Remove NewlineAtEndOfFile: Justification: The rule incorrectly flag…

…s all files as violating this rule, regardless of what they end with.

Remove `Javadoc*`: Justification: Many methods that could be documented are intentionally undocumented because they are not part of the public surface SDK area.
Remove `LineLength`: Justification: The project properties automatically breaks lines longer than 120 characters. Any lines that are longer cannot be broken.
Remove `RightCurly`: Justification: The Azure SDK coding guidelines are to have the right curly on a separate line.
Remove `HiddenField`: Justification: The Azure SDK coding guidelines are that the setter and constructor parameter names match the names of the fields that are being set.
Remove `DesignForExtension`: Justification: None of the SDK classes are intended to be subclassed by end-users, but at the same time we don't want to mark them final and prevent derivation for scenarios like mocking, etc.
Remove `FinalParameters`: Justification: The cost to implement and verify the changes outweighs the benefit here.
Remove `RegexpSingleline`: Justification: Over 5000 hits in generated boilerplate comments. Use Eclipse preference file to auto-remove EOL whitespace in code.

Update preferences to automatically remove trailing whitespace characters in code lines.
Remove the .settings to the .gitignore file, so the preferences can be shared across the team.
Fix the single instance of EOL whitespace in code.

.gitignore

@@ -2,5 +2,3 @@
 .project
 target
 node_modules
-.settings
-

microsoft-azure-api/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ cleanup.qualify_static_member_accesses_through_subtypes_with_declaring_class=tru
 cleanup.qualify_static_member_accesses_with_declaring_class=true
 cleanup.qualify_static_method_accesses_with_declaring_class=false
 cleanup.remove_private_constructors=true
-cleanup.remove_trailing_whitespaces=false
+cleanup.remove_trailing_whitespaces=true
 cleanup.remove_trailing_whitespaces_all=true
 cleanup.remove_trailing_whitespaces_ignore_empty=false
 cleanup.remove_unnecessary_casts=true

microsoft-azure-api/src/config/checkstyle.xml

@@ -47,7 +47,12 @@
 
     <!-- Checks whether files end with a new line.                        -->
     <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_misc.html#NewlineAtEndOfFile -->
+
+    <!-- Removed on 11/02/2012
+         Justification: The rule incorrectly flags all files as violating
+         this rule, regardless of what they end with.
     <module name="NewlineAtEndOfFile"/>
+    -->
 
     <!-- Checks that property files contain the same keys.         -->
     <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_misc.html#Translation -->
@@ -62,22 +67,33 @@
         <property name="eachLine" value="true"/>
     </module>
 
+    <!-- Removed on 11/02/2012:
+         Justification: Over 5000 hits in generated boilerplate comments.
+         Use Eclipse preference file to auto-remove EOL whitespace in code.
+
     <module name="RegexpSingleline">
-        <!-- \s matches whitespace character, $ matches end of line. -->
         <property name="format" value="\s+$"/>
         <property name="message" value="Line has trailing spaces."/>
     </module>
+    -->
 
     <module name="TreeWalker">
 
         <property name="cacheFile" value="${checkstyle.cache.file}"/>
 
         <!-- Checks for Javadoc comments.                     -->
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_javadoc.html -->
+
+        <!-- Removed on 11/02/2012
+             Justification: Many methods that could be documented are
+             intentionally undocumented because they are not part of
+             the public surface SDK area.
+
         <module name="JavadocMethod"/>
         <module name="JavadocType"/>
         <module name="JavadocVariable"/>
         <module name="JavadocStyle"/>
+        -->
 
 
         <!-- Checks for Naming Conventions.                  -->
@@ -118,9 +134,15 @@
 
         <!-- Checks for Size Violations.                    -->
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_sizes.html -->
+
+        <!-- Removed on 11/02/2012:
+             Justification: The project properties automatically breaks
+             lines longer than 120 characters. Any lines that are longer
+             cannot be broken.
         <module name="LineLength">
           <property name="max" value="160" />
         </module>
+        -->
         <module name="MethodLength"/>
         <module name="ParameterNumber"/>
 
@@ -150,7 +172,12 @@
         <module name="EmptyBlock"/>
         <module name="LeftCurly"/>
         <module name="NeedBraces"/>
+
+        <!-- Removed on 11/02/2012:
+             Justification: The Azure SDK coding guidelines
+             are to have the right curly on a separate line.
         <module name="RightCurly"/>
+        -->
 
 
         <!-- Checks for common coding problems               -->
@@ -159,7 +186,13 @@
         <module name="DoubleCheckedLocking"/>    <!-- MY FAVOURITE -->
         <module name="EmptyStatement"/>
         <module name="EqualsHashCode"/>
+         <!-- Removed on 11/02/2012:
+               Justification: The Azure SDK coding guidelines
+               are that the setter and constructor parameter names match
+               the names of the fields that are being set.
         <module name="HiddenField"/>
+        -->
+
         <module name="IllegalInstantiation"/>
         <module name="InnerAssignment"/>
         <module name="MagicNumber"/>
@@ -170,7 +203,15 @@
 
         <!-- Checks for class design                         -->
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_design.html -->
+
+        <!-- Removed on 11/02/2012:
+             Justification: None of the SDK classes are intended
+             to be subclassed by end-users, but at the same time we don't
+             want to mark them final and prevent derivation for scenarios
+             like mocking, etc.
         <module name="DesignForExtension"/>
+        -->
+
         <module name="FinalClass"/>
         <module name="HideUtilityClassConstructor"/>
         <module name="InterfaceIsType"/>
@@ -180,7 +221,13 @@
         <!-- Miscellaneous other checks.                   -->
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_misc.html -->
         <module name="ArrayTypeStyle"/>
+
+        <!-- Removed on 11/02/2012:
+             Justification: The cost to implement and verify the changes
+             outweighs the benefit here.
         <module name="FinalParameters"/>
+        -->
+
         <module name="TodoComment"/>
         <module name="UpperEll"/>
 

microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/serviceruntime/RoleEnvironment.java

@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ public static void setStatus(RoleInstanceStatus status, Date expiration_utc) {
 
         Calendar expiration = Calendar.getInstance();
         expiration.setTime(expiration_utc);
-        
+
         CurrentState newState = new AcquireCurrentState(clientId, currentGoalState.get().getIncarnation(),
                 currentStatus, expiration);