Auto Filling Java Call Arguments

December 23, 2025 · View on GitHub

This plugin guesses the call parameters by the callee parameter names.

Now Support Eclipse 2024-06 and later, Mac OS X, Linux (with nautilus) and Windows.

Use

  1. Via Eclipse Content Assist
    Press Ctrl + Space (Content Assist) inside the parentheses.

  2. Using the Shortcut Key
    Place the cursor inside a method call or on the method name and then press Ctrl + Alt + O

demo

Build

This project uses Tycho with Maven to build. It requires Maven 3.9.0 or higher version.

Dev build:

mvn clean verify

Release build:

mvn clean org.eclipse.tycho:tycho-versions-plugin:set-version -DnewVersion=2.0.0 verify

Install

  1. Add https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tlcsdm/eclipse-autofill-arguments/update_site/ as the upgrade location in Eclipse.
  2. Download from Jenkins
  3. ← Drag it to your eclipse workbench to install! (I recommand Main Toolbar as Drop Target)