Java Code shall be formatted according Code Conventions for the Java Programming Language by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Additional, indentations shall be done by (4)spaces, instead of tabs.
See Eclipse IDE Configuration on setting these standard in Eclipse.
Every commitment to the SVN source code repository on Sourceforge should be associated with (at least) one entry in JIRA, by including the JIRA issue key in the commit comment. Reformatting of source code should be done by separate commits with a comment like 'pretty format
'. There are a few reasons for doing this:
The Assignee shall set the status of an Open issue to Resolved, after the commitment of the modification into the CVS or SVN at Sourceforge. Resolved issues shall be Closed by the Reporter. If the Assignee is also the Reporter of an issue, the issue may direct be Closed by the Assignee, skipping the Resolved status. (s.o. JIRA Default Workflow).
Unless previously decided and stated, dcm4che sub-projects shall maintain compatibility with JDK 5.0. The exception is dcm4che14, which remains at a 1.4 compatibility for now. dcm4che2, dcm4chee 2.x and dcm4chee 3.x use JDK 5+. Read this thread in the forums for more discussion.
If you're using Eclipse to work on dcm4che, follow the instructions on Eclipse IDE Configuration to make sure you're on par with the standards.