Is there a source code formatter for Groovy? [closed]

Answer 1

You can use npm-groovy-lint via command line with --format option :)

https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-groovy-lint

Answer 2

Groovy support for Jalopy is coming later this year. There is a tiny sneak preview on YouTube showcasing the Eclipse plug-in:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNFUzvOZei0

Answer 3

Actually groovyc comes with a builtin formatter (kind of). If you set the environment variable JAVA_OPTS to -Dantlr.ast and run groovyc test.groovy a file called test.groovy.pretty.groovy is generated.

But be aware: From what I found in the internet about this, this formatter is not configurable and strips comments!

Answer 4

I've found that BUSL works really well on Groovy files. It's standalone too, so you can use it from your text editor or whatever.

Answer 5

the latest eclipse plugin will do some formatting and refactoring: http://groovy.codehaus.org/Eclipse+Plugin+Refactoring

Answer 6

spidasoftware/format extracts the groovy eclipse plugin and provides a command line interface to it.

Instructions:

git clone git@github.com:spidasoftware/format.git && \
cd format/bin && \
./format /path/to/groovy/file

caveat: this project is no longer maintained however still works as of the time of this post