Autocompletion for all attributes

[Snirf]

Hi there,

i have a question about auto completion.
Let's say there is a class

[Melongo Annabel]

As far as I know, there isn't something like that. The only way to do that is to initialize your class object and to call that object in your code.


From: Snirf <address-removed>
To: address-removed
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 4:42:52 AM
Subject: [nbusers] Autocompletion for all attributes

Hi there,



i have a question about auto completion.

Let's say there is a class




Code:


public class MyClass implements java.io.Serializable {



public java.lang.Integer Id;

public java.lang.String Name;

public java.lang.String Reference;

public java.lang.String DefaultEmail;

public java.lang.String DefaultEmailNew;

public java.lang.Boolean SendReminder;

public java.math.BigDecimal VATRate;

.

.

.

}





and in my testclass i have to set all these attributes.

So i think it will be nice if i just type




Code:


MyClass myClass = new MyClass();

myClass.





and then netbeans will do an auto completion like




Code:


MyClass myClass = new MyClass();

myClass.Id = 0;

myClass.Name = null;

myClass.Reference = null;

myClass.DefaultEmail = null;

myClass.DefaultEmailNew = null;

myClass.SendReminder = false;

myClass.VATRate = 0;







Is there anywhere in netbeans a special command to do this?

Greets

[Mike Riley]

Doesn't Java already do that for you? When I am looking at a new instance
of a class in the debugger it shows uninitialized elements as 'null'. I was
assuming a newly allocated class had elements set to a value of 0, which
would give you numeric values of 0, a boolean of false, and objects which a
set to null.

For any non-zero values you would need to handle that in either a static
initializer method (for static values) or in your constructor method.

Or am I under a mis-conception as to how Java creates a new class instance?

Mike

Melongo Annabel wrote:

[Melongo Annabel]

Mike,
The issue is, you can't do that with code completion. It's something that has to be done inside your code.


From: Mike Riley <address-removed>
To: address-removed
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 7:59:07 PM
Subject: Re: [nbusers] Autocompletion for all attributes

Doesn't Java already do that for you? When I am looking at a new instance of a class in the debugger it shows uninitialized elements as 'null'. I was assuming a newly allocated class had elements set to a value of 0, which would give you numeric values of 0, a boolean of false, and objects which a set to null.

For any non-zero values you would need to handle that in either a static initializer method (for static values) or in your constructor method.

Or am I under a mis-conception as to how Java creates a new class instance?

Mike

Melongo Annabel wrote:

[Mike Riley]

I agree. I was just asking if he really needed it, since his example was
simply wanting to set the various elements of the class to 0 or null. If
that is all he needed it seems his need for code completion does not really
exist.

Mike

Melongo Annabel wrote:

[Snirf]

Hi,

i'm sorry, the example wasn't precise enough. After the 'auto completion' i wanna set the attributes to other values but i want to avoid typing