Code Conventions for the Java(TM) Programming Language: Contents

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Code Conventions for the JavaTM Programming Language

Revised April 20, 1999

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[1 Introduction](CodeConventions.doc.html)1.1 Why Have Code Conventions 1.2 Acknowledgments
[2 File Names](CodeConventions.doc1.html)2.1 File Suffixes 2.2 Common File Names
[3 File Organization](CodeConventions.doc2.html)3.1 Java Source Files 3.1.1 Beginning Comments 3.1.2 Package and Import Statements 3.1.3 Class and Interface Declarations
[4 Indentation](CodeConventions.doc3.html)4.1 Line Length 4.2 Wrapping Lines
[5 Comments](CodeConventions.doc4.html)5.1 Implementation Comment Formats 5.1.1 Block Comments 5.1.2 Single-Line Comments 5.1.3 Trailing Comments 5.1.4 End-Of-Line Comments 5.2 Documentation Comments
[6 Declarations](CodeConventions.doc5.html)6.1 Number Per Line 6.2 Initialization 6.3 Placement 6.4 Class and Interface Declarations
[7 Statements](CodeConventions.doc6.html)7.1 Simple Statements 7.2 Compound Statements 7.3 return Statements 7.4 if, if-else, if else-if else Statements 7.5 for Statements 7.6 while Statements 7.7 do-while Statements 7.8 switch Statements 7.9 try-catch Statements
[8 White Space](CodeConventions.doc7.html)8.1 Blank Lines 8.2 Blank Spaces
[9 Naming Conventions](CodeConventions.doc8.html)
[10 Programming Practices](CodeConventions.doc9.html)10.1 Providing Access to Instance and Class Variables 10.2 Referring to Class Variables and Methods 10.3 Constants 10.4 Variable Assignments 10.5 Miscellaneous Practices 10.5.1 Parentheses 10.5.2 Returning Values 10.5.3 Expressions before `?' in the Conditional Operator 10.5.4 Special Comments
[11 Code Examples](CodeConventions.doc10.html)11.1 Java Source File Example

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