Eclipse formatter adds space in empty comment lines

Question

The eclipse code formatter adds a trailing space in each empty Javadoc comment line (see screenshot).

Answer 1

I've also had this issue and solved it by doing a Search/Replace in Eclipse.

1. Go to Search > File and be sure Regular Expression is checked.
2. Enter the string ^([\s]+\*)([\s]+)$ into the Containing text field.
3. Constrain your search to *.java File name patterns
4. Press the Replace (not Search) button
5. Make sure regular expression is checked in the Replace box and use the string $1 as a replacement. Replace at will.

What this is doing is searching for lines that start with blank space characters that contain a * and then further blank space and no other content. It then replaces the whole line with the first matched part of the regex, which is just the initial spacing and * of the comment line.