Reorder Modifiers

• Properties
• Description
• Benefits
• Code Changes
  • Field Declarations
  • Methods Declaration
  • Type Declaration
• Tags

Properties

Property	Value
Rule ID	ReorderModifiers
First seen in jSparrow version	3.6.0
Minimum Java version	1.1
Remediation cost	2 min
Links	S1124

Description

This rule reorders the modifiers on Type, Field and Method Declarations in the following priority:

• public
• protected
• private
• abstract
• default
• static
• final
• transient
• volatile
• synchronized
• native
• strictfp

Benefits

Improves the readability by unifying the order of modifiers in Type, Field and Method declarations.

Code Changes

Field Declarations

Pre

final static public String FINAL_STATIC_PUBLIC = "";  
static final public String STATIC_FINAL_PUBLIC = "";  
final public static String FINAL_PUBLIC_STATIC = "";  
public final static String PUBLIC_FINAL_STATIC = "";  
static public final String STATIC_PUBLIC_FINAL = "";  
public static final String PUBLIC_STATIC_FINAL = "";  

Post

public static final String FINAL_STATIC_PUBLIC = "";
public static final String STATIC_FINAL_PUBLIC = "";
public static final String FINAL_PUBLIC_STATIC = "";
public static final String PUBLIC_FINAL_STATIC = "";
public static final String STATIC_PUBLIC_FINAL = "";
public static final String PUBLIC_STATIC_FINAL = "";

Methods Declaration

Pre

static synchronized protected final void staticMethod() {
    ...
}

Post

protected static final synchronized void staticMethod() {
    ...
}

Type Declaration

Pre

static private class PrivateStaticClass {
    ...
} 

Post

private static class PrivateStaticClass {
    ...
} 

Automatic Application of This Rule

The automatic application of this rule is supported in the following jSparrow version:

• jSparrow Pro version

Tags

Tags

Java 1.1, Coding Conventions, Readability