Coding conventions
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This document contains some syntactic and code format conventions for the current project and should be used as a
reference to enhance code uniformity.


Formatting
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Sources are formatted as defined in the `EPFL-PPO.xml` Eclipse format file.


Members ordering
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Class (static) members are placed before object members. In each group, attributes are placed before methods.
Constructors are the first methods, and overridden parent methods the last ones.


Object/Class reference
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Methods and attributes are referenced using `this` for the current class, and by their class name for static
ones.

Static imports are avoided, except for JUnit tests.


Redundant type/scope
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Use of the diamond notation is encouraged to avoid redundancy.

Unnecessary scope modifiers are avoided (ex: `public` in interfaces). 


Unnecessary brackets
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Unnecessary brackets in one to two line statements are avoided to simplify the reading of the control flow.