When you create a new class in NetBeans IDE, you automatically get some variables filled in, such as the user name and package name. That's possible because if you go to Tools | Templates, the Java Class template is like this:
<#assign licenseFirst = "/*">
<#assign licensePrefix = " * ">
<#assign licenseLast = " */">
<#include "../Licenses/license-${project.license}.txt">
<#if package?? && package != "">
package ${package};
</#if>
/**
*
* @author ${user}
*/
public class ${name} {
}
Here you see predefined template variables such as ${package} and ${user}. In this User FAQ, you can find all the other predefined variables for templates. And more info (including about "project.license") can be found here and here.
But this week I found something new: you can change the display of the date and of the time. So if you use this:
${time?time?string("h/m/s a z")}
You will get this:
4/53/54 PM CET
Instead of the default provided by ${time}, which is this:
4:53:54 PM
So, both the predefined variable for time and date can be tweaked quite easily, if you're willing to experiment a bit.
