Adding a license for new files using Eclipse and the Wizard plugin

Question

I just installed this copyright protection plugin to manage copyright disclaimers in my Eclipse projects. I discovered this thanks to the post.

I configured it and everything works fine:

• I created my own copyright protection header.
• I used the wizard to apply it to all files of an existing project

Now I have the following problem:

When I create a new file inside the project, copyright is not added by default. How can i solve this?

Answer 1

It looks like you are looking for Eclipse Code Templates . In the Eclipse version I have the convenience, it is found using Preferences → Java → Code Style → Code Templates.

I have the feeling that you are most interested in either the New Java files template (found under the code) or Files (found in the comments).

There is a corresponding functionality for XML files in the Settings section → XML → XML files → Editor → Templates (see the xml declaration template) and for Ant files in the Settings section → Ant → Editor → Buildfile template . I bet that there are similar patterns for almost any other language with which you can use Eclipse.