Apache Maven Checkstyle Plugin Version 3.1.0 Released

May 28, 2019 · 1 min read ·

The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Checkstyle Plugin, version 3.1.0.

The Checkstyle Plugin generates a report regarding the code style used by the developers. For more information about Checkstyle, see https://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/.

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>3.1.0</version>
5</plugin>

Release Notes - Apache Maven Checkstyle Plugin - Version 3.1.0

You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page:

https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/download.cgi

Bugs:

MCHECKSTYLE-323 - usage of checkstyle 7.0 (jdk8 is required)
MCHECKSTYLE-344 - StringIndexOutOfBoundsException in RuleUtil
MCHECKSTYLE-347 - StringIndexOutOfBoundsException when checkstyle.violation.ignore set to empty value
MCHECKSTYLE-365 - Site Report, Rules: Violation count incorrect for duplicate rules when one uses default severity

Improvements:

MCHECKSTYLE-326 - Running mvn install works first time second it does not
MCHECKSTYLE-350 - Lock version of animal-sniffer-maven-plugin
MCHECKSTYLE-353 - Don't resolve any dependencies
MCHECKSTYLE-374 - Replace deprecated methods in Checkstyle
MCHECKSTYLE-375 - Upgrade all test XML doctypes

Dependency upgrades:

MCHECKSTYLE-349 - Upgrade to parent pom 31
MCHECKSTYLE-359 - Upgrade maven-plugins parent to version 32
MCHECKSTYLE-360 - Upgrade maven-site-plugin to 3.7.1 for integration tests
MCHECKSTYLE-366 - Upgrade checkstyle to a more recent version

Enjoy,

-The Maven team