Indent case blocks within switch statements

vscode-java does not honor Eclipse formatting preferences for indenting statements within ‘switch’ blocks

Environment

• Operating System: Windows 10
• JDK version: 1.8.0_171-b11
• Visual Studio Code version: 1.26.1 493869ee8e8a846b0855873886fc79d480d342de x64
• Java extension version: 0.29.0

Steps To Reproduce

1. Create a new Java project in Eclipse
2. Create a Main.java with a simple switch statement:

public static void main(String [] args) {
  int x = 0;
  switch (x) {
    case 0:
      return;
  }
}

1. Change project-specific formatting settings: indent case statements as seen above (case is indented further than switch)
   • Indentation > Indented elements > Statements within ‘switch’ body [checked]
2. Format the project in Eclipse, noting how the indentation is preserved
3. Open the project in Visual Studio code, and note how the code is reformatted

Current Result

Code is reformatted so case statements align with switch statements:

switch (x) {
case 0:
  return;
}

Expected Result

Eclipse settings are honored, and VS Code formats the same as Eclipse:

switch (x) {
  case 0:
    return;
}

Additional Informations

The checkbox changes the following line in org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs: org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.indent_switchstatements_compare_to_switch=true (true when checked, false when unchecked)

Here is a project that follows these steps

[fbricon]

@ZinoKader see #1261

[tommai78101]

@mark-wiemer Ah, you replied by email, so you didn’t see my answer to what eclipse-formatter.xml is doing. Just repeating what I said earlier. 👍

The eclipse-formatter.xml file is used for Visual Studio Code’s extension, Redhat’s vscode-java extension, to interface with and format your Java source files inside Visual Studio Code, based on Oracle’s Java standard implementation for the formatter.