SpaceBeforeClosingBrace.md

Pattern: Malformed space before }

Issue: -

Description

Checks that there is at least one space (blank) or whitespace before each closing brace (}) for method/class/interface declarations, closure expressions and block statements.

Property	Description	Default Value
checkClosureMapEntryValue	If false, then do not check for whitespace before closing braces for closure expressions that are literal Map values, e.g. [abc:doStuff()].	true
ignoreEmptyBlock	If true, then allow for [] in code	false

Known limitations:

• May not catch actual violations if the source line contains unicode character literals, e.g. '\u00A0'

Examples of violations:

class SomeClass { int count}                  // violation

interface SomeInterface { void doStuff()}     // violation

enum SomeEnum { OK, BAD}                      // violation

def someMethod() { return 9}                  // violation

if (ready) { doStuff()}                     // violation

if (ready) {
} else { return 9}                          // violation

for (int i=0; i<10; i++) { println i}       // violation

for (String name in names) { println name}  // violation

for (String name: names) { println name}    // violation

while (ready) { doStuff()}                  // violation

try { doStuff()}                            // violation
catch(Exception e) { logError(e)}           // violation
finally { cleanUp()}                        // violation

list.each { name -> println name}           // violation

shouldFail(Exception) { doStuff()}          // violation

Further Reading

• CodeNarc - SpaceBeforeClosingBrace