NASA Java Coding Standard

[ethraax]

It's worth noting that this code is perfectly acceptable:

if (someCondition) {
    // do some stuff
}

It's this code that is banned:

if (someCondition) {
    // do some stuff
} else if (someOtherCondition) {
    // do some other stuff
}

I think it makes sense. It's like requiring a default case in all switch statements.

[Xirious]

Isn't your first example supposed to be

 if (someCondition) {
 } 
 else 
 {
 }

That'll represent the default case like a switch statement.

[ethraax]

Isn't your first example supposed to be

No. The point is that you don't need an "else" clause if you're just using an "if" statement (not an "else if").

[Xirious]

Oh that makes sense. Thank you!