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Adding system date to BlueJ class template

I just got started with BlueJ development, and for my programming projects, I want to be able to document them like so:

/*
My Name
The System Date
Program Name
*/

As you can see, I want to be able to pull the system date (the date of the creation of the class), so that I can include it in the comments. Is that possible? I know BlueJ uses $ to notate variables it uses, like $PKGNAME, so I was wondering if anyone knew of a variable or property I can use to get the date from the system clock. I'm on Windows.

Solution

  • It seems you're out of luck:

    The fields you see in the default templates are all there are. There are no more.

    And, yes, you are right: they are not documented any further. You cannot define additional fields yourself. (If there was a good use for it, we could define additional fields. So if you got a useful idea, tell us.)

    Michael

    Taken from the discussion BlueJ file templates: .tmpl file variables.