Feature request: Java files formatting

[maciejwalkowiak]

Currently the only linter that processes Java files is TextLinter that does not take indent_style and indent_size into consideration. Is there a s specific reason for that? I tried to use editorconfig-maven-plugin but since it formats only the pom.xml in case of my project I struggle to find practical use case for it.

Related: ec4j/editorconfig-maven-plugin#66

[ppalaga]

The problem is that indent_style and indent_size are not enough to write a complete Java linter.
editorconfig being a bit monolithic, it would be rather hard to add everything needed. There is an open issue for namespacing editorconfig/editorconfig#332 and also for Java formatting props: https://github.com/ec4j/editorconfig-java-domain
I admit I ran out of time for doing this a couple of years ago and I actually do not feel a need for this anymore since I started using net.revelc.code.formatter:formatter-maven-plugin for formatting java.

[maciejwalkowiak]

@ppalaga thanks for quick answer. I've been using Spotless but I see benefit of .editorconfig as it can format all types of files. That being said I also won't find time for submitting PR here, so either this issue stays open to see if any 👍 come or feel free to close it in favor of other related open issues.