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• Use the Eclipse Checkstyle plugin: http://eclipse-cs.sourceforge.net/
  • Note that you can drag the plugin into your Eclipse installation
• Right click your DSpace project; select Properties → Checkstyle
• Go to "Checkstyle → Local check configurations" and click "New"
  • Create a "Project Relative Configuration"
  • Name: DSpace Internal
  • Location: checkstyle.xml
• An "Unresolved Properties Error" box will appear; click "Edit Properties"
  • Add a new property
    • Name: checkstyle.suppressions.file
    • Value: checkstyle-suppressions.xml
  • Click OK
• Go to "Checkstyle → Main"
  • Select "DSpace Internal" from the drop down
  • Check "Checkstyle active for this project"
  • Click OK
• Code will be rebuilt
• Edit a java file.  Place a curly brace on a line by itself.
  • The line of code should get highlighted in red.
  Import our checkstyle.xml

Tested and works to validate code. To format you must generate a formatter style following the steps here. It seems impossible to force eclipse to use braces on sinle-line if statement

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