Control static import placement

[mkordas]

Is there a way to configure Spotless so that static imports in Java/Groovy are put below normal imports? That's IntelliJ default...
I cannot find anything about it in docs, but I think the behavior should be documented and configurable.

[nedtwigg]

There is not, but that would be a great feature to have! Our import sorter has a few hairy bits.

#167 (minor bug that explains the background of import sorter, and how to do what you want to do)
#174 (really minor bug)

Possibly related, #232 is about incorporating the eclipse #include sorter for C/C++. Dunno if there's a common infrastructure, but if anyone wants to contribute a fix, I would start there.

[nedtwigg]

Also looks like #305 can get lumped in to the ImportSorter mess :)

[fvgh]

@nedtwigg I don't think that the import sorter is really suitable for C++. CDT provide a nice article about their rules. Gives a good reasoning why the topic in C++ is complex. As stated in #232, my aim is to get the CDT implementation in and provide it as an optional step.

[teur]

There are examples of configuration static imports in ImportOrderStepTest by using \#.
For example a configuration importOrder 'java', '\\#java', 'javax', '\\#javax', '', '\\#' may be used to put static imports below.

[fvgh]

@nedtwigg I had another go on the IncludeOrganizer as it is provided by CDT. Unfortunately it is not an option as I described in my comment for #232. So maybe there can be a common code base for the Java/C++ import/include order.

[azizbekian]

This issue is still valid and needs to be resolved, because formatting file in IDE differs from spotless config.

[nedtwigg]

Thanks for verifying. PR’s welcome!

[aljoscha]

@azizbekian Did you see @teur's comment? I have this config in a project and it puts static imports at the bottom:

<order>org.apache.flink,org.apache.flink.shaded,javax,java,scala,\#</order>

[matshou]

Like @teur mentioned, adding '\\#' to the end of importOrder arranges static imports to be placed last.

[nedtwigg]

Looks like this issue is solved. Thanks all!