03. Coding conventions

Format the code according to Google Java Style Guide

• Eclipse configuration
• IntelliJ configuration

The coding conventions can be automatically checked with Maven Checkstyle plugin. By default it is switched off, but can be easily switched on by altering its configuration in the main pom.xml.

<!--checkstyle plug-in. checking against googles styles 
see config at checkstyle.xml-->
<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.15</version>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <id>validate</id>
      <goals>
        <goal>check</goal>
      </goals>
      <phase>validate</phase>
      <configuration>
        <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
        <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
        <consoleOutput>false</consoleOutput>
        <failsOnError>false</failsOnError>
      </configuration>
    </execution>
  </executions>
</plugin>