Eclipse Templates

You may notice in Eclipse when pressing ctrl+space to auto-complete that you get suggestions that are not necessarily code. For example, you can select main to auto create a public static void main(String[] args) method. You can also define your own custom templates (and view all the existing ones) by going to Window > Preferences > Java > Editor > Templates.

This is a nice feature if you haven't used it before. I particularly like being able to define a println template for System.out.println to make it easy to switch between groovy and java. Another common one I define is a logger template to create a logger variable. If you find yourself defining the same lines of code in many places, a template may be of use to you.

If you already use templates, it would be nice to share some common ones you use.