Bug 49243 New code formatter: missing feature
The new code formatter seems to do everything and cater to all tastes. However, it still does not cover one aspect of how I format code. I like to do for-s like this: for (int i=1 ; i<10 ; i++) {} (note spaces surrounding ;-s). However, I do NOT want a space before ;-s anywhere else (ideology: in other places ; is a terminator, in the for it is a separator). The reason I can't do this is that the "space before ;" has been factored out to the level of control statements and cannot be set specifically for the for statement.
org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/preferences/formatter/WhiteSpaceOptions.java
private static InnerNode createLabelTree(Map workingValues, InnerNode parent) {
        final InnerNode root= new InnerNode(parent, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.labels"); 
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.before_colon", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_BEFORE_COLON_IN_LABELED_STATEMENT, LABEL_PREVIEW); 
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.after_colon", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_AFTER_COLON_IN_LABELED_STATEMENT, LABEL_PREVIEW); 
        return root;
    }
    
    
    private static InnerNode createConditionalTree(Map workingValues, InnerNode parent) {
        final InnerNode root= new InnerNode(parent, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.conditionals"); 
        
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.before_question", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_BEFORE_QUESTION_IN_CONDITIONAL, CONDITIONAL_PREVIEW); 
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.after_question", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_AFTER_QUESTION_IN_CONDITIONAL, CONDITIONAL_PREVIEW); 
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.before_colon", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_BEFORE_COLON_IN_CONDITIONAL, CONDITIONAL_PREVIEW); 
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.after_colon", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_AFTER_COLON_IN_CONDITIONAL, CONDITIONAL_PREVIEW); 
        return root;
    }
    
    
    private static InnerNode createTypecastTree(Map workingValues, InnerNode parent) {
        final InnerNode root= new InnerNode(parent, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.typecasts"); 
        
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.after_opening_paren", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_AFTER_OPENING_PAREN_IN_CAST, CAST_PREVIEW); 
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.before_closing_paren", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_BEFORE_CLOSING_PAREN_IN_CAST, CAST_PREVIEW); 
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.after_closing_paren", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_AFTER_CLOSING_PAREN_IN_CAST, CAST_PREVIEW); 
        return root;
    }