CodeStyleGuidelines

In order to improve readability (Why readability matters) here are some code style guidelines for the JMeter project.

Java

• 4 spaces for indentation
  • No tabs
• "Soft" line length of ~80
  • "Hard" line length of 120
    • Except for imports or other places where breaking the line wouldn't aid readability
• Spacing between elements on a line e.g.
  • if (...
  • while (...
  • methodCall(arg1, arg2)
  • "con" + "cat"
• Braces are always used with if, else, for, do and while statements, even when the body is empty or only a single statement
• Import order
• Import spacing
• No .* imports
• Line length of methods (soft limit of 50?)
• Line length of classes (soft limit of 500?)
  

Java 8 Specific

• Use of Optional
• Default/static methods on Interfaces
• Lambdas where possible (max ~5 lines)
  

See Also

https://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html