javadoc - Eclipse formatter adds space in empty comment lines

Question

The eclipse code formatter adds a trailing space in each empty Javadoc comment line (see screenshot).

The formatter of a colleague is always removing those spaces (and thus producing annoying SVN diffs). He is claiming to use the same formatter settings (XML file). Nevertheless, I tried all the options in the comments tab of the formatter settings page - without success.

Can it be a difference between eclipse versions? (I am using Springsource Tool Suite 2.7.1, which is based on Helios, I believe)

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7008340/eclipse-formatter-adds-space-in-empty-comment-lines

Answer 1

Go to Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Save actions and select Format edited lines.

After applying changes all trailing whitespaces in Javadoc will be removed

Note: "Additional actions"->"Remove trailing white space on all lines" must also be enabled.