checkstyle.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
    "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.1//EN"
    "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_1.dtd">

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<!-- Checkstyle configuration that checks the commons-configuration coding conventions -->

<module name="Checker">
    <property name="localeLanguage" value="en"/>

    <!-- Checks that a package.html file exists for each package.     -->
    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_javadoc.html -->
    <module name="JavadocPackage"/>

    <!-- Checks whether files end with a new line.                        -->
    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_misc.html#NewlineAtEndOfFile -->
    <module name="NewlineAtEndOfFile">
        <property name="lineSeparator" value="lf"/>
    </module>
    
    <!-- Checks that property files contain the same keys.         -->
    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_misc.html#Translation -->
    <module name="Translation"/>

    <!-- Checks for Headers                              -->
    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_header.html#Header -->
    <module name="Header">
        <property name="headerFile" value="${licensedir}"/>
        <property name="fileExtensions" value="java"/>
        <!--<property name="ignoreLines" value="2"/> -->
    </module>

    <!-- Checks for Tab characters -->
    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_whitespace.html#FileTabCharacter -->
    <module name="FileTabCharacter">
        <property name="fileExtensions" value="java"/>
    </module>

    <!-- Checks for white space at the end of the line -->
    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_regexp.html -->
    <!-- Updated to ignore whitespace following '*' in javadoc comments -->
    <!-- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9100059/checkstyle-trailing-spaces-regexp-issue -->
    <module name="RegexpSingleline">
      <property name="format" value="(?&lt;!\A[ \t]*\*?)[ \t]$"/>
      <property name="message" value="Line has trailing spaces."/>
      <property name="fileExtensions" value="java"/>
    </module>

    <!-- Exceptions -->
    <!--<module name="SuppressionFilter">
        <property name="file" value="conf/checkstyle-suppressions.xml"/>
    </module> -->

    <module name="TreeWalker">

        <property name="cacheFile" value="${checkstyle.cache.file}"/>

        <!-- Checks for Javadoc comments.                     -->
        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_javadoc.html -->
        <module name="JavadocMethod">
            <property name="scope" value="public"/>
            <property name="allowUndeclaredRTE" value="true"/>
              <property name="allowMissingJavadoc" value="true"/>
        </module>
        <module name="JavadocType">
            <!-- <property name="authorFormat" value="null"/> -->
            <!-- It is unfortunate to have to do this but checkstyle doesn't allow custom tags -->
            <property name="allowUnknownTags" value="true"/>
        </module>
        <module name="JavadocVariable">
            <property name="scope" value="protected"/>
        </module>
        <module name="JavadocStyle">
            <property name="scope" value="public"/>
            <!-- the checkHtml check is disabled as it generates incorrect errors -->
            <property name="checkHtml" value="false"/>
        </module>


        <!-- Checks for Naming Conventions.                  -->
        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_naming.html -->
        <module name="ConstantName">
          <property name="format" value="^[A-Z][A-Z0-9]*(_[A-Z0-9]+)*$|^capabilities$|^log$"/>
        </module>
        <module name="LocalFinalVariableName"/>
        <module name="LocalVariableName"/>
        <module name="MemberName"/>
        <module name="MethodName"/>
        <module name="PackageName"/>
        <module name="ParameterName"/>
        <module name="StaticVariableName"/>
        <module name="TypeName"/>

        <!-- Following interprets the header file as regular expressions. -->
        <!-- <module name="RegexpHeader"/>                                -->


        <!-- Checks for imports                              -->
        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_import.html -->
        <module name="AvoidStarImport">
          <property name="allowStaticMemberImports" value="true"/>
        </module>
        <module name="IllegalImport"/><!-- defaults to sun.* packages -->
        <module name="RedundantImport"/>
        <module name="UnusedImports"/>
        <module name="ImportControl">
            <property name="severity" value="error"/>
            <property name="file" value="checkstyle-import-control.xml"/>
        </module>
        <module name="ImportOrder">
            <!-- Imports must be separated (by one newline) into the following groups:
                     java and javax
                     org
                     com
                     all others
                 Imports within a group must be sorted alphabetically (lexicographically)
                 All static imports come below all other imports -->
            <property name="groups" value="/^javax?\./,org,com"/>
            <property name="ordered" value="true"/>
            <property name="caseSensitive" value="true"/>
            <property name="separated" value="true"/>
            <property name="option" value="bottom"/>
        </module>


        <!-- Checks for Size Violations.                    -->
        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_sizes.html -->
        <!--<module name="FileLength"/>-->
        <module name="LineLength">
            <property name="max" value="120"/>
        </module>
        <module name="MethodLength"/>
        <module name="ParameterNumber">
            <property name="max" value="15"/>
        </module>


        <!-- Checks for whitespace                               -->
        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_whitespace.html -->
        <module name="EmptyForIteratorPad"/>
        <module name="NoWhitespaceAfter"/>
        <module name="NoWhitespaceBefore"/>
        <module name="OperatorWrap">
           <property name="tokens" value="ASSIGN"/>
           <property name="option" value="eol"/>
        </module>
        <module name="ParenPad"/>
        <module name="WhitespaceAfter"/>
        <module name="WhitespaceAround"/>
        <module name="GenericWhitespace"/>


        <!-- Modifier Checks                                    -->
        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_modifiers.html -->
        <module name="ModifierOrder"/>
        <module name="RedundantModifier"/>


        <!-- Checks for blocks. You know, those {}'s         -->
        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_blocks.html -->
        <module name="AvoidNestedBlocks">
          <property name="allowInSwitchCase" value="true"/>
        </module>
        <!-- Require empty catch blocks to have at least a comment -->
        <module name="EmptyBlock">
          <property name="option" value="text"/>
          <property name="tokens" value="LITERAL_CATCH"/>
        </module>
        <module name="LeftCurly">
            <property name="option" value="eol"/>
        </module>
        <module name="NeedBraces"/>
        <module name="RightCurly">
            <property name="option" value="same"/>
        </module>


        <!-- Checks for common coding problems               -->
        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_coding.html -->
        <module name="CovariantEquals"/>
        <module name="DoubleCheckedLocking"/>
        <module name="EqualsHashCode"/>
        <module name="IllegalInstantiation"/>
        <!-- <module name="InnerAssignment"/> -->
        <module name="MagicNumber">
            <property name="ignoreNumbers" value="-1,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7"/>
        </module>
        <module name="RedundantThrows">
            <property name="allowUnchecked" value="true"/>
        </module>
        <module name="SimplifyBooleanExpression"/>
        <module name="SimplifyBooleanReturn"/>
        <module name="StringLiteralEquality"/>
        <module name="SuperClone"/>
        <module name="SuperFinalize"/>
        <module name="DeclarationOrder"/>
        <!-- <module name="ExplicitInitialization"/> -->
        <module name="DefaultComesLast"/>
        <module name="FallThrough"/>
        <module name="MultipleVariableDeclarations"/>
        <!-- <module name="UnnecessaryParentheses"/> -->

        <!-- Checks for class design                         -->
        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_design.html -->
        <module name="FinalClass"/>
        <module name="HideUtilityClassConstructor"/>
        <module name="InterfaceIsType"/>
        <module name="VisibilityModifier">
            <property name="protectedAllowed" value="true"/>
        </module>



        <!-- Miscellaneous other checks.                   -->
        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_misc.html -->
        <module name="ArrayTypeStyle"/>
        <module name="TodoComment">
            <property name="severity" value="info"/>
        </module>
        <module name="UpperEll"/>

    </module>

</module>