WHITE SPACE

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8 - White Space

8.1 Blank Lines

One blank line should always be used in the following circumstances:

• Between class and interface definitions
• Between methods

Avoid using unnecessary blank lines.

8.2 Blank Spaces

Blank spaces should be used in the following circumstances:

• A keyword followed by a parenthesis should be separated by a space. Example:

while (true) 
{
  ...
}

Note that a blank space should not be used between a method name and its opening parenthesis. This helps to distinguish keywords from method calls.

• A blank space should appear after commas in argument lists.
• Don't separate binary operators with spaces. Blank spaces should never separate unary operators such as unary minus, increment ("++"), and decrement ("--") from their operands. 
• Space should separate assignment operators
• Example:

    a += c+d;
    a = (a+b)/(c*d);
    while (d=s) 
    {
      n++;
      d++;
      s++;
    }
    printSize("size is "+foo+"\n");

• The expressions in a for statement should be separated by blank spaces. Example:

    for (int i=1; i<count; i++)

• Casts should not be followed by a blank space. Examples:

    myMethod((byte)aNum,(Object)x);
    myMethod((int)(cp+5),((int)(i+3))+1);
    Address value = (Address)address_list.get(i);

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