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+Lets you control all printer related settings.
+</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="braces"></a>4.3.1. Braces</h3></div></div><div></div></div><a class="indexterm" name="d0e1097"></a><p>
+Controls the handling of curly braces (the Java block delimeters).
+</p><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="braces-style"></a>4.3.1.1. General</h4></div></div><div></div></div><a class="indexterm" name="d0e1105"></a><p>
+Controls how the enclosing block delimeters - left and right curly
+brace - are printed. You can either choose from a predefined set of common
+styles or build one on your own.
+</p><div class="sect4" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a name="braces-style-styles"></a>4.3.1.1.1. Styles</h5></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+Controls which brace style will be used to lay out blocks.
+</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><a name="braces-style-c"></a>
+C style
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e1121"></a><p>
+Selects the C brace style. This style is sometimes called "Allman style" or "BSD style".
+</p><div class="example"><a name="ex-brace-style-c"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.1. C style</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">
+if (!isDone)
+<span class="bold"><b>{</b></span>
+ doSomething();
+<span class="bold"><b>}</b></span>
+else
+<span class="bold"><b>{</b></span>
+ System.err.println("Finished");
+<span class="bold"><b>}</b></span>
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p></p></li><li><p><a name="braces-style-sun"></a>
+Sun style
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e1151"></a><p>
+Selects the Sun brace style. Sometimes called "K&R style".
+</p><div class="example"><a name="ex-brace-style-sun"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.2. Sun style</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">
+if (!isDone) <span class="bold"><b>{</b></span>
+ doSomething();
+<span class="bold"><b>}</b></span> else <span class="bold"><b>{</b></span>
+ System.err.println("Finished");
+<span class="bold"><b>}</b></span>
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p></p></li><li><p><a name="braces-style-gnu"></a>
+GNU style
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e1181"></a><p>
+Selects the GNU brace style.
+</p><div class="example"><a name="ex-brace-style-gnu"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.3. GNU style</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">
+if (!isDone)
+ <span class="bold"><b>{</b></span>
+ doSomething();
+ <span class="bold"><b>}</b></span>
+else
+ <span class="bold"><b>{</b></span>
+ System.err.println("Finished");
+ <span class="bold"><b>}</b></span>
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p></p></li><li><p><a name="braces-style-custom"></a>
+Custom style
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e1211"></a><p>
+Selecting this option will enable you to freely choose between the different brace
+style options discussed below.
+</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect4" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a name="braces-wrapping"></a>4.3.1.1.2. Wrapping</h5></div></div><div></div></div><a class="indexterm" name="d0e1223"></a><p>
+Controls the brace wrapping options.
+</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>
+Newline before left brace
+</p><p>
+If enabled, always prints a newline before the left curly brace.
+</p></li><li><p>
+Newline after right brace
+</p><p>
+If enabled, prints a newline after the left curly brace (when possible).
+</p></li><li><p>
+Treat class/method blocks different
+</p><p>
+It is common in the Java developer community to have the opening brace
+at the end of the line of the keyword for all types of blocks (Sun brace style).
+One may find the C++ convention of treating class/interface and method/constructor
+blocks different from other blocks useful. With this switch you can achieve
+exactly that: if enabled, class/interface and method/constructor blocks are
+then always printed in C brace style (newline before left brace).
+</p></li><li><p><a name="braces-different-wrapped"></a>
+Treat class/method blocks different if wrapped
+</p><p>
+With this switch enabled, the opening brace for class/interface or
+method/constructor blocks will always be printed on a new line (C style), if
+either the parameter list spawns several lines and a <tt class="literal">throws</tt>
+clause follows, or one of the possible clauses (<tt class="literal">extends</tt>,
+<tt class="literal">implements</tt>, <tt class="literal">throws</tt>) was wrapped.
+</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect4" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a name="braces-whitespace"></a>4.3.1.1.3. Whitespace</h5></div></div><div></div></div><a class="indexterm" name="d0e1266"></a><p>
+Controls the indentation whitespace for the left and right curly brace.
+</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>
+Before left brace
+</p><p>
+Number of spaces to print before the left curly brace.
+</p></li><li><p>
+After left brace
+</p><p>
+Number of spaces to print after the left curly brace.
+</p></li><li><p>
+After right brace
+</p><p>
+Number of spaces to print after the right curly brace.
+</p></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="braces-misc"></a>4.3.1.2. Misc</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+Controls miscellaneous brace options.
+</p><div class="sect4" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a name="braces-insert"></a>4.3.1.2.1. Insert braces</h5></div></div><div></div></div><a class="indexterm" name="d0e1297"></a><p>
+Per definition braces are superfluous on single statements, but it is
+a common recommendation that braces should be always used in such cases.
+With this option, you can specify whether missing braces for single
+statements should be inserted for the control statements <tt class="function">if</tt>,
+<tt class="function">for</tt>, <tt class="function">while</tt> and <tt class="function">do-while</tt>.
+</p><p>
+Enabling this option for <tt class="function">while</tt> statements would render
+</p><div class="example"><a name="ex-brace-insertion"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.4. Brace insertion</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">
+while (!isDone)
+ doSomething();
+</pre></td></tr></table><p>
+into
+</p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">
+while (!isDone)
+{
+ doSomething();
+}
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p></p></div><div class="sect4" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a name="braces-remove"></a>4.3.1.2.2. Remove braces</h5></div></div><div></div></div><a class="indexterm" name="d0e1334"></a><p>
+It is permittable to remove braces in case they are superfluous. This not only
+applies to the control statements <tt class="function">if</tt>, <tt class="function">for</tt>,
+<tt class="function">while</tt> and <tt class="function">do-while</tt>, but also to every
+block in general (remember a block is just a sequence of statements,
+local class declarations and local variable declaration statements within
+braces).
+</p><div class="example"><a name="ex-brace-removal"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.5. Brace removal</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">
+for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
+{
+ sum += value[i];
+}
+</pre></td></tr></table><p>
+would become
+</p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">
+for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
+ sum += value[i];
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p></p></div><div class="sect4" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a name="braces-empty"></a>4.3.1.2.3. Empty braces</h5></div></div><div></div></div><a class="indexterm" name="d0e1366"></a><a class="indexterm" name="d0e1369"></a><p>
+Controls how empty braces should be handled. If no option is selected,
+they are left untouched.
+</p><div class="example"><a name="ex-brace-empty"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.6. Empty braces</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">
+if (in != null)
+{
+ try
+ {
+ in.close();
+ }
+ catch (IOException ignored)
+ {
+ }
+}
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p>
+All options don't apply to class/interface and method/constructor bodies but
+are only used for control statements and blocks.
+</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><a name="braces-empty-statement"></a>
+Insert empty statement
+<a class="indexterm" name="d0e1387"></a>
+<a class="indexterm" name="d0e1393"></a>
+
+</p><p>
+Inserts an empty statement to make it obvious for the reader that the empty braces
+are intentional.
+</p><div class="example"><a name="ex-braces-empty-statement"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.7. Empty braces with empty statement</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">
+if (in != null)
+{
+ try
+ {
+ in.close();
+ }
+ catch (IOException ignored)
+ {
+ <span class="bold"><b>;</b></span>
+ }
+}
+</pre></td></tr></table></div></li></ul></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>
+Cuddle braces
+</p><p><a name="braces-empty-cuddle"></a>
+Cuddles the braces. They will be printed right after the control statement.
+<a class="indexterm" name="d0e1413"></a>
+<a class="indexterm" name="d0e1419"></a>
+</p><div class="example"><a name="ex-braces-empty-cuddle"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.8. Cuddled empty braces</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">
+if (in != null)
+{
+ try
+ {
+ in.close();
+ }
+ catch (IOException ignored) <span class="bold"><b>{}</b></span>
+}
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