Running the formatter application is as simple as running the org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaCodeFormatter application from the commandline:
eclipse -vm <path to virtual machine> -application org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaCodeFormatter [ OPTIONS ] <files>
<files> | Java source files and/or directories to format. Only files ending with .java will be formatted in the given directory. |
OPTIONS |
Description |
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-config <file> |
Use the formatting style from the specified properties file. Refer to Generating a config file for the formatter application for details. |
-help |
Display the help message. |
-quiet |
Only print error messages. |
-verbose |
Be verbose about the formatting job. |