codequality/pmd/ruleset.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="mybraces"
         xmlns="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0 http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd">
    <description>
        Requires for while loops, but not for most other single-line statements
    </description>
    <rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/ControlStatementBraces">
        <properties>
            <property name="checkIfElseStmt" value="false" />
            <property name="checkSingleIfStmt" value="false" />
            <property name="checkWhileStmt" value="true" />
            <property name="checkForStmt" value="false" />
            <property name="checkDoWhileStmt" value="true" />
            <property name="checkCaseStmt" value="false" />
            <property name="allowEmptyLoop" value="false" />
        </properties>
    </rule>
</ruleset>