Is there a Java coding standards? If so, is there a tool that will check for those standards?

Question

Are there Java coding standards? If so, is there a tool that implements and checks for those standards? I'm not familiar but hoping that someone has used Sonar, Checkstyle, PMD, Findbugs, Clover, and/or Cobertura that could tell me if any of those tools or other tools can do that.

Answer 1

Yes . All of those tools can enforce coding styles (and more).

Answer 2

Sun's (now Oracle's) coding conventions documentation is here:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/codeconv-138413.html

I've used Checkstyle to verify that my code follows these conventions as well as conventions adopted by organizations that I've worked for.

Answer 3

IntelliJ can enforce coding styles and standards as well. Its Inspector can also check for possible bugs as you write code.

Answer 4

Yes all these tools will do what you want. You can also add custom rules if you need to. You can also get checkstyle and findbugs plugin for Eclipse.