl-Alt-Shift-N, that "browse for symbol" thing. When I'm trying to figure out what's going on in a velocity template this is a fantastic feature, and this one was enough for me to install IntelliJ in parallel. My problem was solved within a couple of minutes.
posted by Alistair Jones @ 5:15 pm
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Does IntelliJ generate an equals method using an instanceof check ? if so then it isn't rock solid at all.
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-01-1999/jw-01-object-p2.html
Eclipse 3.2M5 supports generation of equals without using instanceof
http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/forums/t64643.html
IntelliJ uses the getClass() method when generating the equals method. So we should be fine.
However, there's much much more in IntelliJ that I miss when working in Eclipse. But we don't want to start the IntelliJ vs. Eclipse war yet again, do we? :-)
Cool, thanks for the extra thoughts about equals(). It's amazing how many different ropes it gives with which to hang yourself.
I think codesugar might help. It's a plugin for the equals/hash etc stuff. Might even do the right thing
J
Eclipse 3.2 has an equals/hashcode generator under the "Source" context menu.
Alistair! Ha. I stumbled across this trying to find the Browse for Symbol thing too. I'm still looking for an answer for eclipse.
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