Issue #2901562 by mfernea, Jo Fitzgerald, Yogesh Pawar, 3ssom, Mile23, borisson_: Fix 'Squiz.WhiteSpace.SuperfluousWhitespace' coding standard

Issue #2776975 by joelpittet, dawehner, tim.plunkett, xjm, pfrenssen: March 3, 2017: Convert core to array syntax coding standards for Drupal 8.3.x RC phase

Issue #2719695 by alexpott, Mile23: Fix 'Drupal.Classes.ClassDeclaration.CloseBraceAfterBody' coding standard

Issue #2665992 by alexpott, klausi, heykarthikwithu, xjm, tstoeckler: @file is not required for classes, interfaces and traits

Issue #2641584 by Mac_Weber, heykarthikwithu, legovaer: Replace deprecated usage of  entity_create('field_config') with a direct call to FieldConfig::create()

Issue #2641586 by Mac_Weber, marvin_B8: Replace deprecated usage of  entity_create('field_storage_config') with a direct call to  FieldStorageConfig::create()

(cherry picked from commit e0516e39)

Issue #2429191 by claudiu.cristea, amateescu, yched, nlisgo, Berdir, alexpott, klausi, Wim Leers, xjm, catch: Deprecate entity_reference.module and move its functionality to core