SpaceBeforeOpeningBrace.md

Pattern: Malformed space before {

Issue: -

Description

Checks that there is at least one space (blank) or whitespace before each opening 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 opening braces for closure expressions that are literal Map values, e.g. [abc:doStuff()].	true

Known limitations:

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

Examples of violations:

class SomeClass{ }                            // violation
class SomeOtherClass extends AbstractClass{ } // violation

interface SomeInterface{ }                    // violation

enum SomeEnum{ OK, BAD }                      // violation

def someMethod(){ }                           // violation

if (ready){ }                               // violation

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

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

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

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

while (ready){ }                            // violation

try{
} finally { }                               // violation

try {
} catch(Exception e){ }                     // violation

try {
} finally{ }                                // violation

list.each{ name -> }                        // violation

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

Further Reading

• CodeNarc - SpaceBeforeOpeningBrace