Eclipse Code Template

Eclipse's Java editor allows you to define code templates. You can use them to code complete things that you type all the time, such as get logger, logger.debug, etc.

Go to Windows->Preferences->Java->Editor->Templates , and put in the following templates

name:getlog 

private static final Log logger =
LogFactory.getLog( ${enclosing_type}.class );

name:debug 

if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
logger.debug(${Message}, ${exception});
}

name:error 

logger.error(${Message}, ${exception});

name:info 

logger.info(${Message}, ${exception});

name:warn 

logger.warn(${Message}, ${exception});

name:const 

private static final ${type} ${name} = new ${type} ${cursor};

After you have these templates setup, type the first few characters of the template name and hit ctrl-space, the editor will code complete the template. For example, type getlog, ctrl-space, and enter will declare a logger variable named logger