====== How to make beautiful code in LSC? ======

This page describes some tips to make comprehensive code into LSC sources.

A code style formatter profile is available for Eclipse, see instructions to use it at [[#eclipse|the bottom of this page]].

===== Indentation: tabulation or space? =====

For indenting your code, configure your IDE to **only use the tabulation character** instead of spaces (some IDE simulates tabulation with spaces).

==== Example ====

<code java>
/**
 * Indentation
 */
class Example {

	int[] myArray = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 };
	int theInt = 1;
	String someString = "Hello";
	double aDouble = 3.0;

	void foo(int a, int b, int c, int d, int e, int f) {
		switch (a) {
			case 0:
				Other.doFoo();
				break;
			default:
				Other.doBaz();
		}
	}

	void bar(List v) {
		for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
			v.add(new Integer(i));
		}
	}
}
</code>

This codestyle should be applied on all structures: if, while, for, try/catch, etc.

===== Eclipse =====

The lsc-sample repository contains a profile for code style formatting for LSC, in [[http://tools.lsc-project.org/repositories/changes/lsc/lsc-sample/trunk/misc/eclipse-code-style-formatting-profile.xml|misc/eclipse-code-style-formatting-profile.xml]].

To use this in Eclipse:
  - In the menu, go to ''Window > Preferences''
  - Unfold ''Java > Code Style'' and click on ''Formatter''
  - Click on ''Import...'' and open the file mentioned above
  - Press ''OK''

**Tip:** You can apply this profile to any existing code by selecting it and using the menu item ''Source > Format'' or pressing ''Shift+Ctrl+F''.