thanks Deron for preparing the initial version of our code style templates - these templates are certainly very useful for consistency. I finally got a chance to have a look and would like to propose some minor changes for the Java code style.
1) Switch statement indentation: Right now, the template does not use indentation for case labels in switch statements. However, in our current code base, we use indentation for almost all switch statements because it is much easier to read. I know there is some controversy about this but even the Java spec uses indentation for switch statements [1]. 2) Empty line indentation: We also generally indent empty lines to align with the previous line, which makes the code faster to navigate and edit. 3) White spaces / new lines around braces: I would prefer to use (a) white spaces after opening and before closing parentheses, but not before opening parentheses (in for, while, if, switch, etc), and (b) insert newlines before keywords such else and catch. Finally, we also need to discuss if we should auto format the existing code. In my opinion, the auto formatted code usually looks quite poorly. Hence, I would restrict any auto formatting to files which formatting is really off (e.g., files with space indentation). Regards, Matthias [1] http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/jls-14.html#jls-14.11
