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All of our Java classes use a standardized style. In addition, we use Checkstyle and the Checkstyle Eclipse Plugin, with predefined rules to avoid wasting time during development.

The Checkstyle rules are saved in the JVx Repository under the following file name:

<jvx>/trunk/java/library/checkstyle_opensource.xml

Classes

We use the following style for classes:

ClassTemplate.java
/*
 * Copyright 2018 SIB Visions GmbH
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 *
 *
 * History
 * 
 * dd.MM.yyyy - [XX] - creation
 */
package com.sibvisions.foo;
 
/**
 * I do that and that ....
 *
 * @author First Last
 */
public class Bar
{
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    // Class members
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
    /** The foo type. */    
    public static final int TYPE_FOO = 1;
 
 
    /** The value of foo bar. */        
    private Object oValue;
 
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    // Initialization
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
    /**
     * Creates a new instance of <code>Bar</code>.
     */
    public Bar()
    {
    }
 
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    // Abstract methods implementation
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    // Interface implementation
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    // Abstract methods
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    // Overwritten methods
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public String toString()
    {
        return "Foo";
    }
 
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    // User-defined methods
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
    /**
     * Sets the value.
     * 
     * @param pValue the value.
     */
    public void setValue(Object pValue)
    {
        this.oValue = pValue;
    }
 
    /**
     * Gets the value.
     * 
     * @return the value.
     */
    public Object getValue()
    {
        return oValue;
    }
 
    //****************************************************************
    // Subclass definition
    //****************************************************************
 
}    // Bar

The following rules are defined by this template:

Interfaces

We use the following style for interfaces:

InterfaceTemplate.java
/*
 * Copyright 2018 SIB Visions GmbH
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 *
 *
 * History
 * 
 * dd.MM.yyyy - [XX] - creation
 */
package com.sibvisions.foo;
 
/**
 * I do that and that ....
 *   
 * @author First Last
 */
public interface IBar 
{
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    // Constants
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
    /** The foo type. */        
    public static final int TYPE_FOO = 1;
 
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    // Method definitions
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
    /**
     * Sets the value.
     * 
     * @param pValue value.
     */
    public void setValue(Object pValue);
 
    //****************************************************************
    // Subinterface definition
    //****************************************************************
 
}    // IBar

The following rules are defined by this template:

Unit Tests

The use of unit tests ensures that basic functionality works as expected. A unit test can never test the entire functionality in all conceivable configurations, but without it the required quality standards cannot be met. We therefore require a working set of unit tests.

Unit tests are saved separately from the core source code:

<jvx>/trunk/java/library/src/com/sibvisions/foo
<jvx>/trunk/java/library/test/com/sibvisions/foo

JUnit is used as the testing framework.

We use the following style for unit tests:

TestTemplate.java
/*
 * Copyright 2018 SIB Visions GmbH
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 *
 *
 * History
 * 
 * dd.MM.yyyy - [XX] - creation
 */
package com.sibvisions.foo;
 
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.AfterClass;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.BeforeClass;
import org.junit.Test;
 
/**
 * Tests the functionality of ...
 *   
 * @author First Last
 */
public class TestBar 
{
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    // Class members
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    // Initialization
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
    /**
     * Initializes the unit test.
     * 
     * @throws Exception if initialization fails
     */
    @BeforeClass
    public static void beforeClass() throws Exception
    {
    }
 
    /**
     * Resets the unit test.
     * 
     * @throws Exception if reset fails
     */
    @AfterClass
    public static void afterClass() throws Exception
    {
    }
 
    /**
     * Sets values before each test.
     * 
     * @throws Exception if set values fails
     */
    @Before
    public void beforeTest() throws Exception
    {
    }
 
    /**
     * Reset values after each test.
     * 
     * @throws Exception if reset values fails
     */
    @After
    public void afterTest() throws Exception
    {
    }
 
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    // Abstract methods implementation
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    // Interface implementation
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    // Overwritten methods
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    // User-defined methods
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    // Test methods
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
    /**
     * Tests the ... method.
     */
    @Test
    public void testGet()
    {
    }
 
    //****************************************************************
    // Subclass definition
    //****************************************************************
 
}    // TestBar

The following rules are defined by this template: