Search for commented-out code across files in Eclipse

Question

Is there a quick way to find all the commented-out code across Java files in Eclipse? Any option in Search, perhaps, or any add-on that can do this?

It should be able to

Answer 1

@Jorn said:

I think [the OP] wants to find code that is commented out, not code that has a comment.

If the intention is to find commented out code, then I don't think it is possible in general. The problem is that it is impossible to distinguish between comments that were written as code or pseudo-code, and code that is commented out. Making that distinction requires human intelligence.

Now IDE's typically have a "toggle comments" function that comments out code in a particular way. It would be feasible to write a tool / plugin that matches the style produced by a particular IDE. But that's probably not good enough, especially since reformatting the code typically gets rid of the characteristics that made the commented out code recognizable.