Since Checkstyle 8.32
Checks that there is at least one whitespace after the leading asterisk. Although spaces after asterisks are optional in the Javadoc comments, their absence makes the documentation difficult to read. It is the de facto standard to put at least one whitespace after the leading asterisk.
name | description | type | default value | since |
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violateExecutionOnNonTightHtml | Control when to print violations if the Javadoc being examined by this check violates the tight html rules defined at Tight-HTML Rules. | boolean | false |
8.3 |
To configure the default check:
<module name="Checker"> <module name="TreeWalker"> <module name="JavadocMissingWhitespaceAfterAsterisk"/> </module> </module>
Code Example:
/** This is valid single-line Javadoc. */ class TestClass { /** *This is invalid Javadoc. */ int invalidJavaDoc; /** * This is valid Javadoc. */ void validJavaDocMethod() { } /**This is invalid single-line Javadoc. */ void invalidSingleLineJavaDocMethod() { } /** This is valid single-line Javadoc. */ void validSingleLineJavaDocMethod() { } }
All messages can be customized if the default message doesn't suit you. Please see the documentation to learn how to.
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