CodingStandards

When contributing code or patches to Jython, please try to follow these guidelines.

Python Code

In general, follow [http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ PEP 8]. When importing Java code, always use fully qualified class names, not package names ie from java.lang import String instead of from java import lang.

Java Code

• Javadoc on any publicly exposed method or field.
• 4 spaces for indentation, no tabs.
• No nested ternary statements.
• A luxurious 100 characters per line.
• No copy and pasted, repeated code: if you're doing the same thing twice, make a method.
• Braces on all loops and if else statements.
• Methods longer than 10 lines should have whitespace and comments breaking them up into coherent operations.
• Descriptive names for fields and methods.
• No @author tags in code.
• Any field on an object that isn't modified after construction should be final.

Beyond these rules, follow the [http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/ Sun Java standards].

Example (adapted from Sun document)

package org.jython.blah;
import org.jython.blah.BlahBlah;
/**
 * Class description goes here.
 */
public class Blah extends SomeClass {
    /* A class implementation comment can go here. */
    /** classVar1 documentation comment */
    public static int classVar1;
    /**
     * classVar2 documentation comment that happens to be
     * more than one line long
     */
    private static Object classVar2;
    /** instanceVar1 documentation comment */
    public Object instanceVar1;
    /** instanceVar2 documentation comment */
    protected int instanceVar2;
    /** instanceVar3 documentation comment */
    private Object[] instanceVar3;
    /**
     * ...constructor Blah documentation comment...
     */
    public Blah() {
        // ...implementation goes here...
    }
    /**
     * ...method doSomething documentation comment...
     */
    public void doSomething() {
        // ...implementation goes here...
    }
    /**
     * ...method doSomethingElse documentation comment...
     * @param someParam description
     */
    public void doSomethingElse(Object someParam) {
        // ...implementation goes here...
    }
}