Basic formatting styles

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Formatting of the source code is done through named CSS styles. For example, the default style name for block comments is "block-comment". This means that when a block comment appears, the software will format it as follows:

<div class="block-comment">
/* The block
* comment goes
* here
*/
</div>

Java2web will use either divs or spans, depending on the situation. If you are using the provided skins, they already use the default names. In general, you should not need to change the default names of the CSS styles, except in the following two situations:

You want a specific item (be it keywords, comments, identifiers, etc...) not to have any special format. In this case, setting the style to null will make java2web skip any div or span generation, resulting in a more compact html output.
The result of the conversion will be embedded into an existing HTML which uses styles with conflicting names. In this case, you must either change the existing style names or instruct java2web to generate the result with different names.

Tab size

The tabSize property specifies how many spaces are generated for each tab found in the source code. The default value is 2.

HTMLConverter		int getTabSize() void setTabSize( int size)
Java2Web		java2web ... --tabSize= xxxxx ...
<j2w:convert>		<j2w:convert ... tabSize="size" ... >

Source Code

All of the generated HTML conversion of the source code is enclosed in a top-level div tag. The sourceStyle property specifies the CSS class name applied to that div, and hence to all nested elements which do not override its settings. By default the style name is "source". .

Eclipse	Netbeans	Monochrome	Citylights
source	source	source	source

HTMLConverter		String getSourceStyle() void setSourceStyle( String style )
Java2Web		java2web ... --sourceStyle = xxxxx ...
<j2w:convert>		<j2w:convert ... sourceStyle="style" ... >

Comments

The commentStyle property specifies the CSS class name applied to single-line comments ( // comment). The default value is "comment". The standard skins render it in the following way:

Eclipse	Netbeans	Monochrome	Citylights
// comment	// comment	// comment	// comment

HTMLConverter		String getCommentStyle() void setCommentStyle( String style )
Java2Web		java2web ... --commentStyle = xxxxx ...
<j2w:convert>		<j2w:convert ... commentStyle="style" ... >

Block comments ( /* ... */ ) use the style specified by the blockComment property. The default value is "block-comment"

Eclipse	Netbeans	Monochrome	Citylights
/* block */	/* block */	/* block */	/* block */

HTMLConverter		String getBlockCommentStyle() void setBlockCommentStyle( String style )
Java2Web		java2web ... --blockCommentStyle = xxxxx ...
<j2w:convert>		<j2w:convert ... blockCommentStyle="style" ... >

Finally, javadoc comments ( /** ... */ ) use the style specified by the javadocComment property. The default value is "javadoc-comment".

Eclipse	Netbeans	Monochrome	Citylights
/** javadoc*/	/** javadoc */	/** javadoc */	/** javadoc */

HTMLConverter		String getJavadocCommentStyle() void setJavadocCommentStyle( String style )
Java2Web		java2web ... --javadocCommentStyle = xxxxx ...
<j2w:convert>		<j2w:convert ... javadocCommentStyle="style" ... >

Identifiers

The identifierStyle property specifies the CSS class name applied to identifiers. The default value is "identifier". Remember that an identifier are basically all names - names of methods, of classes, of enumerations, of fields, etc.., whether they are defined by you (MySpectacularClass) or included in the standard library (String, Integer)

Eclipse	Netbeans	Monochrome	Citylights
identifier	identifier	identifier	identifier

HTMLConverter		String getIdentifierStyle() void setIdentifierStyle( String style )
Java2Web		java2web ... --identifierStyle = xxxxx ...
<j2w:convert>		<j2w:convert ...identifierStyle="style" ... >

Keywords

The keywordStyle property specifies the CSS class name applied to keywords. The default value is "keyword".

Eclipse	Netbeans	Monochrome	Citylights
class	class	class	class

HTMLConverter		String getKeywordStyle() void setKeywordStyle( String style )
Java2Web		java2web ... --keywordStyle = xxxxx ...
<j2w:convert>		<j2w:convert ...keywordStyle="style" ... >

Numbers

The numberStyle property specifies the CSS class name applied to numeric literals. The default value is "number".

Eclipse	Netbeans	Monochrome	Citylights
3.141592	3.141592	3.141592	3.141592

HTMLConverter		String getNumberStyle() void setNumberStyle( String style )
Java2Web		java2web ... --numberStyle = xxxxx ...
<j2w:convert>		<j2w:convert ...numberStyle="style" ... >

Strings

The stringStyle property specifies the CSS class name applied to string literals. The default value is "string"

Eclipse	Netbeans	Monochrome	Citylights
"Hello"	"Hello"	"Hello"	"Hello"

HTMLConverter		String getStringStyle() void setStringStyle( String style )
Java2Web		java2web ... --stringStyle = xxxxx ...
<j2w:convert>		<j2w:convert ...stringStyle="style" ... >

Operators

The operatorStyle property specifies the CSS class name applied to operators. The default value is "operator"

Eclipse	Netbeans	Monochrome	Citylights
++ -- >>=	++ -- >>=	++ -- >>=	++ -- >>=

HTMLConverter		String getOperatorStyle() void setOperatorStyle( String style )
Java2Web		java2web ... --operatorStyle = xxxxx ...
<j2w:convert>		<j2w:convert ...operatrorStyle="style" ... >