MethodParamPad

Since Checkstyle 3.4

Description

Checks the padding between the identifier of a method definition, constructor definition, method call, or constructor invocation; and the left parenthesis of the parameter list. That is, if the identifier and left parenthesis are on the same line, checks whether a space is required immediately after the identifier or such a space is forbidden. If they are not on the same line, reports a violation, unless configured to allow line breaks. To allow linebreaks after the identifier, set property allowLineBreaks to true.

Properties

name description type default value since
allowLineBreaks Allow a line break between the identifier and left parenthesis. boolean false 3.4
option Specify policy on how to pad method parameter. PadOption nospace 3.4
tokens tokens to check subset of tokens CTOR_DEF , LITERAL_NEW , METHOD_CALL , METHOD_DEF , SUPER_CTOR_CALL , ENUM_CONSTANT_DEF , RECORD_DEF . CTOR_DEF , LITERAL_NEW , METHOD_CALL , METHOD_DEF , SUPER_CTOR_CALL , ENUM_CONSTANT_DEF , RECORD_DEF . 3.4

Examples

To configure the check: 

<module name="Checker">
  <module name="TreeWalker">
    <module name="MethodParamPad"/>
  </module>
</module>

Example:

class Example1 {
  public Example1() {
    super();
  }

  public Example1 (int aParam) { // violation ''(' is preceded with whitespace'
    super (); // violation ''(' is preceded with whitespace'
  }

  public void method() {}

  public void methodWithVeryLongName
  () {} // violation ''(' should be on the previous line.'
}

To configure the check to require a space after the identifier of a method definition, except if the left parenthesis occurs on a new line: 

<module name="Checker">
  <module name="TreeWalker">
    <module name="MethodParamPad">
      <property name="allowLineBreaks" value="true"/>
      <property name="option" value="space"/>
      <property name="tokens" value="METHOD_DEF"/>
    </module>
  </module>
</module>

Example:

class Example2 {
  public Example2() {
    super();
  }

  public Example2 (int aParam) {
    super ();
  }

  public void method() {} // violation ''(' is not preceded with whitespace'

  public void methodWithVeryLongName
  () {} // OK, because allowLineBreaks is true
}

Example of Usage

Violation Messages

All messages can be customized if the default message doesn't suit you. Please see the documentation to learn how to.

Package

com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.whitespace

Parent Module

TreeWalker