NIFI-13238 - Adding checkstyle rules for whitespaces

[pvillard31]

Summary

NIFI-13238 - Adding checkstyle rules for whitespaces

Tracking

Please complete the following tracking steps prior to pull request creation.

Issue Tracking

• Apache NiFi Jira issue created

Pull Request Tracking

• Pull Request title starts with Apache NiFi Jira issue number, such as NIFI-00000
• Pull Request commit message starts with Apache NiFi Jira issue number, as such NIFI-00000

Pull Request Formatting

• Pull Request based on current revision of the main branch
• Pull Request refers to a feature branch with one commit containing changes

Verification

Please indicate the verification steps performed prior to pull request creation.

Build

• Build completed using mvn clean install -P contrib-check
  • JDK 21

UI Contributions

• NiFi is modernizing its UI. Any contributions that update the current UI also need to be implemented in the new UI.

Licensing

• New dependencies are compatible with the Apache License 2.0 according to the License Policy
• New dependencies are documented in applicable LICENSE and NOTICE files

Documentation

• Documentation formatting appears as expected in rendered files

[exceptionfactory]

Thanks for putting in the work to bring some much-needed consistency @pvillard31. The new rules look good, but I noticed the following test failure across platforms:

TestDataTypeUtils.testConvertRecordFieldToObject:422 expected: <4> but was: <4 >

[exceptionfactory]

Thanks for the correction, all automated checks are now passing, looks good! +1 merging