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
createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.before_closing_brace", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_BEFORE_CLOSING_BRACE_IN_ARRAY_INITIALIZER, ARRAY_DECL_PREVIEW); 
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.before_comma", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_BEFORE_COMMA_IN_ARRAY_INITIALIZER, ARRAY_DECL_PREVIEW); 
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.after_comma", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_AFTER_COMMA_IN_ARRAY_INITIALIZER, ARRAY_DECL_PREVIEW); 
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.between_empty_braces", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_BETWEEN_EMPTY_BRACES_IN_ARRAY_INITIALIZER, ARRAY_DECL_PREVIEW); 
        return root;
    }
    
    private static InnerNode createArrayDeclarationTree(Map workingValues, InnerNode parent) {
        final InnerNode root= new InnerNode(parent, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.arraydecls"); 
        
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.before_opening_bracket", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_BEFORE_OPENING_BRACKET_IN_ARRAY_TYPE_REFERENCE, ARRAY_DECL_PREVIEW); 
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.between_empty_brackets", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_BETWEEN_BRACKETS_IN_ARRAY_TYPE_REFERENCE, ARRAY_DECL_PREVIEW); 
        return root;
    }
    
    private static InnerNode createArrayElementAccessTree(Map workingValues, InnerNode parent) {
        final InnerNode root= new InnerNode(parent, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.arrayelem"); 
        
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.before_opening_bracket", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_BEFORE_OPENING_BRACKET_IN_ARRAY_REFERENCE, ARRAY_REF_PREVIEW); 
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.after_opening_bracket", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_AFTER_OPENING_BRACKET_IN_ARRAY_REFERENCE, ARRAY_REF_PREVIEW); 
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.before_closing_bracket", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_BEFORE_CLOSING_BRACKET_IN_ARRAY_REFERENCE, ARRAY_REF_PREVIEW); 
        
        return root;
    }
    
    private static InnerNode createArrayAllocTree(Map workingValues, InnerNode parent) {
        final InnerNode root= new InnerNode(parent, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.arrayalloc"); 
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.before_opening_bracket", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_BEFORE_OPENING_BRACKET_IN_ARRAY_ALLOCATION_EXPRESSION, ARRAY_DECL_PREVIEW); 
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.after_opening_bracket", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_AFTER_OPENING_BRACKET_IN_ARRAY_ALLOCATION_EXPRESSION, ARRAY_DECL_PREVIEW); 
        createOption(root, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceTabPage.before_closing_bracket", DefaultCodeFormatterConstants.FORMATTER_INSERT_SPACE_BEFORE_CLOSING_BRACKET_IN_ARRAY_ALLOCATION_EXPRESSION, ARRAY_DECL_PREVIEW);