vibhatha commented on code in PR #41825:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/41825#discussion_r1626675870


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docs/source/developers/java/development.rst:
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@@ -110,30 +110,58 @@ integration tests, you would do:
 Code Style
 ==========
 
-Java code style is enforced with Checkstyle. The configuration is located at 
`checkstyle`_.
-You can also just check the style without building the project.
-This checks the code style of all source code under the current directory or 
from within an individual module.
+The current Java code styles are configured as follows:
 
-.. code-block::
+- Indent: Tabs & spaces (2 spaces per tab)
+- Google Java Format: Reformats Java source code to comply with `Google Java 
Style`_.
+- Configure license headers for Java & XML files
 
-    $ mvn checkstyle:check
 
-Maven ``pom.xml`` style is enforced with Spotless using `Apache Maven pom.xml 
guidelines`_
-You can also just check the style without building the project.
-This checks the style of all pom.xml files under the current directory or from 
within an individual module.
+Java code style is checked by `Spotless`_ during the build, and the continuous 
integration build will verify
+that changes adhere to the style guide.
 
-.. code-block::
+Automatically fixing code style issues
+--------------------------------------
+
+- You can also just check the style without building the project with ``mvn 
spotless:check``.
+- The Java code style can be corrected from the command line by using the 
following commands: ``mvn spotless:apply``.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ mvn spotless:check
+    The following files had format violations:
+        src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/algorithm/rank/VectorRank.java
+            @@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
+            ·*·limitations·under·the·License.
+            ·*/
 
-This applies the style to all pom.xml files under the current directory or 
from within an individual module.
+            -
+            package·org.apache.arrow.algorithm.rank;
+
+            import·java.util.stream.IntStream;
+    Run 'mvn spotless:apply' to fix these violations.
+
+Code Formatter for Intellij IDEA and Eclipse
+--------------------------------------------
+
+Follow the instructions for:
+
+- `Eclipse`_
+- `IntelliJ`_
+
+Code style enforced with Checkstyle for most of the modules. The configuration 
is located at `checkstyle`_.
+You can also just check the style without building the project.
+This checks the code style of all source code under the current directory or 
from within an individual module.
+Checkstyle will be removed once Spotless is fully integrated.

Review Comment:
   @laurentgo we could just say
   
   ```rst
   Code style enforced with both Spotless and Checkstyle. The configuration is 
located at `checkstyle`_.
   You can also just check the style without building the project.
   This checks the code style of all source code under the current directory or 
from within an individual module.
   ```



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