Should we use 3 or 4 space indentation in our AS7 sources...

[smarlow]

http://docs.jboss.org/process-guide/en/html/coding.html suggests using 3 space indentation, but I see as7 code with 4 space indentations.

Should we use 3 or 4 space indentations in as7?

[bosschaert]

When I joined Red Hat/JBoss I was surprised to see the 3 space indentations. I had never seen that anywhere else. The coding standard used in AS7 is pretty much what I was used to from working in other code bases such as Apache, Eclipse and elsewhere.

[dmlloyd]

Four space indent, cuddled braces, wrap at about 130 columns:

    public void methodName(String foo, String bar) {
        if (foo.equals(bar)) {
            System.out.println("Equals!");
        } else {
            System.out.println("Nope");
        }
    }

Otherwise just look around for examples when you have a question.  There's a code style thing for Eclipse in the AS7 repository somewhere.

[smarlow]

Okay, no big deal to reformat to 4 space indents and use AS7 project specific settings in your favorite editor.