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--Java Style

Postby Development@SIB » Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:02 pm



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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:

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



Classes

We use the following style for classes:
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/*
 * Copyright 2009 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:

  • Variable declaration at the beginning (first constants, then variables)
  • Then constructors and initialization methods
  • Then the implementation of abstract methods
  • Then the implementation of interface methods
  • Then the definition of abstract methods
  • Then all overwritten methods (marked with @Override)
  • Then all methods of the class
  • Sub/Inner classes at the end

  • Each parameter of a method is marked using the prefix "p"
  • A prefix is also used for instance variables, e.g.:
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    String sValue = "bar";
  • Important changes are documented in the header, including time stamp and author
  • Documentation for the class declaration, ALL methods and instance variables and constants

Interfaces

We use the following style for interfaces:
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/*
 * Copyright 2009 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:

  • Constants are defined at the beginning
  • Then interface methods
  • Sub/Inner interfaces at the end

  • Each interface strats with "I"
  • Important changes are documented in the header, including time stamp and author
  • Documentation for the interface declaration, ALL methods and constants

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:

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<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:
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/*
 * Copyright 2009 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:

  • Variable declaration at the beginning (first constants, then variables)
  • Then methods for the test initialization
  • Then the implementation of abstract methods
  • Then the implementation of interface methods
  • Then all overwritten methods (marked with @Override)
  • Then all methods of the class
  • Then all test methods (marked with @Test)
  • Sub/Inner classes at the end

  • Each test class starts with "Test"
  • Each test method starts with "test"
  • Important changes are documented in the header, including time stamp and author
  • Documentation for the class declaration, ALL methods and instance variables and constants
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