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== Why is this an issue?

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The rule behaves consistently when the indentation settings of the IDE use _spaces_ instead of _tabs_.
Using _tabs_ can lead to inconsistent indentation because the width of a _tab_ can be configured differently in different environments.

=== What is the potential impact?

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== How to fix it

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=== Code examples

==== Noncompliant code example

With an indent size of 2:

[source,java,diff-id=1,diff-type=noncompliant]
----
class Foo {
  public int a;
   public int b;   // Noncompliant, expected to start at column 4

...

  public void doSomething() {
    if(something) {
          doSomethingElse();  // Noncompliant, expected to start at column 6
  }   // Noncompliant, expected to start at column 4
  }
}
----

==== Compliant solution

[source,java,diff-id=1,diff-type=compliant]
----
class Foo {
  public int a;
  public int b;

...

  public void doSomething() {
    if(something) {
      doSomethingElse();
    }
  }
}
----

=== Going the extra mile

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== Resources

=== External coding guidelines

* https://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html[Google Java Style Guide]

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== Comments And Links
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=== on 18 Nov 2016, 08:38:56 Tibor Blenessy wrote:
The parameter key is called ``++indentationLevel++`` in the current implementation. Changing the key would be a breaking change, so I am changing the RSPEC to match the implementation.

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