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[Feature Request]: support eclipse formatter

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start in the spotless-cli implementation and read how the existing Google Java formatter support is exposed through the CLI. Determine the required Eclipse formatter input and configuration behavior, then verify that formatting works for the JBang directive examples described in the issue and remains usable across IDEs.

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Description

enhancement
spotless-cli version (if relevant)

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Describe the feature

i would like to see support for eclipse formatter because google formatter:

a) messes up /// and // formatting used by jbang :)
b) can't be configured with something I can use across all IDE's
c) its what I use in jbang so coupled with #10 could make easy formatting without relying on build specific limits.

:)

Motivation and use case

I use eclipse formatter, not google-java-format

Alternatives considered

No response

Feature scope

{"label" => "This should be implemented in spotless-cli."}

Dominant language
Java
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3
Forks
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