How to specify the order of class members when formatting in Eclipse

Question

In Eclipse IDE how do you customize the Java code style formatter to have it sort the class members with a specified order, for example to group all instance methods by visi

Answer 1

Another way to do this is to perform a code Clean Up:

Setting sorting order:

1 - Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Appearance -> Members Sort Order - Check "Sort members in same category by visibility

2 - Window -> Preferences ... Java -> Code Style -> Clean up ... On code Organizing, select Sort Members

Clean up:

3 - On your java source, right click -> Source -> Clean up.