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
element= new InnerNode(null, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.closing_bracket");         
        createBeforeClosingBracketTree(workingValues, createChild(element, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.before")); 
        roots.add(element);
        
        element= new InnerNode(null, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.operator");         
        createBeforeOperatorTree(workingValues, createChild(element, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.before")); 
        createAfterOperatorTree(workingValues, createChild(element, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.after")); 
        roots.add(element);
        
        element= new InnerNode(null, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.comma");         
        createBeforeCommaTree(workingValues, createChild(element, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.before")); 
        createAfterCommaTree(workingValues, createChild(element, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.after")); 
        roots.add(element);
        
        element= new InnerNode(null, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.colon");         
        createBeforeColonTree(workingValues, createChild(element, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.before")); 
        createAfterColonTree(workingValues, createChild(element, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.after")); 
        roots.add(element);
        
        element= new InnerNode(null, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.semicolon");         
        createBeforeSemicolonTree(workingValues, createChild(element, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.before")); 
        createAfterSemicolonTree(workingValues, createChild(element, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.after")); 
        roots.add(element);
        
        element= new InnerNode(null, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.question_mark");         
        createBeforeQuestionTree(workingValues, createChild(element, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.before")); 
        createAfterQuestionTree(workingValues, createChild(element, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.after")); 
        roots.add(element);
        element= new InnerNode(null, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.between_empty_parens");