Remove source file comments using IntelliJ?

Question

Is there a plugin or tool in IntelliJ that will strip all comments out of your source .java files? I\'ve read about an ANT task that can do this.. was looking to do the sa

Answer 1

Late to the party but there is "Structural Search and Replace Dialogs" option that can be used to search different kind of comments and replace them

Go to Edit => Find => Replace Structurally...

• Enter one of below in "Search Template:"

Single line

// $CommentContent$ 

Multi line

/*
  $CommentContent$ 
*/

Javadoc

/**
  $CommentContent$ 
*/

• Leave the "Replacement Template:" blank

• Select appropriate Scope

• Click 'Find' and then 'Replace all'

• you Should see no more comments

Note: that this might mess up formatting so you will have to reformat affected code