SpaceAroundMapEntryColon.md

Pattern: Malformed space around Map entry colon

Issue: -

Description

Checks for proper formatting of whitespace around colons for literal Map entries. By default, no whitespace is allowed either before or after the Map entry colon, but you can change that through the configuration properties below.

Property	Description	Default Value
characterBeforeColonRegex	The regular expression that must match the character before the colon (:) for a literal Map entry. For example, /\S/ matches any non-whitespace character and /\s/ matches any whitespace character (thus requiring a space or whitespace).	/\S/ (i.e., no space allowed before the colon)
characterAfterColonRegex	The regular expression that must match the character after the colon (:) for a literal Map entry. For example, /\S/ matches any non-whitespace character and /\s/ matches any whitespace character (thus requiring a space or whitespace).	/\S/ (i.e., no space allowed before the colon)

Example of violations:

Map m1 = [someKey : 12345]            // violation (both before and after the colon)
println [a :[1:11, 2:22],           // violation on a (before colon)
            b:[(Integer): 33]]      // violation on Integer (after colon)

Further Reading

• CodeNarc - SpaceAroundMapEntryColon