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+ This page generated: <strong>June 8 2004</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"><tr><td><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">4.3.5. Blank Lines</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="wrapping.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">4.3. Printer</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="comments.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="separation"></a>4.3.5. Blank Lines</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+Controls the Jalopy Blank Lines settings: the insertion of blank lines to
+separate statements or declarations with different functions or meanings.
+</p><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="separation-blank-lines"></a>4.3.5.1. General</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+Lets you specify the general blank lines sizes for different Java source file elements.
+</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><a name="blank-lines-package"></a>
+Package statement
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3379"></a><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3382"></a><p>
+Lets you control how many blank lines should be printed after the package statement.
+</p><div class="example"><a name="ex-blank-lines-package"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.115. 3 Blank lines after package statement</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">package de.hunsicker.jalopy.printer;
+<--
+<--
+<--
+import antlr.collections.AST;
+
+import de.hunsicker.jalopy.parser.JavaAST;
+import de.hunsicker.jalopy.parser.JavaTokenTypes;
+
+...
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p></p></li><li><p><a name="blank-lines-import"></a>
+Last import statement
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3398"></a><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3401"></a><p>
+Lets you control how many blank lines should be printed after the last import statement.
+</p><div class="example"><a name="ex-blank-lines-import"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.116. 4 Blank lines after last import statement</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">package de.hunsicker.jalopy.printer;
+
+import antlr.collections.AST;
+
+import de.hunsicker.jalopy.parser.JavaAST;
+import de.hunsicker.jalopy.parser.JavaTokenTypes;
+<--
+<--
+<--
+<--
+public class Printer
+{
+ ...
+}
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p></p></li><li><p><a name="blank-lines-classes"></a>
+Classes
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3417"></a><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3420"></a><p>
+Lets you control how many blank lines should be printed between two
+class declarations.
+</p><div class="example"><a name="blank-lines-class"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.117. 2 Blank lines between two class declarations</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">class One
+{
+ ...
+}
+<--
+<--
+class Two
+{
+ ...
+}
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p></p></li><li><p><a name="blank-lines-interfaces"></a>
+Interfaces
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3436"></a><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3439"></a><p>
+Lets you control how many blank lines should be printed between two
+interface declarations.
+</p><div class="example"><a name="blank-lines-ifc"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.118. 3 Blank lines between two interface declarations</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">interface One
+{
+ ...
+}
+<--
+<--
+<--
+interface Two
+{
+ ...
+}
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p></p></li><li><p><a name="blank-lines-methods"></a>
+Methods
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3455"></a><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3458"></a><p>
+Lets you control how many blank lines should be printed between two
+method/constructor declarations.
+</p><div class="example"><a name="blank-lines-method"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.119. 3 Blank lines between two method declarations</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">public static Printer getInstance()
+{
+ return INSTANCE;
+}
+<--
+<--
+<--
+public void print(AST node, ASTWriter out)
+ throws IOException
+{
+ ...
+}
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p></p></li><li><p><a name="blank-lines-blocks"></a>
+Blocks
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3474"></a><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3477"></a><p>
+Lets you control how many blank lines should be printed before and after
+statement blocks (if-else , for, while, do-while, switch, try-catch-finally, synchronized).
+Note that the 'Blank lines after' setting also applies for anonymous inner classes.
+</p><div class="example"><a name="ex-blank-lines-blocks"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.120. 2 Blank lines between before and after blocks</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">AST type = null;
+<--
+<--
+switch (next.getType())
+{
+ case JavaTokenTypes.LPAREN :
+ type = PrinterUtils.advanceToFirstNonParen(next);
+ break;
+ default :
+ type = next;
+ break;
+}
+<--
+<--
+AST ident = type.getFirstChild();
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p></p></li><li><p><a name="blank-lines-declarations"></a>
+Declarations
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3493"></a><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3496"></a><p>
+Lets you control how many blank lines should be printed before and after
+variable declarations.
+</p></li><li><p><a name="blank-lines-case"></a>
+Case blocks
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3506"></a><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3509"></a><p>
+Lets you control how many blank lines should be printed before each case
+block of a switch expression.
+</p><div class="example"><a name="ex-blank-lines-case"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.121. 3 Blank lines before case blocks</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">switch (next.getType())
+{
+<--
+<--
+<--
+ case JavaTokenTypes.LPAREN :
+ type = PrinterUtils.advanceToFirstNonParen(next);
+ break;
+<--
+<--
+<--
+ default :
+ type = next;
+ break;
+}
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p></p></li><li><p><a name="blank-lines-control"></a>
+Control statements
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3525"></a><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3528"></a><p>
+Lets you control how many blank lines should be printed before the statements
+<span><b class="command">return</b></span>, <span><b class="command">break</b></span> and <span><b class="command">continue</b></span>.
+</p><div class="example"><a name="ex-blank-lines-control"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.122. 2 Blank lines before case control statements</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">switch (next.getType())
+{
+ case JavaTokenTypes.LPAREN :
+ type = PrinterUtils.advanceToFirstNonParen(next);
+<--
+<--
+ break;
+
+ default :
+ type = next;
+<--
+<--
+ break;
+}
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p></p></li><li><p><a name="blank-lines-sl-comments"></a>
+Single-line comments
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3553"></a><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3556"></a><p>
+Lets you control how many blank lines should be printed before single-line
+comments.
+</p></li><li><p><a name="blank-lines-ml-comments"></a>
+Multi-line comments
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3566"></a><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3569"></a><p>
+Lets you control how many blank lines should be printed before multi-line
+comments.
+</p></li><li><p><a name="blank-lines-javadoc"></a>
+Javadoc comments
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3579"></a><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3582"></a><p>
+Lets you control how many blank lines should be printed before Javadoc
+comments.
+</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="separation-misc"></a>4.3.5.2. Misc</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p>Lets you control miscellaneous separation settings.</p><div class="sect4" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a name="d0e3594"></a>4.3.5.2.1. Misc</h5></div></div><div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><a name="separation-misc-left-curly"></a>
+Blank lines after left curly brace
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3601"></a><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3604"></a><p>
+Forces the given number of blank lines after left curly braces no matter
+what your other blank lines settings say.
+</p><div class="example"><a name="ex-separation-before-blocks"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.123. Blank lines before blocks=1</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">public void foo()
+{
+<--
+ if (condition())
+ {
+<--
+ if (anotherCondition())
+ {
+ doSomething();
+ }
+ }
+}
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p></p><div class="example"><a name="ex-separation-misc-left-curly-yes"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.124. Blank lines before blocks=1, Blank lines after left curly braces=0</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">public void foo()
+{
+ if (condition())
+ {
+ if (anotherCondition())
+ {
+ doSomething();
+ }
+ }
+}
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p></p></li><li><p><a name="separation-misc-right-curly"></a>
+Blank lines before right curly brace
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3626"></a><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3629"></a><p>
+Forces the given number of blank lines before closing curly braces no matter
+what your other blank lines settings say.
+</p><div class="example"><a name="ex-separation-misc-left-curly-no"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.125. Blank lines before blocks=1</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">public void foo()
+{
+ if (condititon())
+ {
+ if (anotherCondition())
+ {
+ doSomething();
+<--
+ }
+<--
+ }
+<--
+}
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p></p></li><li><p><a name="separation-misc-keep"></a>
+Keep Blank lines up to
+</p><p>
+If enabled, retains up to the given number of blank lines found in the
+original source. This only works for method or constructor bodies. Note that Jalopy
+still takes your other blank lines settings into account.
+</p><div class="example"><a name="ex-separation-misc-keep-no"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.126. Source code with blank lines to separate code sections</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">aMVString = new MultiValueString("abc");
+<--
+System.out.println("MV = "+aMVString);
+<--
+System.out.println("MV0 = "+aMVString.extract(0));
+System.out.println("MV1 = "+aMVString.extract(1));
+System.out.println("MV2 = "+aMVString.extract(2));
+System.out.println("");
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p>
+If this feature is left disabled, Jalopy will print the individual lines according
+to the current blank lines settings but won't try to retain any blank lines.
+</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect4" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a name="chunks"></a>4.3.5.2.2. Chunks</h5></div></div><div></div></div><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3657"></a><p>
+Lets you define what makes a chunk: a section of associated statements.
+</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><a name="chunks-comments"></a>
+By comments
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3666"></a><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3669"></a><p>
+If enabled, a statement with a comment before is recognized as the start of a new
+chunk.
+</p><div class="example"><a name="ex-chunks-comments"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.127. Aligning variable declarations</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">
+String text = "text";
+int a = -1;
+
+// create a new entry
+History.Entry entry = new History.Entry(text);
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p></p><div class="example"><a name="ex-chunks-comments-enabled"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.128. Aligning variable declarations with chunking by comments</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">
+String text = "text";
+int a = -1;
+
+// create a new entry
+History.Entry entry = new History.Entry(text);
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p></p></li><li><p><a name="chunks-blank-lines"></a>
+By Blank lines
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3691"></a><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3694"></a><p>
+If enabled, a statement which has one or more blank lines before is recognized
+as the start of a new chunk.
+</p></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="separation-comment"></a>4.3.5.3. Comments</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p>
+Lets you control the behaviour of the separator comments. If the
+<a href="sorting.html" title="4.3.12. Sorting">sorting of class elements</a> is enabled, Separator comments
+can be inserted before every element section, to make it easier to identify the
+different parts of a source file.
+</p><a class="indexterm" name="d0e3709"></a><div class="example"><a name="ex-separation-comment"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 4.129. Separator comment</b></p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" class="shade"><tr><td><pre class="programlisting">
+//~ Methods ------------------------------------------------------------------
+</pre></td></tr></table></div><p></p><div class="sect4" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a name="d0e3718"></a>4.3.5.3.1. General</h5></div></div><div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>
+Add separator comments
+</p><p>
+Enables the insertions of separator comments.
+</p></li><li><p>
+Add separator comments for inner classes
+</p><p>
+The insertion of separator comments for inner classes/interfaces may lead to
+confusion, therefore you can control it here separately.
+</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect4" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a name="d0e3732"></a>4.3.5.3.2. Descriptions</h5></div></div><div></div></div><p>Lets you define the description text for each of the different class elements.</p></div><div class="sect4" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a name="d0e3737"></a>4.3.5.3.3. Fill character</h5></div></div><div></div></div><p>Lets you define the fill character for the comments.</p></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="wrapping.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="printer.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="comments.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">4.3.4. Wrapping </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="manual.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 4.3.6. Comments</td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeecc" height="17" style="font-size:9px;padding-left:5px"><a href="#toppage">to top</a></td></tr><tr><td height="30"><br></td></tr><tr><td height="3"></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#336699" height="1"></td></tr><tr><td height="1"></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#336699" height="16"></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#ff9966" height="4"></td></tr><tr><td class="footer" align="center" height="15" valign="middle">
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