[SCB-2567] enable checkstyle NeedBraces (#3069)
diff --git a/ci/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/ci/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index 1aecaa3..4ea168a 100644
--- a/ci/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/ci/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
<property name="allowLineBreaks" value="true"/>
<property name="severity" value="error"/>
</module>
+ <!-- Checks for braces around if and else blocks -->
+ <module name="NeedBraces">
+ <property name="severity" value="error"/>
+ <property name="tokens" value="LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_ELSE, LITERAL_FOR, LITERAL_WHILE, LITERAL_DO"/>
+ </module>
<module name="NoWhitespaceBefore">
<!-- Checks that there is no whitespace before various unary operators.
Linebreaks are allowed.
