Apache Maven CheckStyle Plugin Version 2.15 Released

The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Checkstyle Plugin, version 2.15.

Generates a report on violations of code style and optionally fails the build if violations are detected.

You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

1<plugin>
2  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
3  <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
4  <version>2.15</version>
5</plugin>

Release Notes - Apache Maven Checkstyle Plugin - Version 2.15

Bugs:

• MCHECKSTYLE-288 NullPointerException during building a multi-module project
• MCHECKSTYLE-250 NPE on tying to load LICENSE.txt resource from non-jar plugin dependencies

Improvements:

• MCHECKSTYLE-286 Add info on ruleset used in console output
• MCHECKSTYLE-261 Upgrade to Checkstyle 6.1.1

Tasks:

• MCHECKSTYLE-277 Require Java 6
• MCHECKSTYLE-273 Remove Turbine configuration since it is not used any more

Enjoy,

-The Maven team