IntelliJ IDEA Postfix Completion plugin

The basic idea is to prevent caret jumps backward while typing code, let you start with the some expression, explore some APIs, think about what you are going to do and after finish with statement of some type.

Examples

See more examples.

Current state

This plugin became a core part of IntelliJ IDEA 13.1 experience! Source code is no longer maintained here.

Download

Latest builds for IDEA 13 is available for download in IntelliJ IDEA plugin repository. To install into IDEA simply go Preferences – Plugins – Browse repositories... and search for "postfix".

Features

Available templates:

• .if – checks boolean expression to be true if (expr)
• .else – checks boolean expression to be false if (!expr)
• .var – initialize new variable with expression T name = expr;
• .null – checks nullable expression to be null if (expr == null)
• .notnull – checks expression to be non-null if (expr != null)
• .instanceof – checks type expr instanceof T ? ((T) expr).m : null
• .not – negates value of inner boolean expression !expr
• .for – iterates over collection for (T item : collection)
• .while – uses expression as loop condition while (expr)
• .arg – helps surround argument with invocation method(expr)
• .cast – surrounds expression with cast (SomeType) expr
• .new – produces instantiation expression for type new T()
• .fori – surrounds with loop for (int i = 0; i < expr.length; i++)
• .forr – reverse loop for (int i = expr.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
• .field – introduces field for expression _field = expr;
• .par – surrounds outer expression with parentheses (expr)
• .return – returns value from containing method return expr;
• .switch – switch over integral/enum/string values switch (expr)
• .throw – throws exception of 'Throwable' type throw new Exception();
• .assert - creates assertion from boolean expression assert expr;
• .synchronized – produces synchronized block synchronized (expr)

Other features:

• Template expansion by Tab key in editor (like live templates)
• Settings page to disable/enable particular postfix templates

.NET version

• Postfix Templates plugin for ReSharper