# Use Portable Newline
# Description
This rule replaces any occurrences of '\n' with '%n'.
For example 'String.format("\n\n")' is replaced by 'String.format("%n%n")'.
# Benefits
The benefit of this approach is that '%n' is portable across platforms.
# Tags
# Code Changes
Pre
public class TestStringFormatLineSeparatorRule {
public String testStringFormatLineSeparator01() {
return String.format("\n\n");
}
public String testStringFormatLineSeparator02() {
return String.format(Locale.GERMAN, "\n\n");
}
public String testStringFormatLineSeparator03() {
return String.format("\r\n\r\n");
}
public String testStringFormatLineSeparator04() {
return String.format(Locale.GERMAN, "\r\n\r\n%n");
}
}
Post
public class TestStringFormatLineSeparatorRule {
public String testStringFormatLineSeparator01() {
return String.format("%n%n");
}
public String testStringFormatLineSeparator02() {
return String.format(Locale.GERMAN, "%n%n");
}
public String testStringFormatLineSeparator03() {
return String.format("%n%n");
}
public String testStringFormatLineSeparator04() {
return String.format(Locale.GERMAN, "%n%n%n");
}
}
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