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
createBetweenEmptyParenTree(workingValues, element);
        roots.add(element);
        element= new InnerNode(null, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.between_empty_braces");         
        createBetweenEmptyBracesTree(workingValues, element);
        roots.add(element);
        
        element= new InnerNode(null, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.between_empty_brackets");         
        createBetweenEmptyBracketsTree(workingValues, element);
        roots.add(element);
        return roots;
	}
	
    /**
     * Create the tree, in this order: position - syntax element - abstract
     * element
     */
    public static ArrayList createAltTree(Map workingValues) {
        final ArrayList roots= new ArrayList();
        
        InnerNode parent;
        
        parent= createParentNode(roots, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.before_opening_paren"); 
        createBeforeOpenParenTree(workingValues, parent);
        parent= createParentNode(roots, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.after_opening_paren"); 
        createAfterOpenParenTree(workingValues, parent);
        
        parent= createParentNode(roots, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.before_closing_paren"); 
        createBeforeClosingParenTree(workingValues, parent); 
        
        parent= createParentNode(roots, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.after_closing_paren");