Options: Export

Automatically create directory

If the "Create directory if necessary" option is selected, then the export wizard automatically creates necessary directories without prompting the user.

Automatically create repository

If the "Create repository if necessary" option is selected, then the export wizard automatically creates necessary repositories without prompting the user.

.java file options

If the "Import only if source has changed" option is selected, when any .java source file is imported, its contents will be compared against the source in the workspace. If the source is the same, the file will not be supported and no new type editions will be created. If the "Ignore whitespace differences" option is enabled, the source comparison will ignore any whitespace differences when doing this comparison. This will filter out simple reformatting changes or line end differences, etc.

Method order

When exporting Java source, the export wizard can generate the Java file such that the methods in that Java file appear in a specific order.

• Alphabetical

  - constructors first
  - all other methods in alphabetical order

• Constructor/Static/Instance

  - constructors first
  - static methods in alphabetical order
  - all other methods in alphabetical order

• Constructor/Static/Instance, Public/Other

  - public constructors first
  - all other constructors
  - public static methods in alphabetical order
  - all other static methods in alphabetical order
  - public methods in alphabetical order
  - all other methods in alphabetical order

• Default (VisualAge for Java default ordering)
  
  - VA Java 3.0.x
      - all constructors
      - all other methods in alphabetical order
  - VA Java 3.5
      - Same as Import Order/Source View Order
  
  
• Import Order

  - all methods and constructs in the order in which they were imported from a *.java file
  - all new constructors
  - all new methods in alphabetical order
  - this is the default for VA Java 3.5 (same as Source View order)

• Public/Other

  - all public constructors
  - all public methods in alphabetical order
  - all other constructors
  - all other methods in alphabetical order

• Public/Other, Constructor/Static/Instance

  - all public constructors
  - all public static methods in alphabetical order
  - all other public methods in alphabetical order
  - all other constructors
  - all other static methods in alphabetical order
  - all other methods in alphabetical order

Add blank line between methods

If the "Add blank line between methods" option is selected, then the export wizard automatically ensures that at least one blank line appears between each exported method. The number of blanks lines that should appear can be set from one to five.

Suppress all other whitespace between elements

Suppresses all whitespace (e.g., blank lines) between elements except for blank lines explicitly added using the previous option.

Format method source

If the "Format method source" option is selected, then the export wizard formats each method that is exported, without changing the methods current in your VisualAge workspace or in the VisualAge repository.

Note that VA Assist also allows you to define your own custom code formatter and use that one rather than the default VA Java code formatter.

Change method indentation

If the "Change method indentation" option is selected, then for each method, the export wizard determines the line in the method with the smallest indentation, strips that indentation amount from each line in the method, and then adds the indentation specified.

Convert method indentation

If the "Convert method indentation" option is selected, then for each method, the export wizard converts the line indentation to spaces or to tabs depending upon whether the "Convert tabs to spaces" or the "Convert spaces to tabs" radio button is selected.

Convert all tabs to spaces

If the "Convert all tabs to spaces" option is selected, then for each method, the export wizard converts all of the tabs into spaces regardless of where they appear on a line.

Trim trailing blanks

If the "Trim trailing blanks" option is selected, then all spaces and tabs appearing at the end of a line will be removed.

Convert line ends

If the "Convert line ends" option is selected, then the line ends will be converted to the specified type:

• Cr Lf = carriage return followed by a line feed
• Cr = just a carriage return
• Lf = just a line feed

Remember method line numbers

If the "Remember line numbers" option is selected, then the system will remember the starting line numbers of each method. This is important, if you are interested in using the Goto Line Number feature provided by VA Assist. Recording the line numbers does take time and can cause the export process to execute two or three times slower than normal. If that is a concern, you might want to consider turning this option off.

Export sets

Export Sets may be imported, exported, deleted and reported on with these options.