Release 10.0

Breaking backward compatibility:

• upgrade minimal required jdk version to 11. Author: rnveach, pbludov #9146

New:

• WhitespaceAfter does not work on 'switch' and lambda statements. Author: Vyom-Yadav #11298
• WhitespaceAfter should support `ELLIPSIS` token. Author: Vyom-Yadav #11116

Bug fixes:

• FinalClass should exempt private-only constructor classes that are extended by another class in the same compilation unit. Author: pbludov #10859
• False Negative: RedundantModifierCheck. Author: Vyom-Yadav #11268
• EmptyLineSeparator: false negative in Enum and interface fields. Author: Andrei Paikin #11241
• NPE in gui.MainFrameModel#getLastDirectory. Author: pbludov #11294

Notes:

• Pitest: add new mutator REMOVE_CONDITIONALS. Author: rnveach #6320
• Update doc for FinalParameters. Author: Taniya #7588
• Expand XPath IT Regression Testing. Author: Binita Kumari #6207
• Replace usages of deprecated method AccessibleObject.isAccessible. Author: Nick Mancuso #11309
• Update doc for ReturnCount. Author: Binita Kumari #7657
• Add icon to the GUI window. Author: pbludov #11292
• Add 'since' property to '@Deprecated' annotation. Author: pbludov #11289
• doc: update requirements to jdk 11. Author: pbludov
• remove extra checkstyle build in no-exception-test.sh. Author: Vyom-Yadav #11281

Release 9.3

New:

• Support patterns in switch (preview-feature in Java 17) as described by JEP 406. Author: nmancus1 #10848
• New Check: UnusedVariable. Author: Vyom-Yadav #7504

Bug fixes:

• OutOfMemory following CheckStyle 9.X upgrade. Author: nmancus1 #10934
• False positive in `MissingSwitchDefault` with pattern in switch label. Author: Nick Mancuso #11220
• `OperatorWrapCheck` throws NPE on guarded patterns. Author: Nick Mancuso #11187
• UnnecessaryParentheses: false negative. Author: Vyom-Yadav #11061
• All checks that use `AbstractCheck#getLine()` should check code points instead of characters for spacing. Author: MUzairS15 #10924
• Stackoverflow error on deeply concatenated strings. Author: Timur Tibeyev #9267
• StringLiteralEquality FN about String literal expression. Author: Vyom-Yadav #11031

Notes:

• Fail test execution if Input file does nor have message on violation line and Check has not signle message. Author: Vyom-Yadav #11091
• Pitest: add new mutator REMOVE_CONDITIONALS. Author: rnveach, Vyom-Yadav #6320
• Run regression testing in CI over openjdk17. Author: nmancus1 #11185
• Let 'site' Github action to generate javadoc. Author: nmancus1 #11228
• Improve Japanese message translation. Author: SATO Yusuke #11200
• add file filters for non-compilable files in openjdk16. Author: Vyom-Yadav #11215
• Update `bump-license-year.sh` to use `g4` file extension.. Author: nmancus1 #11203
• Replace System.exit with Runtime.exit. Author: pbludov #11172
• Solve fb-contrib errors. Author: rnveach #11140
• Add github action to bump year in license. Author: Vyom-Yadav #11194
• Enforce file size on Java inputs. Author: Vyom-Yadav #11163
• Prevent usage of 'getFileContents()' method in code. Author: haanhvu #9889
• Infra: migrate to Truth in tests. Author: rnveach, Roman Ivanov #9142
• Update existing Input files to follow 100 line limit . Author: Abhinav Rajput #10625
• Resolve Reflection Suppressions and Import Control. Author: rnveach #11113
• Add sb-contrib plugin to spotbugs configuration. Author: pbludov #11120
• Refactor XdocsPagesTest to use some annotation to specify the property type. Author: pbludov #10744
• Replace assertions guarded by 'if' with assumeXXX methods in tests. Author: pbludov #11131
• Remove checkConstructorIsPrivate from TestUtil#isUtilsClassHasPrivateConstructor. Author: pbludov #11107

Release 9.2.1

Bug fixes:

• SimplifyBooleanExpression: A false negative about ternary operator. Author: Vyom-Yadav #11015
• ParameterAssignment does not detect problem for Lambda parameters. Author: Vyom-Yadav #11038
• NPE in IllegalTypeCheck when checking a record (Java 14). Author: Rahul Khinchi #10817
• Version 9.x Reports Whitespace Before Paren After String with Emojis. Author: nmancus1 #11001
• TrailingCommentsCheck ignores first comment character. Author: nmancus1 #10997

Notes:

• Update existing Input files to follow 100 line limit . Author: Abhinav Rajput #10625
• doc: extend beginning development with step to build in terminal before IDE. Author: Roman Ivanov
• Infra: migrate to Truth in tests. Author: rnveach, Roman Ivanov #9142
• adds section for list of supported JREs. Author: rnveach #10891
• Rebase Github action is failing due to missed permission. Author: Roman Ivanov #11052
• Setup JDK17 build. Author: pbludov #10905
• Migrate to Inline Config Parser for filters. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10737
• Make powermock tests compatible with JDK17+. Author: rnveach #7368
• Remove `illegal-access=warn` workaround for JDK16. Author: nmancus1 #11067
• Update Xpath unit tests to have at least two test methods. Author: rnveach #8151
• Pitest2 job fails when image is upgraded to ubuntu-2004:202010-01. Author: rnveach #9351
• RightCurlyCheck.isBlockAloneOnSingleLine might throw NPE . Author: rnveach #11054
• Remove dependency on Powermock from tests. Author: pbludov #10932
• Fix links to maven web site - maven.apache.org. Author: Aditya Vishwakkarma, Roman Ivanov #11003
• update doc for RedundantImport. Author: Binita Kumari #7688
• Group Shell Scripts by Activity and not CI. Author: Roman Ivanov #11029
• All scripts in Travis should be single line to return exit code to Travis. Author: Roman Ivanov #11027
• create example of AST for TokenTypes.ELIST. Author: Binita Kumari #9420
• Add support for violation N lines above/below in Inline Config Parser. Author: Vyom-Yadav #10752
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.INSTANCE_INIT. Author: Abhinav Rajput #9455
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.ANNOTATION. Author: Abhinav Rajput #9387
• create example of AST for TokenTypes.EMPTY_STAT. Author: Binita Kumari #9422
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.BLOCK_COMMENT_END. Author: Abhinav Rajput #9400

Release 9.2

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Record inside interface is treated as method. Author: nmancus1 #10978

Bug fixes:

• OperatorWrap with token ASSIGN too strict for annotations. Author: Andrei Paikin #10945
• NPE in EqualsAvoidNull check when accessing string from base class with 'this' qualifier. Author: Andrei Paikin #10962
• ClassFanOutComplexity fails to count all classes in multicatch and implements clause. Author: Andrei Paikin #10144
• Version 9.x reports NoWhitespaceBefore error on semicolon or comma after string with emoji. Author: nmancus1 #10920
• JavadocMethod accessModifiers incorrectly interpreted for interface class. Author: Vyom-Yadav #10835

Notes:

• update example of AST for TokenTypes.CTOR_CALL. Author: Abhinav Rajput #9412
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.IDENT. Author: Binita Kumari #9450
• Message validation in our Inputs should not have trailing and leading '.*'. Author: Vyom-Yadav #10943
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_BOOLEAN. Author: Venkatesh-24 #9463
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_BREAK. Author: Abhinav Rajput #9464
• Checkstyle's special system properties about localisation does not work. Author: Andrei Paikin #9072
• Add example of AST for TokenTypes.ANNOTATION_MEMBER_VALUE_PAIR. Author: Abhinav Rajput #9372
• create example of AST for TokenTypes.ELLIPSIS. Author: MUzairS15 #9421
• Travis - arch ppc64le: execution of some unexpected command. Author: Roman Ivanov #10959
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_NATIVE. Author: Abhinav Rajput #9485
• Travis Build Failures: not enough credits. Author: Roman Ivanov #10778
• MetadataGeneratorUtil should take the module folders as inputs. Author: MUzairS15 #10749
• Inline Config Parser throws complex exception without config in input file. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10764
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.PARAMETERS. Author: Venkatesh-24 #9551
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LAMBDA. Author: Rahul Khinchi #9458
• Make powermock tests compatible with JDK17+. Author: pbludov #7368
• Migrate to Inline Config Parser for filters. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10737
• Remove curly braces usage for javadoc tags in translations. Author: Vyom-Yadav #10910
• doc: new translations for various properties by crowdin. Author: rnveach
• doc: new translations for various properties. Author: rnveach

Release 9.1

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Change type "Regular Expression" to "Pattern" in docs. Author: pbludov #10842

Bug fixes:

• False positive for switch expressions in MissingSwitchDefault. Author: Hyeonmin Park #10866
• UnusedImports error if there are only array references to a given class. Author: Andrei Paikin #10855
• StackOverflow Error in IndentationCheck on deeply concatenated strings. Author: Vyom-Yadav #10810
• RedundantModifierCheck only reports first instance of redundant modifier. Author: Akash Mondal #10806
• WhitespaceAround misrecognizes white spaces after emojis. Author: nmancus1 #10837

Notes:

• create example of AST for TokenTypes.DOUBLE_COLON. Author: Rahul Khinchi #9419
• doc: fix broken scm manager install link. Author: Anirvan Sarkar
• Make violations diff readable. Author: pbludov #10872
• Update org.reflections:reflections dependency to new version 0.10.X. Author: Vyom-Yadav #10901
• JavadocMetadataScraper fails silently if it can't write the XML files. Author: Vyom-Yadav #10747
• create example of AST for TokenTypes.ENUM. Author: Ayushman Sachan #9423
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.GENERIC_START. Author: Ayushman Sachan #9448
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.GENERIC_END. Author: Ayushman Sachan #9447
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.ENUM_DEF. Author: Rahul Khinchi #9425
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.GE. Author: Rahul Khinchi #9446
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_THROW. Author: Ayushman Sachan #9499
• Fix PMD violation CognitiveComplexity. Author: Vyom-Yadav #10064
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_ASSERT. Author: Rahul Khinchi #9462
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.ENUM_CONSTANT_DEF. Author: Rahul Khinchi #9424
• Add maven modernizer plugin. Author: Andrei Paikin #10760
• Fix sarif validation schema link and no-validations profile. Author: Andrei Paikin #10863
• UT output should be silent. Author: Amar Prakash Pandey #10844
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.SUPER_CTOR_CALL. Author: Shubhojeet Banerjee #9579
• spelling: fix mistypes in SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter. Author: pbludov
• investigate localization service crowdin.com. Author: Andrei Paikin #6191

Release 9.0.1

Bug fixes:

• Fix up messages - mojibake, lone apostrophes and accidental apostrophes substitutes. Author: Victor Williams Stafusa da Silva #10828

Notes:

• Add example of AST for TokenTypes.AT. Author: vinayak-gaikwad #9396
• Add links to projects with additional checkstyle checks to site. Author: Andrei Paikin #10057
• JavadocMetadataScrapperTest and InlineConfigParser fixes. Author: rnveach #10827
• XmlMetaReader fails if package given to it has no expected resource files listed. Author: rnveach #10773
• Expand XPath IT Regression Testing. Author: Joshua Kuan, kthirano #6207
• Javadoc everything. Author: pbludov #10818
• The build shoul fail on Javadoc linter warnings. Author: pbludov #10815
• minor: fix drone build by excluding archives from line length check. Author: Roman Ivanov #10800
• provide javadocs for Support clases in tests. Author: Devansu-Yadav #6336
• doc: splits up the release notes more and moves off older items. Author: rnveach
• config: bump spotbugs to new version. Author: pbludov #10781
• Travis Build Failures. Author: rnveach #10778
• Use cache for maven dependencies to speed up drone io builds. Author: Vadym #10065
• JavadocMetadataScraper doesn't identify "CheckstyleTestMakeupCheck" name correctly. Author: Vyom-Yadav #10756
• Update Doc of CommentIndentation. Author: Abhinav #9935
• survived line in pitest.sh pitest-java-ast-visitor. Author: Nick Mancuso #10755
• Migrate to Inline Config Parser for filters. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10737

Release 9.0

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Add COMPILATION_UNIT token in Ast Tree, remove EOF token. Author: Nick Mancuso #3095
• Upgrade Java Grammar from ANTLR2 to ANTLR4. Author: Nick Mancuso #10272

Bug fixes:

• Checkstyle fails with unusual annotations. Author: Nick Mancuso #8652
• annotation array initialization indentation issue. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #10020
• Checkstyle fails on nested type parameters. Author: Nick Mancuso #8945

Notes:

• Refactor Inline Parsing and add support for inputs with multiple modules. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10745
• Add ability to suppress forbidden API by annotation. Author: Roman Ivanov #10751
• Migrate to Inline Config Parser for tests using MemberNameCheck. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10736
• Inlined config for Filters Inputs. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10653
• Migrate to new verify method for inlined configs . Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10390
• Add support for file path in Inline Config Parser. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10725
• Migrate to Inline Config Parser in Regexp Check Tests. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10720
• Migrate to Inline Config Parser in Whitespace Check Tests. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10689
• Migrate to Inline Config Parser in Miscellaneous Check Tests. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10693
• Migrate to Inline Config Parser in Javadoc Check Tests. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10692
• Migrate to Inline Config Parser in Coding Check Tests. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10548
• Unit tests that involve `StackOverflow` should use limited stack size. Author: Nick Mancuso #10605
• Migrate to Inline Config Parser in Sizes Check Tests. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10676
• Github actions for pitest does not safe artifacts in master builds for all executions. Author: AkMo3 #10684
• Migrate to Inline Config Parser in Naming Check Tests. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10688
• Migrate to Inline Config Parser in Imports Check Tests. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10671
• Migrate to Inline Config Parser in Modifier Check Tests. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10675
• Migrate to Inline Config Parser in Block Check Tests. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10659
• Migrate to Inline Config Parser in Metric Check Tests. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10672
• Migrate to Inline Config Parser in Design Check Tests. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10667
• Add support for multiple violations on adjacent lines in Input Parser. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10665
• Permanent suppression section at checkstyle_input_suppressions.xml. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10652
• Migrate to Inline Config Parser in Annotation Check Tests. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10649
• Add support for messages in inlined config. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10545
• doc: update jooq link. Author: Nick Mancuso
• How to define null in inlined config. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10527
• doc: fix writingchecks.xml docs. Author: Nick Mancuso
• Add support for multiple violations on same line in Input Parser. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10190
• Some Inputs can not have comment on line with violation. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10378
• Enforce line limit 100 on all Input files.. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10624
• support non-ASCII characters in identifiers. Author: Nick Mancuso #8050
• Checkstyle freezes on deeply nested lambdas. Author: Nick Mancuso #8291
• Checkstyle fails to parse local enum and interface declarations. Author: Nick Mancuso #10464
• Checkstyle fails to parse local record with `final` modifier. Author: Nick Mancuso #10516
• Checkstyle fails to parse single comma in annotation array initialization. Author: Nick Mancuso #10515
• Checkstyle fails to parse qualified constructor parameter. Author: Nick Mancuso #10424
• Consider moving pitest from CircleCI to another CI. Author: AkMo3 #10188
• doc: fix broken scm manager install link. Author: Nick Mancuso
• Migrate to Inline Config Parser in Tests. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10548

Release 8.45.1

Bug fixes:

• MissingJavadocMethod misses inner classes of interfaces. Author: pbludov #9876
• Indentation: Java14 switch expressions[JEP-361] fails indentation checks when lineWrappingIndentation property of Indentation module is a non-default value. Author: Vadym #8929

Notes:

• Migrate to Inline Config Parser in Tests. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10548
• Refactor input files in check tests. 39 Check tests were updated. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10080
• upgrade appveyor to 3.8.1 maven and use option to now show download process. Author: AkMo3 #10513
• JavadocTagContinuationIndentation does not check text inside HTML elements. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9315
• Run regression testing in CI over openjdk16. Author: Nick Mancuso #10431
• Violate original verify method and suppress errors. Author: Roman Ivanov #10391
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LCURLY. Author: Hreshi #9460
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.COMMENT_CONTENT. Author: vinayak-gaikwad #9411
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_CASE. Author: vinayak-gaikwad #9466
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_YIELD. Author: Shubhojeet Banerjee #9507

Release 8.45

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Incorrect catch parameter line/ column number reported. Author: Nick Mancuso #10134
• Inconsistent `TYPE_ARGUMENT` AST. Author: Nick Mancuso #10121

New:

• new Check: NoWhitespaceBeforeCaseDefaultColon. Author: Akash Mondal #8186

Bug fixes:

• MatchXpath: should support comments. Author: AkMo3 #10107
• Javadoc parser/grammar doesn't report the correct lines in Javadoc AST. Author: Nick Mancuso #10208
• Violations from TrailingComment should possible to suppress by xpath by content of comment. Author: AkMo3 #9009
• ArrayTypeStyle false positives in nested generics. Author: Nick Mancuso #10215

Notes:

• Refactor input files in check tests. 102 Check tests were updated. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10080
• Add Configuration.getPropertyNames and Configuration.getProperty and deprecate getAttributeNames getAttribute methods. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10164
• create example of AST for TokenTypes.COLON. Author: vinayak-gaikwad #9409
• Loggers should use class for printing to output that does only localization. Author: AkMo3 #9794
• Resolve Pitest Issues - AbstractJavadocCheck. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10126
• doc: add example to ImportOrder about other groups. Author: Ritik2604 #5982
• Google test uses check input for OneStatementPerLineTest. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10277
• Add support for violation message. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10079
• move all "No Error" execution from wercker.yml to travis.yml. Author: Nick Mancuso #10178
• Parse and extract violations. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10078

Release 8.44

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Java Grammar: improper method def line and column position for methods with ARRAY_DECLARATOR. Author: Nick Mancuso #3145

Bug fixes:

• AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharacters should support trailing '\' escape symbol. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9143
• Extract parameter type from nested array declarator brackets. Author: Nick Mancuso #10100
• AtclauseOrder: Falsely ignores method with annotation. Author: Vyom-Yadav #9941
• False Positive Comments Indentaion method end, multiline comments. Author: Soumyadeep Ganguly #9105

Notes:

• Infra: migrate to Truth in tests. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9142
• Update inputs for AnnotationLocationCheckTest. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10174
• Update inputs for ArrayTypeStyleCheckTest. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10175
• Parse and extract check properties from input file. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10141
• Update inputs for NeedBracesCheckTest. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10160
• Support line wrap for config values in input files. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10163
• Update inputs for AvoidNestedBlocksCheckTest. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10155
• Update inputs for ParameterNameCheckTest . Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10145
• Update inputs for MissingJavadocMethodCheckTest. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10147
• Update inputs for IllegalImportCheckTest. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10148
• Semaphore: Invalid or corrupt jarfile .m2/repository/R-4.17-202009021800/ecj-4.17.jar. Author: Roman Ivanov #10138
• Cover it folder by import control. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10074
• spelling: fix mistype in wercker.sh. Author: pbludov
• Parse and extract check name and check properties from input file. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10077
• Update inputs for AnnotationUseStyleCheckTest. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10112
• Update inputs for PackageAnnotationCheckTest. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10114
• Update inputs for MissingDeprecatedCheckTest. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10113
• update ArrayTypeStyleCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: haanhvu #9880
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.TEXT_BLOCK_LITERAL_BEGIN. Author: rahulkhinchirk7@gmail.com #9582
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.CASE_GROUP. Author: rahulkhinchirk7@gmail.com #9406
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_BYTE. Author: hreshi #9465
• Update inputs for AnnotationOnSameLineCheckTest. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10083
• Resolve Pitest Issues - pitest-imports (1). Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10072
• Update inputs for MissingOverrideCheckTest. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10082
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.ANNOTATION_FIELD_DEF. Author: rahulkhinchirk7@gmail.com #9392
• Refactor check for config comment in inputs. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10094
• update IllegalTypeCheckTest to use unique input file for each test method. Author: Devansu-Yadav #9921
• Restrict usage of org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions package in tests. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #10051
• Replace ANTLR2 dependencies in unit test inputs. Author: Nick Mancuso #10059

Release 8.43

New:

• Add support summary Javadoc tag in SummaryJavadoc. Author: AkMo3 #7202
• Add SARIF as a supported output format. Author: Chao Zhang #8905

Bug fixes:

• UnnecessaryParentheses false positives in 8.42. Author: Vyom-Yadav #9957
• Unresolvable indentation violation for method definition parenthesis. Author: Soumyadeep Ganguly #9269
• JDK16: final after instanceof. Author: Nick Mancuso #9897

Notes:

• update example of AST for TokenTypes.INC. Author: Aastha Chauhan #9453
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.ANNOTATION_DEF. Author: rahulkhinchirk7@gmail.com #9391
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_NEW. Author: Rahulkhinchi03 #9486
• Validate sure that all Regexp modules has id property. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #8886
• update AbstractJavadocCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9534
• Infra: migrate to Truth in tests. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9142
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LAND. Author: angeljiang0927@gmail.com #9459
• doc: fix typo in writingchecks.xml. Author: Joshua Kuan
• Expand XPath IT Regression Testing. Author: haanhvu #6207
• ExecutableStatementCount should allow LAMBDA token. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #8971
• Linkcheck plugin detected several problems with links. Author: Devansu-Yadav #9930
• update NoWhitespaceAfterCheckTest to use unique input file for each test method. Author: Devansu-Yadav #9888
• Travis is failing on xwiki-platform validation. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal, Roman Ivanov #9967
• Migrate shippable CI jobs to other place(s). Author: Roman Ivanov #9266
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_CATCH. Author: Saransh Kumar #9467
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_CHAR. Author: Saransh Kumar #9468
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_DO. Author: Saransh Kumar #9472
• Set up JDK 16 build in CI. Author: pbludov #9907
• update IllegalThrowsCheckTest to use unique input file for each test method. Author: Devansu-Yadav #9920
• Replace branch name with commit sha in site generation action. Author: AkMo3 #9954
• Deprecate DetailAST.branchContains method. Author: Nick Mancuso #9936
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_ELSE. Author: Saransh Kumar #9474
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_FALSE. Author: Saransh Kumar #9475

Release 8.42

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Rename LocalizedMessage to Violation. Author: AkMo3 #4465
• JavadocMethodCheck: swap scope to access modifiers. Author: Nick Mancuso #7417

New:

• Checkstyle 8.37 parser crashes processing sealed classes or interfaces. Author: Nick Mancuso #8989
• UnnecessaryParentheses: no violation on parenthesis in if statement between || and &&. Author: VyomYadav #5779

Bug fixes:

• EmptyLineSeparator: fix message and documentation. Author: Aryaniiit002 #9803
• ModiferOrderCheck should support 'sealed' and 'non-sealed'. Author: Nick Mancuso #9854
• WhitespaceAround ignores empty constructor whitespaces. Author: VyomYadav #8237
• Java: CommentsIndentation false positive for comments in multiline arguments. Author: AkMo3 #8010
• EmptyLineSeparator skips single line comments under package. Author: AkMo3 #7297
• IllegalIdentifierName doesn't check single no-parentheses lambda parameter. Author: Nick Mancuso #9756
• EmptyLineSeparator: Inability to use xpath for violation on empty line. Author: AkMo3 #8179

Notes:

• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_CLASS. Author: Mitrajit Chandra Chandra, Saransh #9469
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_SWITCH. Author: Saransh #9496
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_THIS. Author: Saransh #9498
• update NeedBracesCheckTest to use unique input file for each test method. Author: Devansu-Yadav #9887
• update IllegalImportCheckTest to use unique input file for each test method. Author: Saransh #9896
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.RPAREN. Author: Mitrajit Chandra Chandra #9566
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_FINALLY. Author: Devansu-Yadav #9476
• update MagicNumberCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: Soumyadeep Ganguly #9796
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.MOD. Author: Devansu-Yadav #9517
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_THROWS. Author: Saransh #9500
• update RightCurlyCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: Devansu-Yadav #9768
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_RETURN. Author: Devansu-Yadav #9492
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_TRY. Author: Devansu-Yadav #9503
• update JavadocVariableCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: theexplorist #9530
• update EmptyBlockCheckTest.java to use unique input file in each test method. Author: Ayushman Sachan #9816
• update coding/VariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCheckTest to use unique input file for each test method. Author: Amr Bumadian #9864
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.INDEX_OP. Author: Saransh #9454
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.UNARY_MINUS. Author: Saransh #9593
• CI Check links step fails. Author: AkMo3 #9873
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_DOUBLE. Author: Devansu-Yadav #9473
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LABELED_STAT. Author: Saransh #9457
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.EXPR. Author: Saransh #9428
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.RESOURCE_SPECIFICATION. Author: haanhvu #9564
• update AnnotationUseStyleCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: haanhvu #9520
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.CLASS_DEF. Author: Saransh #9408
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.EXTENDS_CLAUSE. Author: Saransh #9429
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_VOLATILE. Author: Amr Bumadian #9505
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_INSTANCEOF. Author: Amr Bumadian #9481
• update AnnotationLocationCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: Soumyadeep Ganguly #9437
• doc: removes unknown docs folder for sun config. Author: rnveach
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.QUESTION. Author: Ruchi Sahu #9557
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.FOR_ITERATOR. Author: Saransh #9445
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_FOR. Author: Saransh #9479
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.FOR_INIT. Author: Saransh #9444
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_SUPER. Author: Soist #9495
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.FOR_CONDITION. Author: Saransh #9442
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LPAREN. Author: stonefix #9510
• update ParameterNameCheckTest.java to use unique input file in each test method . Author: Soumyadeep Ganguly #9824
• update JavadocStyleCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: Saransh #9525
• update JavadocTypeCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: Soumyadeep Ganguly #9526
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.TYPE_ARGUMENT. Author: haanhvu #9585
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.MODIFIERS. Author: theanmolsharma #9519
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.IMPLEMENTS_CLAUSE. Author: theanmolsharma #9451
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_NULL. Author: theanmolsharma #9487
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.FINAL. Author: theanmolsharma #9441
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LE. Author: Abhijeet Sinha #9461
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.PARAMETER_DEF. Author: Amr Bumadian #9550
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.WILDCARD_TYPE. Author: Mehmet #9596
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_TRANSIENT. Author: Saransh #9501
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LNOT. Author: Ansuman Behera #9508
• update LeftCurlyCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: Devansu-Yadav #9767
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.RBRACK. Author: Soumyadeep Ganguly #9558
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_DEFAULT. Author: Ritik2604 #9471
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LOR. Author: Ansuman Behera #9509
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LT. Author: Saransh #9511
• update MethodLengthCheckTest.java to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: MahmoudAbdelazim #9749
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.GT. Author: Ansuman Behera #9449
• Update documentation for BeforeExecutionExclusionFileFilter. Author: Ritik2604 #8269
• update DeclarationOrderCheckTest.java to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: MahmoudAbdelazim #9773
• update TypecastParenPadCheckTest.java to use unique input file in each test method. Author: MahmoudAbdelazim #9814
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.METHOD_REF. Author: Saransh #9514
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.ANNOTATION_ARRAY_INIT. Author: Saransh #9390
• update AbstractClassNameCheckTest.java to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: Ritik2604 #9746
• update ImportOrderCheckTest.java to use unique input file in each test method. Author: Saransh #9780
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.RCURLY. Author: Devansu-Yadav #9559
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.RESOURCES. Author: Saransh #9565
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_PRIVATE. Author: theanmolsharma #9488
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_TRUE. Author: MahmoudAbdelazim #9502
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.TYPE_ARGUMENTS. Author: djzenma #9586
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_RECORD. Author: theanmolsharma #9491
• Prefer Method Reference above lambda expressions. Author: AkMo3 #9784
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_CONTINUE. Author: MahmoudAbdelazim #9470
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_STATIC. Author: Devansu-Yadav #9494
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_FLOAT. Author: theanmolsharma #9477
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_SHORT. Author: theanmolsharma #9493
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.PLUS. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9553
• update WriteTagCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: AkMo3 #9531
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_PROTECTED. Author: Ritik2604 #9489
• update MissingJavadocTypeCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: Saransh #9527
• update ExecutableStatementCountCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9736
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.SWITCH_RULE. Author: jz20 #9580
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.PATTERN_VARIABLE_DEF. Author: jz20 #9552
• update AnnotationOnSameLineCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: Ayushman Sachan #9522
• update JavadocPackageCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: Ayushman Sachan #9528
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.RESOURCE. Author: MahmoudAbdelazim #9563
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_LONG. Author: theanmolsharma #9484
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.CTOR_DEF. Author: AkMo3 #9413
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_INT. Author: theanmolsharma #9482
• update AvoidStarImportCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: jz20 #9741
• update MissingJavadocMethodCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: Ayushman Sachan #9524
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_VOID. Author: Devansu-Yadav #9504

Release 8.41.1

Bug fixes:

• reevaluate tokens in google config for OperatorWrapCheck. Author: Ayushman Sachan #4122
• FinalClass should exempt private-only constructor classes that also have nested subclasses. Author: VyomYadav #9357
• Problem to match content of textblock by xpath to suppress violation. Author: AkMo3 #9359
• Checkstyle 8.41 introduces regression on indentation rules when the line starts with new after try {. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #9341
• TrailingComment report violation on comment at the begining of line. Author: AkMo3 #9010
• False negative with validateThrows in JavadocMethod. Author: wltan #8117
• Generated xpath suppressions should escape xml symbols. Author: Akash Mondal #6893
• SingleLineJavadoc update for new requirements what tags are allowed in singleline javadoc. Author: Himanshu Rijal #4052
• Fix escaped char pattern in AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharactersCheck. Author: Andrei Paikin #9314

Notes:

• update MissingOverrideCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: Ayushman Sachan #9523
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_INTERFACE. Author: theanmolsharma #9483
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.INTERFACE_DEF. Author: theanmolsharma #9456
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT. Author: MahmoudAbdelazim #9568
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.OBJBLOCK. Author: Saransh #9548
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.FOR_EACH_CLAUSE. Author: theanmolsharma #9443
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_PUBLIC. Author: theanmolsharma #9490
• create example of AST for TokenTypes.COMMA. Author: jz20 #9410
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_WHILE. Author: theanmolsharma #9506
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.STATIC_INIT. Author: Ayushman Sachan #9576
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.VARIABLE_DEF. Author: Ayushman Sachan #9595
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.MINUS. Author: shubham11941140 #9515
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.BLOCK_COMMENT_BEGIN. Author: Devansu-Yadav #9399
• update SingleLineJavadocCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9532
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.SLIST. Author: Soumyadeep Ganguly #9570
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.SEMI. Author: Soumyadeep Ganguly #9567
• create example of AST for TokenTypes.DOT. Author: theexplorist #9418
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.STATIC_IMPORT. Author: Ayushman Sachan #9575
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.TEXT_BLOCK_CONTENT. Author: VyomYadav #9581
• Resolve Pitest Issue - AbstractJavadocCheck. Author: AkMo3 #9722
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.RECORD_DEF. Author: theanmolsharma #9562
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_IF. Author: theanmolsharma #9480
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.RECORD_COMPONENT_DEF. Author: theanmolsharma #9560
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.TYPE_PARAMETER. Author: theanmolsharma #9589
• Update doc for EmptyForIteratorPad. Author: Soumyadeep Ganguly #7618
• update JavadocMethodCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: AkMo3 #9529
• create example of AST for TokenTypes.DO_WHILE. Author: theexplorist #9417
• create example of AST for TokenTypes.CHAR_LITERAL. Author: theexplorist #9407
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.TYPE_PARAMETERS. Author: theanmolsharma #9590
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.RECORD_COMPONENTS. Author: theanmolsharma #9561
• create example of AST for TokenTypes.BSR. Author: theexplorist #9404
• Create MatchXPath instance to forbid usage of "@Issue" annotation. Author: Ayushman Sachan #9138
• update doc for MissingDeprecated. Author: Soumyadeep Ganguly #7572
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.TYPE. Author: Soumyadeep Ganguly #9584
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.TYPE_EXTENSION_AND. Author: Saransh #9587
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.IMPORT. Author: theanmolsharma #9452
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.LITERAL_SYNCHRONIZED. Author: theanmolsharma #9497
• after mport projec to IDEA there is build problem at InputIllegalImportDefault.java. Author: Roman Ivanov #9678
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.NOT_EQUAL. Author: theexplorist #9543
• create example of AST for TokenTypes.EQUAL. Author: theexplorist #9427
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.TEXT_BLOCK_LITERAL_END. Author: theanmolsharma #9583
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.PACKAGE_DEF. Author: theanmolsharma #9549
• Update doc for JavadocVariable. Author: Saransh #7602
• TrailingComment: correction for description in documentation. Author: Roman Ivanov #9643
• update AtclauseOrderCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: Nick Mancuso #9533
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.UNARY_PLUS. Author: hiron1999 #9594
• update JavadocParagraphCheckTest to use unique Input file in each test method. Author: Aryaniiit002 #9535
• Add example of AST for TokenTypes.ABSTRACT. Author: 20001LastOrder #9371
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.METHOD_DEF. Author: AkMo3 #9513
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.STAR. Author: edwardlee #9573
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.POST_INC. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9556
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.METHOD_CALL. Author: Saransh #9512
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.TYPECAST. Author: Nick Mancuso #9592
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.ARRAY_DECLARATOR. Author: vivek286 #9394
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.MOD_ASSIGN. Author: Saransh #9518
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.TYPE_LOWER_BOUNDS. Author: Saransh #9588
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.POST_DEC. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9554
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.NUM_LONG. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9547
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.NUM_INT. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9546
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.NUM_FLOAT. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9545
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.MINUS_ASSIGN. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9516
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.STAR_ASSIGN. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9574
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.SR. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9571
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.SL. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9569
• Add example of AST for TokenTypes.BAND_ASSIGN. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9398
• create example of AST for TokenTypes.BSR_ASSIGN. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9405
• create example of AST for TokenTypes.DIV_ASSIGN. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9416
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.PLUS_ASSIGN. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9555
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.STRING_LITERAL. Author: Saransh #9578
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.NUM_DOUBLE. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9544
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.SR_ASSIGN. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9572
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.STRICTFP. Author: Saransh #9577
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.TYPE_UPPER_BOUNDS. Author: Saransh #9591
• Update doc for ModifiedControlVariable. Author: Soumyadeep Ganguly #7649
• Add default config and code examples for EmptyCatchBlock. Author: Soumyadeep Ganguly #7581
• create example of AST for TokenTypes.DEC. Author: theexplorist #9414
• Add example of AST for TokenTypes.ASSIGN. Author: Anshuman Singh #9373
• create example of AST for TokenTypes.BOR. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9402
• create example of AST for TokenTypes.DIV. Author: theexplorist #9415
• create example of AST for TokenTypes.BNOT. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9401
• create example of AST for TokenTypes.BOR_ASSIGN. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9403
• Sonar violation: "Character classes should be preferred over reluctant quantifiers in regular expressions". Author: martin-mfg #8548
• Add example of AST for TokenTypes.BAND. Author: Anshuman Singh #9397
• Add new prefix "supplemental:" to commit validation. Author: AkMo3 #8928
• update example of AST for TokenTypes.ARRAY_INIT. Author: Anshuman Singh #9395
• Extract common bash CI functions into util.sh. Author: Aryaniiit002 #9348
• Generated link is incorrect if fork branch name has hash sign. Author: Andrei Paikin #9323
• Sonar violation: Disable access to external entities in XML parsing.. Author: Andrei Paikin #9342
• Update doc for SingleLineJavadoc. Author: the-first-avenger #7605
• Add Method Name to Logger outputs for MethodLengthCheck. Author: Butch Howard #9353
• Remove DetailAstImpl usages from main code. Author: AkMo3 #9271
• update CI executions to not fails if testing sources already cloned. Author: rnveach #9268
• Remove downlaod progress from maven executions. Author: Andrei Paikin #9343

Release 8.41

New:

• Checkstyle should support "classpath:" protocol. Author: Nick Mancuso #9170

Bug fixes:

• ImportOrder and CustomImportOrder report only first "Extra separation" violation, inconsistent order. Author: rnveach #9251
• Record implementing interfaces, indentation faulty. Author: Nick Mancuso #9152
• JavadocTagContinuationIndentation: no violation with block tag starting the line. Author: wltan #5711
• Correct NoEnumTrailingCheck and UnnessaryEnumSemicolonCheck to handle empty enums. Author: Andrei Paikin #9230
• Regression in IndentationCheck 8.40 regarding the white spaces needed in a second line of a try/resource declaration. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #9236
• Checkstyle fails on empty enum with only comma in it. Author: Andrei Paikin #8653
• SuppressWarningsHolder fails on @SuppressWarnings in annotation array initialization. Author: Andrei Paikin #9260
• Record definition elements "record component list" and "implements clause" out of order in AST. Author: Nick Mancuso #9221

Notes:

• Create parser util class that will host util methods for parser that creates AST. Author: Nick Mancuso #9272
• Update doc for ParameterAssignment. Author: AkMo3 #7655
• Resolve Pitest Issues - RegexpHeader. Author: Aryaniiit002 #9317
• Resolve Pitest Issues - HeaderCheck (1). Author: Aryaniiit002 #9304
• test inputs should be compilable with javac11. Author: pbludov #9310
• Resolve Pitest Issues - ImportOrderCheck (6). Author: Ayushman Sachan #7877
• Solve Spotbugs violations reported for Java 11. Author: pbludov #9297
• doc: fix checkstyle jar version in issue templates. Author: Andrei Paikin
• Extend closed issues job to check issues in other repos. Author: Andrei Paikin #9298
• Disable markdownlint rule MD041. Author: pbludov #9292
• Add one more closed to do issue pattern and fix violations. Author: Andrei Paikin #9276
• update doc for AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharacters. Author: Vyom-Yadav #9131
• Update doc for UniqueProperties. Author: Divesh2201 #7595
• Update doc for NeedBraces. Author: Vyom Yadav #7583
• update CircleCi to try one more time execution of mvn dependency:go-offline. Author: Roman Ivanov #9115
• update doc for CustomImportOrder. Author: Soumyadeep Ganguly #7686
• Update doc for RequireThis. Author: Ayushman Sachan #7656
• Add job to scan sources for closed issue references. Author: Andrei Paikin #9256
• update doc for RegexpMultiline. Author: stryder2000 #7695
• Update doc for HiddenField. Author: Aryaniiit002 #7641
• IllegalType: update examples to show how to target Check to fields only. Author: Aryaniiit002 #8930
• Resolve Pitest Issues - ImportOrderCheck (7). Author: Aryaniiit002 #7878
• Build also xwiki-rendering and xwiki-platform in the no regression travis job. Author: Thomas Mortagne #9242
• Minimize the stack size used for unit tests. Author: pbludov #9163
• diff report generation should have default projects file. Author: Andrei Paikin #9255
• doc: remove outdated limitation from google style doc. Author: Andrei Paikin
• Improve metadata code and coverage. Author: Andrei Paikin #9231
• Update doc for DeclarationOrder. Author: Ayushman Sachan #7635
• documentation of VariableDeclarationUsageDistance has stange note of default distance. Author: Ayushman Sachan #9219
• Update doc for IllegalInstantiation. Author: Himanshu Rijal #7643
• Sonar Dashboard link doesn't work in Generated Reports. Author: Akash Mondal #9217
• Checkstyle should support property expansion within property definitions (property chaining). Author: Nick Mancuso #9173

Release 8.40

New:

• Create new check RecordComponentName. Author: Andrei Paikin #8765
• DesignForExtension: Special comment. Author: Nick Mancuso #4358
• AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharacters should support '\s' escape symbol. Author: Nick Mancuso #9133

Bug fixes:

• Metadata generation fails on line wrapped type description. Author: Andrei Paikin #9204
• Exception message for invalid token is unclear . Author: Andrei Paikin #8932
• Indentation check gives false positive: 'array initialization rcurly' has incorrect indentation. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #8979
• UnusedImports doesn't recognize imports shadowed by inner interfaces. Author: pbludov #4219
• Unresolvable 'new' Indentation Rule conflict introduced in 8.38. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #9071
• ForceStrictCondition should not affect individual array elements.. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #9086
• AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharactersCheck: False positive on text blocks with a line separation. Author: Nick Mancuso #9159

Notes:

• doc: udpate BeforeExecutionExclusionFileFilter to show example of negative lookahead. Author: Roman Ivanov
• fix TOKEN_TEXT_PATTERN in JavadocMetadataScraper. Author: Roman Ivanov #9140
• Update doc for VariableDeclarationUsageDistance. Author: Ayushman Sachan #7663
• update doc for ImportOrder. Author: Aryan Bindal #7687
• Github action CodeQL should use maven cache. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9203
• update ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md to make demand to show current beharior by CLI. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #9114
• Update doc for FileTabCharacter. Author: Ayushman Sachan #7620
• Update doc for AvoidNestedBlocks. Author: Ayushman Sachan #7579
• Add optional label/title to diff report message. Author: Andrei Paikin #9177
• Github actions should react with thump up (+1) emoj on message if triggered. Author: Akash Mondal #9187
• minor: fix anchors for generated pages. Author: Andrei Paikin #9185
• nondex tool found issue in token ordering at Indentation. Author: Nick Mancuso #9003
• Create MatchXpath instance to forbig usage of 'expected' element in Test annotation of junit. Author: Nick Mancuso #9137
• Use diff.groovy in openjdk14-with-checks-nonjavadoc-error semaphore job. Author: Nick Mancuso #8960
• To top button - different behavior and text on different pages. Author: Andrei Paikin #9001
• no-error-pgjdbc is failing on master build. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #9176
• Checkstyle: Javadoc not required on private method. Author: Andrei Paikin #8710

Release 8.39

New:

• New module: MatchXpath. Author: Timur Tibeyev #6481

Bug fixes:

• OperatorWrapCheck no violation if single line comment after operator. Author: pbludov #8018
• Xpath suppression matching prone to stack overflow. Author: pbludov #5820
• Checkstyle fails on escape '\s' character. Author: Nick Mancuso #8651
• Incorrect warning for array initializer indentation inside annotations when using google_checks.xml. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #5951
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - TrailingComment. Author: Roman Ivanov #7763
• IndentationCheck throws NPE on switch expresion with `->` on new line. Author: Nick Mancuso #9037

Notes:

• Lack of space: that@SuppressWarnings. Author: Roman Ivanov #9130
• Mark sonar violation 'Regular expressions should not overflow the stack' as false positive over AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharactersCheck. Author: Roman Ivanov #9129
• Github actions should reuse maven cache. Author: Andrei Paikin #9116
• update trigering of web site generation in github actions by 'website'. Author: Andrei Paikin #9117
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for javadoc profile to 100%. Author: Andrei Paikin #6295
• Resolve Pitest Issues - ImportOrderCheck (4). Author: Andrei Paikin #7875
• Do clean in all Travis maven commands. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #8908
• Update wording of verify-no-exception-configs validation to mention what is expected. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #9066
• Update doc for NestedIfDepth. Author: Vyom-Yadav #7652
• Semaphore CI failing on josm project build as local artifact is not found. Author: pbludov #9021
• Add default config example for ConstantName. Author: Vyom-Yadav #7564
• Add default config example for MethodName. Author: Roman Ivanov #7567
• IllegalType: inability to set default value for property memberModifiers. Author: Andrei Paikin #8933

Release 8.38

New:

• new check: JavadocMissingLeadingAsteriskCheck. Author: Gaurav Punjabi #6722

Bug fixes:

• InnerAssignment: false positives on for and do-while loops. Author: Roman Ivanov #6915
• RequireThis: Incorrectly triggers for record fields in compact constructor. Author: Anh Minh Tran #8873
• IndentationCheck: problem with content of anonymous class. Author: abhishek-kumar09 #5362
• EmptyLineSeparator flags commas for multiple single type variables on line. Author: Andrei Paikin #8957
• FinalLocalVariable throws a NPE on Switch expression in assignment. Author: Anh Minh Tran #8934

Notes:

• Use azure CI for some validation tasks. Author: Roman Ivanov #7045
• Travis is failing with error to install mdl package. Author: pbludov #9046
• Isuse #7045: azure to use matrix. Author: Roman Ivanov
• Create jdk15 Input files compilation job in Travis. Author: Roman Ivanov #9007
• Test more project on drone.io. Author: Roman Ivanov #2460
• Docker limits is reached in wercker . Author: Roman Ivanov #9019
• Update doc for FinalClass. Author: Ehtesham #7609
• google_checks.xml: Public class and interface javadoc is not checked. Author: Nick Mancuso #5148
• Exclude Stream, Optional, and additional collection types from ClassFanOutComplexityCheck. Author: Andrei Paikin, Roman Ivanov #8537
• Default values in meta files for wrapped list of values are incorrect. Author: Andrei Paikin #8941
• Update doc for MultipleVariableDeclarations. Author: Akash Mondal #7669
• doc: Update doc LeftCurly to have more examples. Author: Roman Ivanov
• doc: add default example for NonEmptyAtclauseDescription. Author: Roman Ivanov
• Update doc for EmptyBlock. Author: Roman Ivanov #7580
• doc: Update AtclauseOrderCheck for default config example. Author: Roman Ivanov
• doc: add example for default config for AnnotationUseStyle. Author: Roman Ivanov
• Update doc for WriteTag. Author: Roman Ivanov #7606
• MethodParamPad: add examples. Author: Roman Ivanov #3601
• Relaxing the stated limitation about UTF-8 in documentation. Author: Olivier Cailloux #8551
• Nondeterministic order of error messages in Translation check. Author: Rashmi Mudduluru #8963
• Disable "checkstyle-cli-run-openjdk14" job in travis.sh. Author: Nick Mancuso #8921
• change all "at-clause" terms to "block tag" from source code and documentation. Author: Roman Ivanov #8552
• Run regression testing in CI over openjdk14 or newer codebase. Author: Nick Mancuso #8901
• Remove Buddy CI config . Author: pbludov #8951
• doc: add security policy page. Author: Roman Ivanov
• Keep user comment in env variable of git workflow. Author: Roman Ivanov #8938

Release 8.37

New:

• New check: LambdaBodyLength . Author: Andrei Paikin #8341

Bug fixes:

• ClassFanOutComplexity: false positive on var. Author: Andrei Paikin #6346
• Value 'empty' in metadata files for 'tokens' property cause problems in plugins. Author: Roman Ivanov #8916
• FinalLocalVariable: NPE in records. Author: Anh Minh Tran #8895
• Indentation: if with no curlies is not checked. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #3135
• LocalFinalVariableName false-positive. Author: Andrei Paikin #8879
• NonEmptyAtclauseDescription does not work for @return. Author: Andrei Paikin #8889
• NoWhitespaceBeforeCheck: String index out of range (with Java 15 Text Block) when tabs are used. Author: Nick Mancuso #8849
• Local records fail to parse when annotated. Author: Nick Mancuso #8856
• Indentation: google-java-format and Checkstyle disagree about switch block indentation. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #3899

Notes:

• doc: Add Mega-Linter to active tools list. Author: Nicolas Vuillamy
• Anchor links for active and inactive tools on front page are broken. Author: Andrei Paikin #8925
• update Cirrus CI to not print download progress in logs. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #8918
• Add default config example for ClassTypeParameterName. Author: AmrDeveloper #7562
• Create Github action to generate web site . Author: Andrei Paikin #8876
• Resolve Pitest Issues - RegexpCheck (2). Author: Anh Minh Tran #7983
• Update doc for EqualsAvoidNull. Author: AmrDeveloper #7637
• All Regexp Checks that has few instances should have id property. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #8790
• add spring-cloud-gcp project to CIs no errror regresson testing. Author: Roman Ivanov #6209
• Add SpongePowered/Configurate Checkstyle run to CI to improve coverage of Java14 syntax. Author: Nick Mancuso #8859
• update doc for AvoidStaticImport. Author: AmrDeveloper #7685
• Update doc for EmptyStatement. Author: Anh Minh Tran #7665
• Update doc for FallThrough. Author: Timur Tibeyev #7640
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-imports profile to 100% . Author: Hem Bhagat #6658
• Use .ci/validation.cmd in appveyor ci. Author: pbludov #8864
• Set up Cirrus CI. Author: pbludov #8855
• Add markdown lint validation for .md files to CI. Author: pbludov #8909

Release 8.36.2

Bug fixes:

• Indentation: lambda don't respect lineWrappingIndentation when forceStrictCondition is false. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #3342
• Java interface constants treated as non-public by ConstantName check. Author: Andrei Paikin #8569
• JavadocTypeCheck: false positive with JavaDoc @param tags for Records (Java 14 + Java 15). Author: Nick Mancuso #8808

Notes:

• Load Semaphore CI with more work. Author: pbludov #8805
• add spring-cloud-gcp project to CIs no errror regresson testing. Author: Gaurav Punjabi #6209
• Add a job to automatically rebase PRs. Author: Andrei Paikin #8842
• Update eclipse compiler to R17. Author: pbludov #8839
• bump Saxon-HE from 9.9.1-7 to 10.2. Author: Timur Tibeyev #8797
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-imports profile to 100% . Author: hembhagat #6658
• Diff Report should be generated against main checkstyle's master branch. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #8827
• doc: add checkstyle github action to related tools. Author: Abhishek-kumar09
• Comments in indentation is failing ci/phase-verification/unit-tests. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #8725
• All Regexp Checks that has few instances should have id property. Author: Roman Ivanov #8790
• Sonar issue: A "NullPointerException" could be thrown; "getParent()" can return null.. Author: Roman Ivanov #8823

Release 8.36.1

Bug fixes:

• DesignForExtension check crashes CheckStyle if an undocumented non-final method is present in a record (Java 14 + Java 15). Author: Nick Mancuso #8810
• FinalClass check crashes CheckStyle if there are multiple constructors in a record (Java 14 + Java 15) . Author: Nick Mancuso #8811
• IndentationCheck: false positive with nested records' methods (Java 14 + Java 15). Author: Nick Mancuso #8806
• Support for all Token Types as a Property Type for Module Metadata. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #8801
• MissingSwitchDefault to exclude Java 14 switch expressions. Author: Nick Mancuso #8779
• Set tokenTypesSet as validationType for non base token properties. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #8785
• Google style has improper enforcement of horizontal whitespace. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #8122

Notes:

• Update doc for NestedForDepth. Author: Roman Ivanov #7651
• Improve code coverage for metadata generator classes. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #8771
• Update doc for IllegalThrows. Author: zy #7644
• Update doc for ExplicitInitialization. Author: Demezhan Marikov #7639
• Resolve Pitest Issues - ImportOrderCheck (1). Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #7872
• doc: Add stickler-ci to the active tool list. Author: Mark Story

Release 8.36

New:

• Create new check IllegalIdentifierName. Author: Nick Mancuso #8764
• Create New Check RecordComponentNumberCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8748
• new Check: RequireEmptyLineBeforeBlockTagGroup to complain about missing blank line before at-clauses Author: Joseph Mate #6192
• New check RecordTypeParameterNameCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8513
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: JavaNCSSCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8505
• Support for Java 14 switch/yield expression. Author: Nick Mancuso #6615
• java 13 text blocks syntax is not supported. Author: Nick Mancuso #7103
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: MethodParamPadCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8525
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: AbbreviationAsWordInNameCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8511
• Implement full records support. Author: Nick Mancuso #8267
• new Check: PatternVariableName. Author: Nick Mancuso #8407

Bug fixes:

• Java 14 Text Blocks Checks Support validation: SuppressWarningsHolder. Author: Nick Mancuso #8619
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: OverloadMethodsDeclarationOrderCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8471
• Java 14 SwitchExpression Check Support validation: Indentation. Author: Nick Mancuso #8691
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: SuppressWarningsCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8456
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: AtclauseOrderCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8490
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: AnnotationLocationCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8454
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: AnnotationOnSameLineCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8455
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: WriteTagCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8499
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: UnnecessarySemicolonAfterTypeMemberDeclarationCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8476
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: UnnecessarySemicolonAfterOuterTypeDeclarationCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8475
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: InnerTypeLastCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8482
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: IllegalTypeCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8468
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: OneTopLevelClassCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8485
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: TypeNameCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8515
• Compact Constructor AST is missing annotations. Author: Nick Mancuso #8734
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: HiddenFieldCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8466
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: ClassDataAbstractionCouplingCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8502
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: CommentsIndentationCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8489
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: JavadocMethodCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8492
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: JavadocTypeCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8494
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: MissingJavadocMethodCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8497
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: MissingJavadocTypeCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8498
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: JavadocStyleCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8493
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: DeclarationOrderCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8463
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: LeftCurlyCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8457
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: RightCurlyCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8460
• Java 14 Text Blocks Checks Support validation: MultipleStringLiteralsCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8616
• LambdaParameterNameCheck throws NPE when parsing switch expressions. Author: Nick Mancuso #8683
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: ClassFanOutComplexityCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8503
• Java 14 SwitchExpression Check Support validation: FinalLocalVariableCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8668
• Java 14 SwitchExpression Check Support validation: EmptyBlock. Author: Nick Mancuso #8662
• VariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCheck throws a NPE on switch expression syntax. Author: Nick Mancuso #8676
• Java 14 Text Blocks Checks Support validation: UnnecessaryParenthesesCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8618
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: ClassMemberImpliedModifierCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8577
• Java 14 Text Blocks Checks Support validation: AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharacters. Author: Nick Mancuso #8613
• Java 14 Text Blocks Checks Support validation: StringLiteralEqualityCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8617
• Java 14 Text Blocks Support Check validation: IllegalTokenText. Author: Nick Mancuso #8576
• Java 14 Text Blocks Checks Support validation: EqualsAvoidNullCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8614
• Java 14 SwitchExpression Check Support validation: MissingSwitchDefaultCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8672
• Java 14 SwitchExpression Check Support validation: LeftCurlyCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8663
• NeedBracesCheck throws a NPE when parsing switch expression syntax. Author: Nick Mancuso #8664
• IndentationCheck throws a NPE on switch expression syntax. Author: Nick Mancuso #8661
• Java 14 SwitchExpression Check Support validation: DefaultComesLastCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8665
• Java 14 SwitchExpression Check Support validation: NPathComplexityCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8681
• HiddenFieldCheck throws a NPE on switch expression syntax. Author: Nick Mancuso #8659
• UnnecessaryParenthesesCheck throws a NPE on switch expression syntax. Author: Nick Mancuso #8660
• Change google_checks.xml to disallow abbreviations in identifiers names in accordance with Google Style Guide. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #3812
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: EmptyLineSeparatorCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8523
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: MethodLengthCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8519
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: NoLineWrapCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8526
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: BooleanExpressionComplexityCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8501
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: CyclomaticComplexityCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8504
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: ExecutableStatementCountCheck . Author: Nick Mancuso #8517
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: MethodCountCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8518
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: OuterTypeNumberCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8520
• OuterTypeFileName throws NPE on record definition in method. Author: Nick Mancuso #8598
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: ParenPadCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8527
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: UncommentedMainCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8522
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: EqualsAvoidNullCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8464
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: OuterTypeFilenameCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8516
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: RequireThisCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8473
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: MagicNumberCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8469
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: UnusedImportsCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8488
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: NPathComplexityCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8506

Notes:

• spelling: Correct French translations. Author: olivier-maury
• Move metadata generation code to main from test folder. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #8761
• Introduction of modules metadata files generator. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #8742
• PMD shows WARN during build . Author: Nick Mancuso #8754
• Remove BlockCommentPosition test input files from checkstyle_input_suppressions.xml. Author: Nick Mancuso #8738
• doc: rectify RequireEmptyLineBeforeBlockTagGroupCheck javadoc. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta
• Removal of examples from property description. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #8732
• Mofication of module property default values to reflect actual working data. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #8726
• doc: Modify PatternVariableNameCheck and RecordTypeParameterNameCheck to adhere to new template for metadata scraping. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta
• Extend Checkstyle GUI tool to work with Xpath. Author: hembhagat #4944
• Modification of javadoc example markers to support metadata generation. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #8657
• Proof of Java 14 syntax by new CI build item. Author: Nick Mancuso #8631
• JavadocMethod: unclear message for incomplete tag. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #2408
• Extract logic for token type checking to separate method. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #8048
• LineLengthCheck.fileExtensions default value and similar usages should be changed to empty string. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #8633
• Array default value should have no curly braces in Check javadoc documentation. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #8630
• master build failure due to leaked pitest coverage. Author: Nick Mancuso #8604
• xml-maven-plugin validation should not validate '.ci-temp' folder . Author: Roman Ivanov #8606
• ci: disable spring integration project validation due to build problem. Author: Roman Ivanov
• Tests fail with German locale on Windows with default encoding. Author: TB #6560
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: CovariantEqualsCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8462
• Java14 Full Records Support Check Validation: WhitespaceAroundCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8528
• Format xml sources. Author: pbludov #8544

Release 8.35

New:

• Java14 enhanced instanceof check validation: IllegalTypeCheck . Author: Nick Mancuso #8365
• Java14 enhanced instanceof check validation: HiddenFieldCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8364
• Java14 enhanced instanceof check validation: EqualsAvoidNullCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8362
• Java14 enhanced instanceof check validation: AbbreviationAsWordInNameCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #8387
• Allow unsupported syntax, like record classes. Author: Nick Mancuso #8023
• Add support for enhanced instanceof. Author: Nick Mancuso #7290

Bug fixes:

• InnerTypeLast should handle ctors and static init blocks. Author: Andrei Paikin #8394
• super::clone breaks SuperCloneCheck. Author: Andrei Paikin #8399
• RedundantModifierCheck throws NullPointerException. Author: Andrei Paikin #8299

Notes:

• Format xml sources. Author: pbludov #8544
• Check that all xml sources are well formed. Author: pbludov #8543
• Change diff report generation pipeline logic to trigger to single comment. Author: Andrei Paikin #8539
• To Top Button on website. Author: JohannesTeklote #8533
• Add TokenUtil.isTypeDeclaration method. Author: Nick Mancuso #8345
• Enhance diff generation pipeline to create report for different configs for branches. Author: kate2513 #8448
• Add comment to notify user about failure in diff report generation pipeline. Author: kate2513 #8496
• Enhance diff generation pipeline to create report for new check. Author: OvchinnikovNV #8447
• Add trigger to diff generation pipeline for comment editing. Author: kate2513 #8495
• Remove pull request trigger from diff report generation action. Author: kate2513 #8459
• Change comment action for report generation pipeline. Author: kate2513 #8446
• Generation and publishing regression diff report base on config in PR description. Author: kate2513 #7498
• Javadoc Modification for Metadata Generation Support. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #8306
• Extend Checkstyle GUI tool to work with Xpath. Author: hembhagat #4944
• Ability to keep mobile mode when mobie phone is vertical position. Author: Roman Ivanov #8397
• Change name of checkstyle types to match real java types. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #8328
• Revert "doc: add example of how to run GUI from snapshot jar". Author: Roman Ivanov
• Increase font size for website. Author: JohannesTeklote #8264
• doc: change "nmancus1" to "Nick Mancuso" in release notes. Author: Nick Mancuso
• Resolve Sonar violation 'This branch's code block is the same as the block for the branch on line'. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #8336

Release 8.34

New:

• INTERFACE_DEF token support in RightCurlyCheck. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #7175

Bug fixes:

• MissingJavadocMethod flagging private methods even target scope is public methods only. Author: Andrei Paikin #8266
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - Indentation. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #7734
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - JavadocMethod. Author: HuGanghui #7739
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - EmptyLineSeparator. Author: HuGanghui #7730
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - VariableDeclarationUsageDistance. Author: HuGanghui #7766
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - TodoComment. Author: HuGanghui #7762
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - MissingJavadocType. Author: HuGanghui #7747
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - UnnecessaryParentheses. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #7765

Notes:

• Add input file for Java14 records #8290 Author: Nick Mancuso #8290
• doc: add example of how to run GUI from snapshot jar. Author: Roman Ivanov
• Java Grammar: need to introduce "id" rule to solve keyword as identifier problem. Author: Nick Mancuso #8308
• Extend Checkstyle GUI tool to work with Xpath. Author: hembhagat #4944
• Use JDK11 for wercker. Author: pbludov #8325
• Update issue template to new format. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #7834
• Pitest Issue: Indentation. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #8270
• Update java.g to allow new tokens to be added. Author: Nick Mancuso #8274
• Remove rss and sourceforge banners from website. Author: Roman Ivanov #8286
• Make test inputs compatible with Java 10+. Author: pbludov #8283
• Use archunit library to control source code . Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #7469

Release 8.33

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Drop CDATA support in javadoc grammar . Author: pbludov #4937

New:

• new Check: NoCodeInFile. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #8132
• Allow to configure if ArrayTrailingComma should ignore single-line arrays. Author: Gaurav Punjabi #3201

Bug fixes:

• Space betwee type annoation and [] or ... not verifiable for Google Style. Author: HuGanghui #6707
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - CustomImportOrder. Author: hembhagat #7728
• Java9: try-with-resources should accept fields. Author: Harsh Kukreja #6332
• JavadocTagContinuationIndentation doesn't report some lines. Author: Gaurav Punjabi #2813
• Remove from PackageDeclaration validation for empty files. Author: Gaurav Punjabi #8110
• JavadocMethod: false positive with validateThrows if catched inside the method. Author: wltan #7473
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - CommentsIndentation. Author: Shrey Kumar Singh #7727

Notes:

• Sonar API Token has no access rights. Author: Roman Ivanov #8279
• Spotbugs should validate tests. Author: pbludov #8275
• Suppress Spotbugs violation for internal JaCoCo field. Author: pbludov #8262
• code cleanup: minimize future xdoc changes . Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #3946
• Resolve Pitest Issues - ImportOrderCheck (5). Author: yajna pandith #7876
• Cleanup .ci-temp folder after release notes generation. Author: Nick Mancuso #8268
• resolve FileTabCharacter violations in test resources. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #8019
• Add default config example for AbstractClassName. Author: Praveen Kumar #7565
• update doc for ClassDataAbstractionCoupling. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #7690
• Improve clean up of .ci-temp directory. Author: Nick Mancuso #7892
• Sonar violations: Refactor the body of this try/catch to have only one invocation throwing an exception. Author: Roman Ivanov #8249
• Checkstyle verification in printed as WARNING during build. Author: Roman Ivanov #8256
• spelling: Fix broken links in sun_checks.xml. Author: tosi29
• Making regex to validate missed space in comments in non main files. Author: HuGanghui #8169
• Broken link - AvoidDoubleBraceInitialization. Author: HuGanghui #7889
• Update CIs to validate empty outpu of 'git status' after execution. Author: Nick Mancuso #8228
• Resolve Pitest Issues - JavadocMethodCheck (8). Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #7980
• Use JOSM in our CI. Author: Roman Ivanov #3786
• Resolve Pitest Issues - UnusedImportsCheck. Author: AmrDeveloper #7921
• Resolve Pitest Issues - CustomImportOrderCheck (3). Author: kaustubh #7804
• Resolve Pitest Issues - ImportOrderCheck (2). Author: kaustubh #7873
• Update doc for NoFinalizer. Author: Omar Shawky #7671
• update test inputs to avoid long lines that violate 100 limit. Author: Gaurav Punjabi #8036
• doc: update link to moved javadoc-tool page. Author: pbludov
• Resolve PMD warning deprecated attribute 'ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration/@Image' . Author: Gaurav Punjabi #8206
• Jacoco coverage report should have grammar classes. Author: Roman Ivanov #8219
• Update Xpath unit tests to have at least two test methods. Author: Gaurav Punjabi #8151
• Page that explains system properties is not accesible from main page. Author: Shrey Kumar Singh #6475
• Unclear beginning development instructions . Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #8198
• sync content of cli tool in xdoc and cli tool help output . Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #6216
• Add default config example for CatchParameterName. Author: kaustubh #7563
• Update doc for MissingCtor. Author: Gaurav Punjabi #7667
• Create code of conduct. Author: Akhil singh #7833
• Update doc for AvoidInlineConditionals. Author: Gaurav Punjabi #7664
• Resolve Pitest Issues - JavadocMethodCheck (7). Author: Harsh Kukreja #7979
• doc: repo1.maven.org demands https. Author: Roman Ivanov

Release 8.32

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Checker should use UTF-8 encoding by default. Author: Nick Mancuso #6204

New:

• Update type definitions for OneTopLevelClass. Author: wltan #7957
• Add LABELED_STAT token support to NoWhitespaceBefore. Author: Wilfried Bounsi #8124
• Google Style Should Enforce Spaces after Commas. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #5624
• AbbreviationAsWordInName: static final option. Author: wltan #6582
• New JavadocMissingWhitespaceAfterAsteriskCheck. Author: 0blivious #7183

Bug fixes:

• Remove cli options -C and -W. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #8181
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharacters. Author: Gaurav Punjabi #7724
• SuppressWarningsHolder should not report violations. Author: AmrDeveloper #7848
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - PackageDeclaration. Author: kaustubh #7758
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - JavadocType. Author: wltan #7741
• Xpath results are not sorted in document order. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #6988
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - OverloadMethodsDeclarationOrder. Author: Nick Mancuso #7756
• CustomImportOrderCheck.customImportOrderRules does not support the default value. Author: wltan #7128
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - InterfaceIsType. Author: HuGanghui #7735
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - MethodCount. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #7743
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - AnnotationUseStyle. Author: Wilfried Bounsi #7722
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - JavadocContentLocation. Author: Harsh Kukreja #7738

Notes:

• update documentation for windows users. Author: wltan #2622
• update doc for AnnotationOnSameLine. Author: Shrey Kumar Singh #7570
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - InterfaceMemberImpliedModifier. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #7736
• Improve clean up of .ci-temp directory. Author: Nick Mancuso #7892
• Update doc for MissingJavadocMethod. Author: Gaurav Punjabi #7603
• Add default and missed property config example for AbbreviationAsWordInName. Author: wltan #7566
• remove from configs hardcode caused by MCHECKSTYLE-332. Author: Gaurav Punjabi #8168
• Enforce -e for all maven commands. Author: HuGanghui #8118
• Update doc for ParenPad. Author: Shrey Kumar Singh #7627
• Update doc for InnerTypeLast. Author: Gaurav Punjabi #7611
• Update Xpath unit tests to have at least two test methods. Author: Gaurav Punjabi #8151
• update doc for RegexpOnFilename. Author: hembhagat #7696
• use RegexpSingleline Check to validate amount of tests in Xpath tests. Author: Malintha1996 #7987
• Explain reason why Regexp can not be supported by Xpath. Author: kaustubh #7759
• upadate doc of AvoidDoubleBraceInitialization to make example compilable. Author: wltan #7811
• spelling: Fix typo in JavadocMethodCheck. Author: wltan
• doc: add leading asterisks for javadoc. Author: Gaurav Punjabi
• Update doc for JavadocTagContinuationIndentation. Author: kaustubh #7600
• Resolve Pitest Issues - JavadocMethodCheck (1). Author: Shrey Kumar Singh #7922
• Update doc for SeparatorWrap. Author: Shrey Kumar Singh #7628
• Update documentation of filters to reference targets of suppression. Author: Shrey Kumar Singh #7179
• update doc for ClassFanOutComplexity. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #7691
• doc: Updated doc for OverloadMethodsDeclarationOrder. Author: Guneshi Wickramaarachchi
• Wrong tag usage in NeedBraces Check. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #8011
• Set up Semaphore CI. Author: Pavel Bludov #8051
• move WriteTag Check to list of javadoc Check in XpathSuppressionFilter documentation. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #7767
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - MissingJavadocMethod. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #7745
• ci: fix failure in codeship to recognize multiline commands. Author: Roman Ivanov
• update doc for CyclomaticComplexity. Author: Shrey Kumar Singh #7692
• Update doc for IllegalType. Author: kaustubh #7647
• Set up JDK 14 build in CI. Author: pbludov #7969
• OverloadMethodsDeclarationOrderCheck: warning message is unclear. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #4921
• doc: Reduce amount of bold formatting. Author: wltan
• Improve VisibilityModifier documentation for Rationale . Author: wltan #6745
• Update doc for TypecastParenPad. Author: Shrey Kumar Singh #7630
• Update doc for HideUtilityClassConstructor. Author: Shrey Kumar Singh #7610
• resolve Trailing whitespace violations in test resources. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #8020
• LineLength is ignored in codeship config. Author: Roman Ivanov #7996
• Update doc for UpperEll. Author: kaustubh #7596
• Resolve Pitest Issues - RegexpCheck (1). Author: Gaurav Punjabi #7982
• Resolve Pitest Issues - JavadocMethodCheck (6). Author: kaustubh #7978
• Resolve errors reported by Travis Build Config Validation. Author: rnveach #8014
• Update doc for JavadocStyle. Author: Gaurav Punjabi #7599
• OneTopLevelClass: Improve data structure efficiency. Author: wltan #7812
• config_naming has inconsistent tag usage. Author: Shashwat Jaiswal #8005
• Update doc for WhitespaceAround. Author: Harsh Kukreja #7632
• Update doc for OperatorWrap. Author: Harsh Kukreja #7626
• Update doc on description of package annotation. Author: Wilfried Bounsi #7846
• doc: update IndentationCheck note for SuppressionXpathFilter. Author: Abhishek-kumar09
• Resolve Pitest Issues - ImportOrderCheck (3). Author: Nick Mancuso #7874
• Resolve Pitest Issues - DetectorOptions. Author: Wilfried Bounsi #7981
• Update doc for NewlineAtEndOfFile. Author: Gaurav Punjabi #7589
• update doc for RegexpSingleline. Author: malintha1996 #7697

Release 8.31

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Remove all deprecated setClassLoader methods from Checker and TreeWalker. Author: Nick Mancuso #7190

New:

• New check: UnnecessarySemicolonAfterOuterTypeDeclaration. Author: Andrei Paikin #7677

Bug fixes:

• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - AnnotationOnSameLine. Author: Wilfried Bounsi #7721
• Indentation violation for lambda depends on tab symbols in code. Author: liach #5969
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - LambdaParameterName. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #7742
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - MissingJavadocPackage. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #7746
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - IllegalCatch. Author: sulkykookie #7732
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - InvalidJavadocPosition. Author: Shrey Kumar Singh #7737
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - NeedBraces. Author: Gaurav Punjabi #7750
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - UncommentedMain. Author: AmrDeveloper #7764
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - ImportOrder. Author: kaustubh #7733
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - JavadocStyle. Author: wltan #7740
• NPE in MissingDeprecatedCheck. Author: Nick Mancuso #7534
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - AvoidStarImport. Author: Akhil singh #7725
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - FinalClass. Author: HuGanghui #7731
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - MissingSwitchDefault. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #7749
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - MissingCtor. Author: HuGanghui #7744
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - AvoidStaticImport. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #7726
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - NoLineWrap. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #7753
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - PackageAnnotation. Author: Wilfried Bounsi #7757
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - AnnotationLocation. Author: malintha1996 #7768
• LineLength measures Java characters, not Unicode characters. Author: Nick Mancuso #5089
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - OuterTypeFilename. Author: HuGanghui #7755
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - SuppressWarningsHolder. Author: Wilfried Bounsi #7761
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - MissingOverride. Author: HuGanghui #7748
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - ArrayTrailingComma. Author: Wilfried Bounsi #7723
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - NoFinalizer. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #7752
• Exception when using SuppressWarningsHolder with @SuppressWarnings as an annotation property (e.g. in Lombok). Author: AmrDeveloper #7522
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - OneTopLevelClass. Author: wltan #7754
• JavadocStyleCheck incorrectly allows "style" tag. Author: wltan #7779
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - NoClone. Author: Wilfried Bounsi #7751
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST - EmptyCatchBlock. Author: gaurabdg #7729

Notes:

• Update doc for NoLineWrap. Author: sulkykookie #7623
• Resolve Pitest Issues - IllegalImportCheck (2). Author: Harsh Kukreja #7855
• update doc for AnnotationLocation to have config first and code sample after. Author: Prabod Dunuwila #7569
• Update doc for ThrowsCount. Author: Harsh Kukreja #7615
• update doc for NPathComplexity. Author: edwardlee #7694
• Resolve Pitest Issues - RedundantImportCheck. Author: Gaurav Punjabi #7920
• Update doc for InterfaceIsType. Author: HuGanghui #7612
• Update doc for InnerAssignment. Author: Anubhav #7666
• Update doc for MagicNumber. Author: Parag Pachpute #7648
• update doc for JavaNCSS. Author: Gaurav Punjabi #7693
• Resolve Pitest Issues - IllegalImportCheck (1). Author: Akhil singh #7854
• add spoon project to no-exception testing. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #7914
• doc: fix typo in config_whitespace.xml. Author: HuGanghui
• Resolve Pitest Issues - CustomImportOrderCheck (4). Author: malintha1996 #7805
• Add pmd to no-error validation build item. Author: Nick Mancuso #7810
• Update doc for DefaultComesLast. Author: kaustubh #7636
• Update doc for NoWhitespaceBefore. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #7625
• pitest: problem with coverage in SuppressWarningsHolder.java.isSuppressedAfterEventStart Author: AmrDeveloper #7885
• Update doc for OuterTypeFilename. Author: HuGanghui #7590
• Resolve Pitest Issues - AvoidStarImportCheck (1). Author: Wilfried Bounsi #7799
• Update doc for RightCurly. Author: amoooma #7584
• Resolve Pitest Issues - AvoidStarImportCheck (2). Author: HuGanghui #7800
• Publish pitest report as artifact at circleci. Author: Gaurab Dasgupta #7832
• Update doc for SingleSpaceSeparator. Author: Shrey Kumar Singh #7629
• Update doc for NestedTryDepth. Author: Abhishek-kumar09 #7653
• Resolve Pitest Issues - CustomImportOrderCheck (1). Author: wltan #7802
• Update doc for EqualsHashCode. Author: kaustubh #7638
• Resolve Pitest Issues - AvoidStaticImportCheck. Author: gaurabdg #7801
• update doc for PackageAnnotation. Author: Prabod Dunuwila #7574
• Update doc for SuperClone. Author: Wilfried Bounsi #7661
• update doc for RegexpSinglelineJava. Author: Wilfried Bounsi #7698
• update doc for MissingOverride. Author: HuGanghui #7573
• Update doc for SimplifyBooleanExpression. Author: Wilfried Bounsi #7658
• Update doc for IllegalCatch. Author: gaurabdg #7642
• update doc for BooleanExpressionComplexity. Author: Akhil singh #7689
• Update doc for UncommentedMain. Author: AmrDeveloper #7594
• Update doc for IllegalTokenText. Author: HuGanghui #7646
• Update doc for OneTopLevelClass. Author: wltan #7614
• Update doc for SimplifyBooleanReturn. Author: Wilfried Bounsi #7659
• Update doc for IllegalToken. Author: HuGanghui #7645
• CI should validate checkstyle violations in satelite projects. Author: rnveach #7705
• doc: fix out-of-order div and dfn tags. Author: wltan
• doc: fix inconsistencies between code and docs. Author: wltan
• JavadocStyleCheck: need to support VAR html tag . Author: wltan #2410
• Update doc for NoClone. Author: Wilfried Bounsi #7670
• update doc for AvoidStarImport. Author: AmrDeveloper #7684
• Update doc for GenericWhitespace. Author: wltan #7621
• Update doc for TodoComment. Author: AmrDeveloper #7591

Release 8.30

New:

• New check: AvoidDoubleBraceInitialization. Author: Andrei Paikin #6480

Bug fixes:

• False-positive RightCurly in google_checks since 8.20. Author: Roman Ivanov #6807
• GenericWhitespace complains about normal spacing with generic constructor. Author: Andrei Paikin #6104
• NewlineAtEndOfFile=lf does not create error when file uses crlf. Author: Andrei Paikin #4074

Notes:

• Update doc for StringLiteralEquality. Author: gaurabdg #7660
• Update doc for MissingSwitchDefault. Author: AmrDeveloper #7668
• Update doc for WhitespaceAfter. Author: Nick Mancuso #7631
• doc: fix indentation of config example. Author: Andrei Paikin
• doc: add example of non-instance member for MemberNameCheck. Author: pbludov
• Code samples for Naming Checks. Author: 0blivious #5832
• doc: deprecated -> Deprecated. Author: Andrei Paikin
• Add warning message at style coverage pages that referenced config is not released. Author: Roman Ivanov #7505
• Change line number comparisons to use common isOnSameLine method. Author: Andrei_Paikin #7518
• Xpath implementation: relationship between getLocalPart and getStringValue . Author: Timur Tibeyev #7486
• Put in doc reason why ENUM_CONSTANT_DEF and LAMBDA tokens are not supported in RightCurlyCheck. Author: Roman Ivanov #7174
• doc: fix typo training -> trailing. Author: Andrei_Paikin
• Mark DetailAST::getNumberOfChildren as deprecated. Author: pbludov #7512
• PMD warnings about duplicate rules. Author: Roman Ivanov #7509
• automation of github actions for release.sh. Author: Roman Ivanov #6186
• update release.sh with minor improvments. Author: Roman Ivanov #6333

Release 8.29

New:

• New Check: AvoidNoArgumentSuperConstructorCall. Author: Andrei Paikin #7363
• New Check NoEnumTrailingComma. Author: sd1998 #6972
• ENUM_DEF token support in RightCurlyCheck. Author: sd1998 #7161
• FallThrough module does not support the spelling "fall-through" by default. Author: guillaume.lambert #7374

Bug fixes:

• Java 8 Grammar: annotations on varargs parameters. Author: Erik Silkensen #3238
• Sonar violation: Disable XML external entity (XXE) processing. Author: Roman Ivanov #7468
• Disable instantiation of modules with private ctor. Author: Roman Ivanov #7472
• Sonar violation: "ThreadLocal" variables should be cleaned up when no longer used. Author: Roman Ivanov #7458
• Indentation incorrect level for chained method with bracket on new line. Author: alinkov #6210
• InvalidJavadocPosition: false positive when comment is between javadoc and package. Author: rnveach #7430

Notes:

• Add method hasChildren to DetailAST. Author: pbludov #7487
• doc: extend Indentation Check explanation of line wrap. Author: Roman Ivanov
• Sonar violation: Cognitive Complexity of methods should not be too high (above 20). Author: Roman Ivanov #7475
• Enforce jdk8 verification during build. Author: Roman Ivanov #7492
• Resolve all violations from SonarQube at sonarcloud.io. Author: Roman Ivanov #5604
• Remove Google plus links from website. Author: Roman Ivanov #7465
• Checks summary page is not in sync with javadoc summary . Author: pbludov #7446
• doc: sync summaries of all checks. Author: pbludov
• Shippable CI is slow. Author: Roman Ivanov #7450
• Add a test to make sure that all new checks have XpathRegressionTest. Author: pbludov #7405
• Avoid using Locale.setDefault in tests. Author: pbludov #7436
• Google maven mirror do not have artifact for long time . Author: Roman Ivanov #7444
• SonarCloud upcoming change: "sonar.organization" property soon mandatory . Author: Roman Ivanov #7423
• Fix output of failed build item. Author: Roman Ivanov #7411

Release 8.28

Breaking backward compatibility:

• JavadocMethodCheck: remove obsolete import token. Author: rnveach #7413
• Remove properties related to class loading from JavadocMethod . Author: rnveach #7329

New:

• New Check NoArrayTrailingComma. Author: sd1998 #6971
• ANNOTATION_DEF token support in RightCurlyCheck. Author: sd1998 #7041
• Add suppression filters to google and sun configs. Author: Roman Ivanov #6946
• CustomImportOrder: introduce a new message for the violation within import group. Author: Zhenlei Huang #7278

Bug fixes:

• CustomImportOrder: no expected violations for empty line within import group. Author: Zhenlei Huang #7119
• RightCurlyCheck: False Positive with SAME or ALONE_OR_SINGLELINE. Author: sd1998 #7187
• CustomImportOrder: should check empty line separator between import statements but not the ones before import statement. Author: Zhenlei Huang #7314
• EmptyLineSeparator: does not demand empty line if comment is present. Author: Andrei Paikin #4763
• Generation of xpath suppression file does not close file. Author: pbludov #7382
• JavadocMethod: missed throws tag for throw in method body. Author: Roman Ivanov #7380
• CustomImportOrder: unexpected violation for extra empty line between package and import. Author: Zhenlei Huang #6680
• RequireThis false positive on method reference . Author: Andrei Paikin #7306
• MissingJavadocPackage - file header interferes with javadoc detection. Author: Andrei Paikin #7117

Notes:

• After migration to junit5 build output become to have output. Author: pbludov #7391
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST (part3). Author: pbludov #5777
• Hardcode google tokens in config. Author: Roman Ivanov #6385
• doc: fix treeWithJavadoc command line option. Author: pbludov
• doc: add info about -b cli option to documentation. Author: Andrei Paikin
• Upgrade to junit 5. Author: Andrei Paikin, pbludov #6916
• Re-enable Tidy plugin. Author: pbludov #7372
• Fix type of Checker property cacheFile. Author: pbludov #7339
• doc: change "property" to "type" in property_types.xml. Author: pbludov
• Fix Issues left from mobile design. Author: Johannes Teklote, Roman Ivanov #7301
• linkcheck does not see dtd files. Author: pbludov #7340
• Integrate dependabot service. Author: Roman Ivanov #7224
• javadoc links to non-public members . Author: pbludov #7341
• Appveyor is not failing even build is failed . Author: Roman Ivanov #7330
• Add sprint-integrations to no-error test of werker. Author: Roman Ivanov #7322
• Fix Teamcity inspections issues. Author: pbludov #7309
• Revert "config: disable functionality of CI skip, to unblock all CIs". Author: rnveach
• Remove build for old non-LTS releases . Author: pbludov #7299
• Set up JDK-13 build and drop jdk-12. Author: pbludov #7281
• JDK 13 Travis Failure. Author: pbludov #7276
• Problem to open archive web ages starting from 8.21. Author: Roman Ivanov #7268

Release 8.27

New:

• new check: JavadocContentLocationCheck. Author: pbludov #6724

Bug fixes:

• RequireThisCheck: no violation produced when field is concatenated with String. Author: Andrei Paikin #7066
• Unused param not reported when missing description. Author: Puzeyev Alexandr #6743

Notes:

• Checkstyle website does not resize to mobile browser screens.. Author: Roman Ivanov #7083
• fix website header rendering issue. Author: Johannes Teklote #7270
• Align XDocs and Javadocs for javadoc package. Author: pbludov #7208
• Dates of release if not properly rendering in Firefox. Author: Johannes Teklote #7036
• javadoc build problem on openjdk11. Author: Roman Ivanov #7267
• Resolve PMD deprecation warnings on InvalidSlf4jMessageFormat. Author: Roman Ivanov #7248
• Tests fail on OpenJDK 12 due to 'Failed to find the "modifiers" field in method setInternalState.'. Author: Roman Ivanov #7033

Release 8.26

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Remove AbstractTypeAwareCheck and combine the missing pieces into JavadocMethod. Author: rnveach #7116
• remove functionality of Checker.setClassLoader and TreeWalker.setClassLoader. Author: rnveach #3773

Bug fixes:

• WriteTag: Add localization for javadoc.write.tag message. Author: pbludov #7120

Notes:

• upgrade to pmd 6.18.0. Author: Roman Ivanov #7225
• Tests fail on OpenJDK 12 due to 'Failed to find the "modifiers" field in method setInternalState.'. Author: Roman Ivanov #7033
• Purpose of UnnecessarySemicolonAfterTypeMemberDeclaration is unclear in documentation.. Author: Andrei Paikin #7077
• doc: fix config sample for SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter. Author: Roman Ivanov
• config: fix Travis items to do more jdk11 and jdk12 builds. Author: Roman Ivanov #7192
• Align XDocs and Javadocs for modifiers package. Author: pbludov #7186
• Align XDocs and Javadocs for header package. Author: pbludov #7185
• Align XDocs and Javadocs for regexp package. Author: pbludov #7163
• Align XDocs and Javadocs for metrics package. Author: pbludov #7145
• Align XDocs and Javadocs for imports package. Author: pbludov #7144
• create examples for UnnecessaryParentheses usage . Author: sd1998 #5747
• Fix JitCI build. Author: pbludov #7170
• Review disabled validations of eclipse compiler. Author: rnveach, Roman Ivanov #5060
• config: fix previous commits check to avoid confusion with master and rewrite main ci for easier maintenance. Author: rnveach #7125
• Use ja-JP for Japanese locale, zh-CN for Chinese locale in travis.sh. Author: pbludov #7129
• Pitest: add new mutator REMOVE_CONDITIONALS. Author: rnveach #6320
• Remove usage of DetailAST.branchContains. Author: pbludov #5124
• Fix pitest coverage for RightCurly. Author: rnveach #6367
• spotbugs is not executed in build process of openjdk12. Author: Karl-Philipp Richter #7040

Release 8.25

Breaking backward compatibility:

• DefaultLogger: remove deprecated constructors. Author: rnveach #7107
• ConfigurationLoader: remove deprecated constructors. Author: rnveach #7108
• XMLLogger: remove deprecated constructor. Author: rnveach #7105
• Remove "update" methods from DetailAST as developers shouldn't be modifying the tree from inside a check. Author: rnveach #6628
• FileContents: remove deprecated constructor and deprecated methods. Author: rnveach #7100
• JavadocMethodCheck: remove deprecated properties ignoreMethodNamesRegex, minLineCount, allowMissingJavadoc, allowMissingPropertyJavadoc. Author: rnveach #7096
• Remove AbstractTypeParameterNameCheck since it is Deprecated. Author: rnveach #7098

New:

• RegexpMultiline not detecting matches across multiple lines. Author: rnveach #6717
• update CLI to allow show tree branch that match xpath. Author: Andrei Paikin #6660

Bug fixes:

• please support preceding, preceding-sibling, following and following-sibling in XPath expressions. Author: Timur Tibeyev #6479
• DesignForExtension: method javadoc recognized as block comments. Author: rnveach #5450

Notes:

• "NoExceptiontest - Checkstyle, sevntu-checkstyle" should test chekcstyle's code from PR. Author: Roman Ivanov #3279
• CI should fail if PR is based on an old master. Author: rnveach #5496
• update CIs scripts to skip execution only after checking all commits changes. Author: rnveach #7023
• appveyor.bat is changed right after clone of repo of github . Author: Roman Ivanov #7075
• CustomImportOrder: documentation should have description that only one separtor line is allowed. Author: Roman Ivanov #7080
• Align XDocs and Javadocs for sizes package. Author: pbludov #7060
• Tests do not work properly on Windows with LF line endings. Author: Björn Kautler, Roman Ivanov #6558
• Revert "Issue #2116: use checkstyle fork of xwiki with fix to pass CI build". Author: rnveach
• Revert "Issue #2116: use forked simple-binary-encoding with fix to pass CI build". Author: Roman Ivanov
• MainTest#testExistingTargetFileButWithoutReadAccess fails on Win10 machine. Author: Andrei Paikin #7032

Release 8.24

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Change LineLength Check parent from TreeWalker to Checker. Author: rnveach, Roman Ivanov #2116
• MissingDeprecated: refactor to use javadoc AST . Author: rnveach #4983

New:

• Add ID format property to SuppressWithPlainTextCommentFilter. Author: Erik Silkensen #6954
• New check: JavadocBlockTagLocation. Author: pbludov #6929
• new check: UnnecessarySemicolonAfterTypeMemberDeclaration . Author: Andrei Paikin #6847
• Add ID format property to SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter. Author: Erik Silkensen #6884
• Add ID format property to SuppressionCommentFilter. Author: Erik Silkensen #6883

Bug fixes:

• Command line option -o does not produce output with -g option. Author: Andrei Paikin #6934
• NeedBraces: lambda with no braces not reported when contents span multiple lines. Author: Andrei Paikin #3837

Notes:

• Use violation term as much as possible. Author: Roman Ivanov #6771
• Remove usage of DetailAST.branchContains. Author: rnveach #5124
• create tests in MainTest.java to cover execution over some Input for sun and google configs. Author: Roman Ivanov #7021
• stop using puppet/disteli CI . Author: Roman Ivanov #7017
• Align XDocs and Javadocs for miscellaneous package. Author: pbludov #6966
• Expand XPath IT Regression Testing. Author: Mincong HUANG #6207
• doc: fix compilation error. Author: Mincong HUANG
• Japanese locale contains mistranslation. Author: Yuki Shira #7012
• Make test on file that have no read access but has write access. Author: Roman Ivanov #6991
• Align XDocs and Javadocs. Author: pbludov #5750
• Upgrade PMD to 6.17.0. Author: Roman Ivanov #6868
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-main profile to 100% . Author: Roman Ivanov #6982
• doc: fix sample code of AvoidInlineConditionals to be compilable. Author: Mincong HUANG
• [Java] Checkstyle CLI while generating xpath suppressions provides extraneous stdout output. Author: Roman Ivanov #6974
• Update link to latest version of CLI jar. Author: Roman Ivanov #6933
• spell checker is failing due to failure to get words file. Author: Roman Ivanov #6949
• eclipse violation over javadoc of AtclauseOrderCheck.java. Author: Erik Silkensen #6947
• javadoc error in NeedBracesCheck.java. Author: Erik Silkensen #6948
• Xdocs: sort values for String Set properties. Author: pbludov #6938
• CLI: Add short versions for 'executeIgnoredModules' and 'tabWidth'. Author: rnveach #6936
• CI: hide maven download text to prevent log overflow. Author: Roman Ivanov #6919
• Align XDocs and Javadocs for filters package . Author: pbludov #6726

Release 8.23

New:

• new filter SuppressionSingleFilter. Author: rnveach #6402
• OneStatementPerLine: add treatTryResourcesAsStatement property. Author: Andrei Paikin #6790
• MagicNumber: new proprty ignoreAnnotationElementDefaults to ignore magic numbers in annotation default values. Author: Andrei Paikin #4383
• new check: InvalidJavadocPosition. Author: rnveach #6649

Bug fixes:

• InnerAssignment reports violation when && condition is in WHILE expression. Author: Andrei Paikin #6805
• SuppressWithPlainTextCommentFilter ignores messageFormat when matching on ID. Author: Erik Silkensen #6887
• Javadoc mishandling NEWLINE when next to ATTRIBUTE. Author: rnveach #6865
• SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter does not match messages. Author: Erik Silkensen #6875
• SuppressionCommentFilter ignores messageFormat when matching on ID. Author: Erik Silkensen #6879
• InvalidJavadocPositionCheck: false negative on javadocs with local variables. Author: rnveach #6857

Notes:

• doc: Serialisation -> serialization. Author: Andrei Paikin
• Replace sevntu-checkstyle-maven-plugin with explicit dependency to sevntu-checks. Author: Ruslan Diachenko #6910
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-coding profile to 100%. Author: Emil Bremer Orloff #5008
• Skip dry run build item for maven release commit. Author: ashabib #3383
• format xdoc/javadoc files to follow rule of LineLength (max ia 100). Author: pbludov #6902
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-filters profile to 100%. Author: Erik Silkensen #6659
• Don't use absolute checkstyle links in xdocs. Author: rnveach #6900
• Create appveyor.bat for CI commands. Author: ahmadshabib #6696
• Align XDocs and Javadocs for filters package . Author: pbludov, Roman Ivanov #6726
• doc: Add missing slash for constant name check doc. Author: utzcoz
• Make inner class SuppressWithPlainTextCommentFilter.Suppression private. Author: pbludov #6890
• Enforce FileTabCharacter and RegexpSingleline for trailing whitespace over resources. Author: rnveach #5941
• Remove TreeWalker#validateDefaultTokens. Author: Andrei Paikin #6858
• Make inner class SuppressionCommentFilter.Tag private. Author: pbludov #6844
• Make inner class SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter.Tag private. Author: pbludov #6854
• Add xpath tests for new Checks of 8.22. Author: Andrei Paikin #6848

Release 8.22

New:

• new check: MissingJavadocPackageCheck . Author: Andrei Paikin #6705
• new check: UnnecessarySemicolonInTryWithResources. Author: Andrei Paikin #6774
• new check: UnnecessarySemicolonInEnumeration. Author: Andrei Paikin #6773
• new check: OrderedProperties. Author: Thomas Senger #6311

Bug fixes:

• NeedBraces: False Positives for LITERAL_CASE and LITERAL_DEFAULT. Author: Andrei Paikin #4764
• AnnotationUseStyle does not detect all violations in EXPANDED style. Author: Andrei Paikin #6818
• AnnotationUseStyle: compact_no_array does not violate extended and multi param annotations. Author: Andrei Paikin #3210
• Loading config.xml from classpath doesn't work properly. Author: Peter De Maeyer #6232

Notes:

• Suppression documentation links to old DTDs. Author: Roman Ivanov #6804
• Align XDocs and Javadocs for filters package . Author: pbludov #6726
• Resolve violations from IDEA 20191.3. Author: Roman Ivanov #6821
• Align XDocs and Javadocs. Author: pbludov #5750
• Remove usage of DetailAST.branchContains. Author: Andrei Paikin #5124
• Limit xdoc Properties subsection to one table. Author: pbludov #6800
• split it module test support between different configurations. Author: rnveach #6801

Release 8.21

Breaking backward compatibility:

• NewlineAtEndOfFile default should be OS agnostic. Author: Björn Kautler #4073
• Remove PARAMETER_DEF from AnnotationLocation. Author: Björn Kautler #6462
• API: make api not depend on antlr by splitting DetailAST between implementation and interface. Author: rnveach #3417
• new check: MissingJavadocMethod from JavadocMethod. Author: rnveach #6703

Bug fixes:

• LocalVariableName: allowOneCharVarInForLoop should allow one char variable in loop. Author: Andrei Paikin #6489
• Do not handle local variables for VARIABLE_DEF in AnnotationLocation. Author: Björn Kautler #6463
• OneStatementPerLine: false-positive on try-with-resource when objects just referenced. Author: Andrei Paikin #6125
• NewlineAtEndOfFile with LF_CR_CRLF does not work properly. Author: Björn Kautler #6508
• EmptyCatchBlock check does not work properly with non-system line endings in files. Author: Björn Kautler #6513

Notes:

• Code samples for Naming Checks. Author: jack870131 #5832
• Align XDocs and Javadocs for whitespace package. Author: pbludov #6749
• spelling: identificator->identifier. Author: pbludov
• spelling: inpection. Author: pbludov
• refactoring of DetailASTTest.testTreeStructure. Author: rnveach #4900
• Fix sonar warnings. Author: Andrei Paikin #6764
• move OSX executions from travis.yml to travis.sh . Author: ahmadshabib #6701
• doc: fix my name in release notes. Author: Björn Kautler
• Issue template should clarify failure to follow template will lead to issue being closed Author: rnveach #6742
• Align XDocs and Javadocs for design package. Author: pbludov #6725
• investigate increase of '-all' jar. Author: rnveach #6713
• Cached Google Style is slightly outdated and not like original. Author: Björn Kautler #6619

Release 8.20

New:

• New MissingJavadocCheck(s). Author: rnveach #5411

Bug fixes:

• IllegalType: illegal types in overridden methods should not be reported. Author: Björn Kautler #6612
• EmptyLineSeparator check does not validate newlines before comments. Author: kazachka #5981
• Exception in JavadocMethod to get access to class in jdk9. Author: rnveach #6606
• RightCurly false-positives for multi-block continuation. Author: Björn Kautler #6466
• TranslationCheck reports duplicate lines in xml report. Author: rnveach #5103
• AnnotationUseStyle: false positive on annotation with default nested annotation inside. Author: Andrei Paikin #6540
• RightCurly with option alone false negative for class, method and constructor. Author: WANG CHAO #6345

Notes:

• Align XDocs and Javadocs for coding package. Author: pbludov #6586
• set up JDK12 buid. Author: rnveach #6687
• minor: GeneratedJava14LexerTest depends on encoding, not on OS, so fix the assumption to represent this. Author: BBjörnKautler #6608
• MultipleVariableDeclarations missing from sun style. Author: Björn Kautler #6490
• doc: expand documentation for scope property type. Author: rnveach
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for api profile to 100%. Author: rnveach #6635
• Remove usage of antlr specific methods from our checks. Author: rnveach #6624
• idea: fix ThisEscapedInConstructor idea violation for AbstractClassCouplingCheck.FileContext class. Author: rnveach #4861
• Test inputs should be completely standalone.. Author: rnveach #4845
• Fix pitest coverage for RightCurly. Author: WANG CHAO #6367

Release 8.19

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Xpath: change implementation of the @text attribute. Author: Timur Tibeyev #6356
• Remove `cache` field from TreeWalker in Checkstyle 8.0. Author: rnveach #2883
• Remove DTDs from http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net and from http://puppycrawl.com/. Author: Roman Ivanov #6478
• Remove hashCode and equals methods from FilterSet. Author: rnveach #6494

New:

• Add tabWidth to Checker and FileSets. Author: rnveach #6485
• AnnotationLocation: add support for PACKAGE_DEF, ENUM_CONSTANT_DEF. Author: pbludov #6379

Bug fixes:

• JavadocUtil doesn't recognize Javadocs in certain places. Author: rnveach #6516
• False positive in AnnotationUseStyle for version 8.17. Author: rnveach #6446
• Overly complex default regex in SuppressWarnings format. Author: Björn Kautler #6453
• Remove AvoidInlineConditionals from sun_checks.xml. Author: Björn Kautler #6470
• Javadoc for package-info file is not validated. Author: rnveach #5769

Notes:

• Wrong documentation for InnerAssignment. Author: Björn Kautler #6488
• doc: added documentation for global tabWidth. Author: rnveach
• Align XDocs and Javadocs for coding package. Author: pbludov #6586
• Exclude module-info.java from Google and Sun configurations. Author: Martin Kröning #6570
• Fix PMD violation UseProperClassLoader. Author: pbludov #5680
• Enable PMD rule UseUnderscoresInNumericLiterals. Author: pbludov #6579
• Verify all modules are listed in contribution no exception configurations. Author: rnveach #5897
• Enable PMD rule LinguisticNaming. Author: pbludov #6578
• Java Grammar: Hard to understand message. Author: rnveach #4632
• Site files are not schema-valid. Author: Björn Kautler #6563
• minor: reset the test stream for each test. Author: Björn Kautler #6557
• Upgrade to PMD 6.12.0. Author: pbludov #6536
• Align XDocs and Javadocs for annotations package. Author: pbludov #6531
• Disable XML External Entity load in XmlUtil.java in tests. Author: Roman Ivanov #6133
• Align XDocs and Javadocs for blocks package. Author: pbludov #6532
• Wrong JavaDoc example for NestedForDepthCheck. Author: Björn Kautler #6491
• Fix PMD violation CommentDefaultAccessModifier. Author: pbludov #5665
• Enforce FileTabCharacter and RegexpSingleline for trailing whitespace over resources. Author: rnveach #5941
• Setup checkstyle validation to forbid type StringBuffer. Author: rnveach #5506
• Cut down on Checkstyle's dependencies on Guava, phase II. Author: rnveach #3484
• resolve warning in build output from PMD . Author: rnveach #6226
• Expand checkstyle_resources_checks.xml to IT resources. Author: rnveach #6542
• links in header comment block of sun_checks.xml are outdated . Author: rnveach #6420
• Align XDocs and Javadocs. Author: pbludov #5750
• MissingOverride javaFiveCompatibility true in checkstyle_checks.xml. Author: Björn Kautler #6452
• Typo in Lcurly docs. Author: Björn Kautler #6458
• Unclear rational in ExplicitInitialization. Author: Björn Kautler #6472
• Wrong public identifier in doctype of example empty suppressions file. Author: Björn Kautler #6449
• Typo in docs of VisibilityModifier. Author: Björn Kautler #6468
• spelling: fix then / than typos. Author: Björn Kautler
• spelling: update messages for french translation. Author: sebastienaubry
• Code samples for Naming Checks. Author: jack870131 #5832
• EmptyCatchBlock change property types to Regexp. Author: rnveach #6455
• Make all FilterElements immutable. Author: rnveach #6496
• Remove hashCode/equals from SuppressionFilter and mark SuppressFilterElement immutable. Author: rnveach #4734
• MissingDeprecated description has a typo. Author: ejaksla #6451

Release 8.18

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Disable loading external DTDs by default, create system property to activate it. Author: Roman Ivanov #6474
• IllegalType: rename "format" property to "illegalAbstractClassNameFormat". Author: rnveach #5900
• AnnotationLocation: Remove unused tokens. Author: pbludov #6416
• Command Line arguments should be allow to exclude a file. Author: rnveach #6399

New:

• ArrayTypeStyle: add support for brackets in method definition after parameters. Author: Erik Silkensen #6301
• new filter SuppressionXpathSingleFilter. Author: jack870131 #5879

Bug fixes:

• AnnotationLocation: named parameters must be considered parameters. Author: pbludov #6440
• JavadocStyleCheck crashes for some Javadoc comments with HTML comments. Author: rnveach #4564
• Incorrect warning for empty lambda bodies with google_checks.xml. Author: WANG CHAO #6381
• FinalLocalVariable: IllegalStateException. Author: Erik Silkensen #6377
• Slowdown with UnusedImportsCheck. Author: rnveach #6403

Notes:

• review TreeWalker.setupChild method for exceptional cases. Author: rnveach #4814
• Remove powermock. Author: rnveach #6439
• refactoring in configs. Author: rnveach #4877
• update to picocli 3.9.1 result in UT MainTest.testNonExistentOutputFormat failure. Author: rnveach #6397
• Negate SuppressElement.accept. Author: rnveach #4979
• Code samples for Naming Checks. Author: jack870131 #5832
• Rename Filters which aren't module filters to FilterElement. Author: rnveach #4978
• doc: add File Filter section in extending.xml. Author: WANG CHAO
• Cache: file skipped on 2nd run when exception happened on it in first run. Author: rnveach #6297
• Move UTF-8 limitation info in documentation. Author: WANG CHAO #6083
• use ForbidAnnotationElementValueCheck from sevntu.checkstyle. Author: rnveach #3567
• minor: solved pitest issues with ImportOrderCheck. Author: rnveach #6424
• Pitest: add new mutator REMOVE_CONDITIONALS. Author: rnveach, Roman Ivanov #6320
• Add build instructions to README. Author: Roman Ivanov #6236
• Indentation: indentation level is being corrupted in class fields. Author: rnveach #6308
• doc: Fixed grammar errors. Author: Glusk2

Release 8.17

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Java Grammar: use TYPE_EXTENSION_AND instead of BAND in typecast expression. Author: pbludov #6354
• RightCurly: remove obsolete shouldStartLine property. Author: Piyush Sharma, Roman Ivanov #4022

Bug fixes:

• FinalLocalVariable: NPE with PARAMETER_DEF on methods of inner classes. Author: Erik Silkensen #6375
• EqualsAvoidNull: improper frame tracking. Author: rnveach #6373
• Translation doesn't obey no halt on exception and doesn't show path to bad file. Author: rnveach #6340

Notes:

• CI: spellchecker script is not ready for running manually by contributors. Author: Josh Soref #6021
• Pitest: add new mutator REMOVE_CONDITIONALS. Author: rnveach, Roman Ivanov #6320
• Jenkins: switch the build machine (slave) from hyper.sh to AWS spot instance. Author: Daniil Yaroslavtsev #6359
• EmptyLineSeparatorCheck: surviving mutant from REMOVE_CONDITIONALS. Author: rnveach #6350
• Update eclipse compiler to R10. Author: pbludov #6330
• Checkstyle's self config fails on non-US locale because of english suppression. Author: Roman Ivanov #5350

Release 8.16

New:

• ClassMemberImpliedModifier: New Check to demand all modifiers to be explicit in class members. Author: Stephen Colebourne #5885

Bug fixes:

• ImportOrder reports incorrect errors for redundant imports. Author: rnveach #6303
• JavadocMethod: False positive from comment inside method. Author: rnveach #6273

Notes:

• Pitest: add new mutator REMOVE_CONDITIONALS. Author: rnveach #6320
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for javadoc profile to 100%. Author: rnveach #6295
• set up JDK11 build. Author: pbludov #6228
• Align XDocs and Javadocs. Author: Pavel Bludov #5750
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for indentation profile to 100%. Author: rnveach #6294
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST (part 1, hard cases). Author: Pavel Bludov #5759
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-coding profile to 100%. Author: rnveach #5008
• Pitest: add new mutator FALSE_RETURNS. Author: rnveach #6272
• Pitest: add new mutator CONSTRUCTOR_CALLS . Author: rnveach #6289
• Pitest: add new mutator TRUE_RETURNS. Author: rnveach #6264
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for blocks profile to 100%. Author: rnveach #6293
• Strive for 100% mutation coverage. Author: rnveach #3708
• exception in build log from spotbugs. Author: Roman Ivanov #6098
• Move test inputs with deprecated packages to resources-noncompilable. Author: Pavel Bludov #6252
• Pitest script order issue locally. Author: rnveach #6275
• create Travis ready to use shell script to check that pistes profiles cover all classes. Author: rnveach #4684
• XmlLoader: remove incomplete namespaces support. Author: rnveach #6262
• Upgrade Powermock2 to RC4. Author: Pavel Bludov #6238
• Resolve Teamcity violations of inspection engine 2018.3 . Author: rnveach, Roman Ivanov #6241
• Split and Organize Checkstyle IT inputs. Author: Roman Ivanov #5106

Release 8.15

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Remove Lambda from RightCurlyCheck . Author: rnveach #5948

New:

• JavadocType: Add "allowedAnnotations". Author: Nikolaos Georgiou #5608
• IllegalType should check extends & implements and class/interface type parameters. Author: Pavel Bludov #6118

Bug fixes:

• TreeWalkerAuditEvent doesn't create events on the absolute file path. Author: rnveach #6028
• IllegalType should ignore parameters of methods with modifiers not in 'memberModifiers'. Author: Eric Bruneton #6123
• AbbreviationAsWordInName: false positive on capital letters on the end of the word. Author: Erik Silkensen #6130

Notes:

• Performance issue with file.lastModified(). Author: Roman Ivanov #6096
• warning during build of site with equalsverifier-3.0.2. Author: Roman Ivanov #6213
• upgrade to latest picocli version to fix extra space in help output. Author: Roman Ivanov #6175
• Please add link to contributing.md in README.md. Author: varunu28 #5488
• update to saxon 9.9. Author: Timur Tibeyev #6149
• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST (part 2). Author: rnveach #5758
• update sources to avoid usage of sourceforge.net URLs. Author: rnveach, Roman Ivanov #6185
• using picocli as command line parser. Author: Remko Popma, Roman Ivanov #6068
• Add equalsverifier project to wrecker ci. Author: Roman Ivanov #6167
• ImportOrder: example of Intellij Idea default import order is not working. Author: Jan Ouwens #5510

Release 8.14

New:

• IllegalType: does not check types in generics. Author: Pavel Bludov #5118

Notes:

• Code samples for Naming Checks. Author: jack870131 #5832
• Update FullIdent to store DetailAST instead of line/column. Author: Pavel Bludov #6121

Release 8.13

New:

• ClassFanOutComplexity: count complexity base annotations/extends/implements/methods params. Author: kazachka #4092

Notes:

• Code samples for Naming Checks. Author: jack870131 #5832
• exception in build log from spotbugs. Author: Roman Ivanov #6098
• Line numbers should start at 1. Author: Boxuan Li #6000
• Align XDocs and Javadocs. Author: rnveach #5750
• CircleCI is failing due to missed checkout content. Author: Roman Ivanov #6093
• Upgrade to PMD 6.6.0. Author: Pavel Bludov #5790
• Unstable build due to not accesible decoration-1.0.0.xsd. Author: Roman Ivanov #6077

Release 8.12

New:

• LeftCurly : add support for LITERAL_CASE and LITERAL_DEFAULT . Author: Pavel Bludov #5207
• ImportOrder: allow static imports be separated by local groups when they are at the top/bottom by new property separatedStaticGroups. Author: Pavel Bludov #5279
• ImportOrder: new property staticGroups to allow define groups for static imports. Author: Pavel Bludov #5724
• InterfaceMemberImpliedModifier: New Check to demand all modifiers to be explicit in interfaces members. Author: Stephen Colebourne #5899

Bug fixes:

• Remove lambda support from ParameterName. Author: kazachka #5894
• EmptyLineSeparator raises violations when static import right after plain import. Author: Pavel Bludov #4625

Notes:

• Spell check failing to get words file. Author: Pavel Bludov, Roman Ivanov #6046
• doc: bounty note. Author: Pavel Bludov
• spelling: add xcode. Author: Pavel Bludov
• Travis CI: MAC build is broken. Author: Pavel Bludov #6055
• Change grammars package name to grammar. Author: mismatch #5891
• Checkstyle's html report related links are not working. Author: Roman Ivanov #6043
• Resolve violations from IDEA 2018.1.6. Author: Roman Ivanov #6037
• SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter: update document and examples on when it is appropriate to use. Author: Lukas Eckert #5973
• XpathSuppression generation should support module id. Author: Timur Tibeyev #5984
• Add XDoc SubSection Anchor. Author: rnveach #6014
• Add to CI import order validation on certain projects. Author: Pavel Bludov #6018
• doc: reference in SuppressionXpathFilter doc about ability to generate suppressions by CLI. Author: Timur Tibeyev
• XpathFileGeneratorAstFilter: EVENTS and QUERIES as single map. Author: Timur Tibeyev #5979
• redo XML_Structure documentation section. Author: Roman Ivanov #6011
• Mark all checks with appropriate annotation so that they could be used in the MT mode. Author: Andrew Kuchev, rnveach #4870
• update documentation of SuppressionFilter with links to latest DTDs. Author: Roman Ivanov #6003
• Checkstyle Ant prints null for checkstyle version. Author: Roman Ivanov #6001
• Update documentation for same of RighCurly. Author: Roman Ivanov #5970
• Internal XPath Regression fails on RequireThisCheck. Author: rnveach #5996
• Setup Jenkins CI for building Pull Requests. Author: Daniil Yaroslavtsev #5953
• doc: fix download URLs. Author: Michael Ernst

Release 8.11

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Add HTML5 tags support to Javadoc antlr4 grammar and related classes. Author: Piyush Sharma #3332

New:

• Generate a suppressions.xml file for SuppressionXpathFilter from the errors list by CLI command. Author: timurt #102
• new Check - LambdaParameterName. Author: kazachka #5893

Bug fixes:

• ImportOrder: False positive for multiline imports. Author: Pavel Bludov #5881

Notes:

• Remove usages of ANTLRInputStream . Author: Pavel Bludov #5971
• Update Teamcity to use IntelliJ IDEA 2018.1.4. Author: Roman Ivanov #5949
• Setup Jenkins CI for building Pull Requests. Author: Daniil Yaroslavtsev #5953
• RightCurly: false negative in ALONE and anonymous classes. Author: Piyush Sharma #4058
• xpath generator documentation does not show nuances. Author: Roman Ivanov #5876
• Enforce more checks over checkstyle resources. Author: Roman Ivanov #4100
• Resolve errors and warnings from Eclipse oxygen 4.7.3. Author: Roman Ivanov #5916
• Remove old ant phases and configs. Author: Roman Ivanov #5934
• No explanation of what is metadata tag on checkstyle config. Author: Roman Ivanov #2726
• https://checkstyle.org to http://checkstyle.org. Author: Roman Ivanov #5601
• doc: update xdoc for ParameterName to clarify how to check catch parameters. Author: Roman Ivanov
• CircleCI compains 'extraneous key [java] is not permitted'. Author: Roman Ivanov #5902
• update DTD public names. Author: Subbu Dantu, Roman Ivanov #5722
• activate new sponsoring web services. Author: Roman Ivanov #5256
• Rename all utility classes to xxxxUtil. Author: Pavel Bludov, Roman Ivanov #5812

Release 8.10.1

Bug fixes:

• Update AbstractChecks to log DetailAST (part 1, easy cases). Author: rnveach #5757

Notes:

• Align XDocs and Javadocs. Author: rnveach #5750
• move pitest execution to CircleCI. Author: Roman Ivanov #5854
• format all files to be 100 symbols in length. Author: Roman Ivanov #5791
• Travis unexpected problem with xml validation. Author: Roman Ivanov #5785
• appveyor fails to reuse maven cache during build. Author: Roman Ivanov #5831
• Compile all jdk9 files in Travis. Author: Roman Ivanov #5827
• Please add new Eclipse Plugin to active tools list on your website. Author: ChristianWulf #5521
• Activate checks related to java.io.Closeable . Author: Pavel Bludov #5752
• buddy ci failure on "Fetching changes started". Author: Roman Ivanov #5793
• use https://snyk.io/ to find vulnerabilities in dependecies. Author: Roman Ivanov #5788
• remove xml declaration tag from all dtd files. Author: Subbu Dantu #5721
• find way to launch IntellijIdea inspections from command line. Author: Roman Ivanov #4682
• Cut down on Checkstyle's dependencies on Guava, phase II. Author: rnveach #3484
• Docker-based CI from Codeship Pro. Author: Roman Ivanov #3807
• use new CI - https://buddy.works/. Author: Roman Ivanov #5473

Release 8.10

New:

• ImportControl: add ability to control imports in certain classes . Author: rnveach #3492
• Add the new option for Checkstyle CLI to generate the basic suppression xpath. Author: Timur Tibeyev #4530

Bug fixes:

• Store IDENT token type in the xpath tree. Author: Timur Tibeyev #5508
• Xpath Mapper : UnsupportedOperationException when several queries are combined. Author: Timur Tibeyev #5571
• HeaderCheck: fails with empty lines. Author: Paul Campbell #5511
• CheckUtils.parseDouble: wrong result for negative values. Author: Pavel Bludov #5709
• FinalClassCheck: 'extractQualifiedName' omits 2nd ident of package name. Author: rnveach #5706
• Indentation: false positive for one-line lambda. Author: Pavel Bludov #5675

Notes:

• format xdoc files to follow rule of LineLength (max ia 100) . Author: rnveach #5291
• Remove remnants of cobertura usage. Author: Pavel Bludov #5616
• Create xdoc page to explain the new Xpath-based suppression model. Author: Timur Tibeyev #5513
• Migrate to CircleCI 2.0. Author: Roman Ivanov #5657
• consider introducing spelling regression checker. Author: Josh Soref, Roman Ivanov #5676
• remove all authors javadoc tags from sources. Author: Roman Ivanov #5738
• PMD 6: migrate configuration to pmd 6.X version. Author: Pavel Bludov #5603
• jsoref spell checker: skipp all files/folders that are referenced in .gitignore. Author: Josh Soref #5719
• spellchecker: don't complain about case. Author: Josh Soref #5732
• Replace File{Input,Output}Stream with Files.new{Input,Output}Stream. Author: Pavel Bludov #5638
• config: moved disallows to be first in import control. Author: rnveach
• UpperEll rule description gives bogus reason: Capital(!) L looks like 1. Author: Roman Ivanov #5718
• refactor PackageObjectFactoryTest.testCreateModuleWithNonExistName. Author: surajumang #5677
• jsoref spellchecker: group word families togeth. Author: Josh Soref #5701
• jsoref spell checker: remove resource from validation. Author: Josh Soref #5693
• Update javadoc for MismatchStrategy. Author: Roman Ivanov #5695
• spelling: anon - API: sevntu-checkstyle/sevntu.checkstyle#657. Author: Josh Soref
• migrate to circleci 2.0. Author: Roman Ivanov #5528
• spelling: commenting. Author: Josh Soref
• spelling: unclear. Author: Josh Soref
• spelling: performance. Author: Josh Soref
• spelling: indentation. Author: Josh Soref

Release 8.9

Breaking backward compatibility:

• ImportControl: reverse order of allow/disallow rule matching. Author: rnveach #5642

Bug fixes:

• Indentation: wrapped method name. Author: Pavel Bludov #5655
• Indentation: super() is ignored. Author: Pavel Bludov #3808
• IllegalType: support arrays as types. Author: kazachka #4429

Notes:

• spelling: a lot of spelling fixes. Author: Josh Soref
• PMD 6: migrate configuration to pmd 6.X version. Author: Pavel Bludov #5603
• wercker is failing with unclear message after release on non-rebased branches. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii #5452
• Add openjdk8/9 to Travis/AppVeyor. Author: Pavel Bludov #5663
• Remove usage of com.oracle.net package. Author: Pavel Bludov #5660
• generated jacoco.exec file needs to be moved out of base directory. Author: Roman Ivanov #5640
• doc: fixed improper dtd comment examples. Author: rnveach
• Fix PMD6 violations (bestpractices). Author: Pavel Bludov #5633
• spelling: Correct some words in the German translation. Author: Matthias Ronge
• Drop findbugs. Author: Pavel Bludov #5622
• Replace java.awt.event.InputEvent#getModifiers() with getModifiersEx(). Author: Pavel Bludov #5613
• doc: fixed improper private method documentation. Author: rnveach
• Use Jacoco instead of Cobertura for coverage check. Author: Pavel Bludov #5586
• doc: clearly explain commit message requirements. Author: Roman Ivanov
• Jacoco workaround for MainTest. Author: Pavel Bludov #5553
• Split pitest-checkstyle-common. Author: Pavel Bludov #5592
• Resolve all violations from SonarQube at sonarcloud.io. Author: Roman Ivanov #5604
• 100% Coverage for com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.DefaultConfiguration. Author: Pavel Bludov #5591
• 100% coverage for com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.XMLLogger. Author: Pavel Bludov #5597
• 100% coverage for com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Checker. Author: Pavel Bludov #5599
• New project badges at sonarcloud.io. Author: Roman Ivanov #5605
• 100% coverage for com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.PackageObjectFactory. Author: Pavel Bludov #5595
• Switch to Powermock 2.0. Author: Pavel Bludov #5584
• fix indentation in all sources of xdoc. Author: Varun Upadhyay #5489
• doc: typos and grammar fixes on website main page. Author: Michael Keppler
• PackageNamesLoaderTest refactoring. Author: Pavel Bludov #5551
• Remove usage of javax.xml.bind.XmlElement (deprecated in JDK9). Author: Pavel Bludov #5582
• Refactoring of JavadocUtils static init. Author: Pavel Bludov #5555
• Switch to powermock-api-mockito2. Author: Pavel Bludov #5558
• IllegalStateException message text was changed in JDK9. Author: Pavel Bludov #5561
• upgrade to spotbugs 3.1.1 cause problems with execution on maven 3.3.9. Author: Roman Ivanov #5525
• doc: InterfaceIsType description, SwingConstants is an interface, not a class.. Author: Tobias Weimer
• Explicitly throw an exception from ClassResolver. Author: Pavel Bludov #5546
• Strive for 100% mutation coverage. Author: Roman Ivanov #3708
• minimize pitest-checkstyle-utils profile execution. Author: Roman Ivanov #4605
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-coding profile to 100%. Author: Roman Ivanov #5008
• doc: extend examples for FinalLocalVariable. Author: Roman Ivanov #5239
• Remove dependency on tools.jar. Author: Pavel Bludov #5431
• Fix violations in local IntelliJ 2017.3. Author: Roman Ivanov #5409
• Intellij Idea inspection violations from 2017.2.4 or 2017.2.6. Author: Roman Ivanov #5069
• Jacoco coverage report. Author: Pavel Bludov #5516
• Use StringBuilder instead of StringBuffer as it offers high performance. Author: reudismam #5505
• AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharactersCheck: re-organize regular expressions. Author: SunriseCoder #5427
• investigate and resolve compilation warnings. Author: Andrey Mosin #5480
• wercker build problem with hibernate-search. Author: Roman Ivanov #5499

Release 8.8

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Split TreeWalker to TreeWalker and JavaParser. Author: Pavel Bludov #5436

Bug fixes:

• DesignForExtension: method javadoc is recognized if no modifier in on method. Author: Roman_Zhigunov #5255
• XmlLogger sanitizes exception tags when it shouldn't be. Author: rnveach #5419

Notes:

• spelling: Fix German translation of 'tag'. Author: Michael Keppler
• Fix violations in local IntelliJ 2017.3. Author: rnveach #5409
• Resolve warning during build about prerequisites tag. Author: Andrey Mosin #5377
• JavadocMethod: "Expected an @return tag." sounds not right. Author: Varun Upadhyay #5463
• AppVeyor CI build failure: Unable to get setup from cygwin.mirror.constant.com. Author: Roman Ivanov #5474
• spelling: improve french translation. Author: Jajawah
• spelling: fix typo in tests. Author: Pavel Bludov
• spelling: Fix typo. Author: Tino Desjardins
• format xdoc files to follow rule of LineLength (max ia 100) . Author: rnveach #5291
• Incorrect documentation for SuppressionXpathFilter. Author: Timur Tibeyev #5400
• Reorganize token methods of all Checks. Author: Subbu Dantu #4581
• TokenTypes documentation contains double encoded symbols. Author: Pavel Bludov #5423
• Incorrect documentation for SingleSpaceSeparator. Author: Jun Lin #5401
• XDoc Config: create unit test to verify property types and default values for Strings. Author: rnveach #3254

Release 8.7

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Removed guava from api code. Author: rnveach #3455

Bug fixes:

• SuppressWithPlainTextCommentFilter: should not fail when violation is reported on directory. Author: rnveach #5405

Release 8.6

Breaking backward compatibility:

• AbstractLoader: move out of api, rename, and remove abstract modifier . Author: Roman_Zhigunov #5338

New:

• new Checker filter SuppressWithPlainTextCommentFilter as akin to Treewalker's SuppressionCommentFilter. Author: Andrei Selkin #4841
• Add @exception JavaDoc block tag to NonEmptyAtclauseDescriptionCheck. Author: Lev_Sikhovets #5388
• Support suppression-xpath element in SuppressionLoader. Author: Timur Tibeyev #4421
• add ANNOTATION_DEF to RequireThisCheck. Author: rnveach #5363
• SuppressionFilter: add suppression by message. Author: rnveach #2804

Bug fixes:

• TranslationCheck: should fire file started/finished when invoking errors. Author: rnveach #5057
• fixed RequireThisCheck and for loop variable handling. Author: rnveach #5392
• changed RequireThis kept track of the frame being examined. Author: rnveach #5364
• ImportOrder with option=bottom should not allow non-static import after static import. Author: Julian Hyde #4981
• ReturnCount: unclear message when only max property is specified. Author: vaano94 #5306
• Incorrect indentation check for method preceded by annotation, with method parameter on separate line. Author: BBG #5154
• fixed RequireThisCheck and enum constants handling. Author: rnveach #5361
• fixed RequireThisCheck and catch variable handling. Author: rnveach #5351
• AnnotationUtility.getAnnotation fails when there is an comment in the annotation. Author: rnveach #5327
• False RedundantModifier violation for final method of enum inside final class. Author: BBG #5268
• fixed bug on matching xpath when no xpath given. Author: rnveach #5321
• Checkstyle ignores javadoc that placed over Annotation type elements . Author: Pavel Bludov #4169
• JavadocMethod: No error for a misplaced javadoc tag. Author: Pavel Bludov #4701

Notes:

• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-misc profile to 100%. Author: rnveach, vasilyeva #4675
• Some contents in messages_zh.properties for imports check are not well translated. Author: zhangduo #5393
• TranslationCheckTest.testLogOutput is failed . Author: rnveach #5141
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-imports profile to 100%. Author: BBG #5004
• Indentation problem in pjdbc project. Author: Roman Ivanov #5286
• Use versions-maven-plugin to report versions to update. Author: Roman Ivanov #5208
• minimize pitest-checkstyle-utils profile execution. Author: rnveach #4605
• api: abstract classes that extending concrete class. Author: rnveach #4716
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-whitespace profile to 100%. Author: rnveach #5003
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-metrics profile to 100%. Author: rnveach #5005
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-coding profile to 100%. Author: rnveach #5008
• internal code: terminology problems in ModuleReflectionUtils. Author: rnveach #4876
• Add violateExecutionOnNonTightHtml property of AbstractJavadocCheck to xdoc. Author: rnveach #5002
• change all sonarqube.com to sonarcloud.io. Author: Roman Ivanov #5290
• doc: add 'Checkstyle for Microsoft Visual Studio Code' in known tools. Author: Roman Ivanov
• Revert "infra: fix for travis:osx problem with 'shell_session_update: command not found'". Author: Roman Ivanov
• Remove usage of DetailAST.branchContains. Author: rnveach #5124

Release 8.5

New:

• Try to load class from all of packages as classpath scanning doesn't work in Eclipse runtime environment. Author: kazachka #4916

Bug fixes:

• RegexpOnFilenameCheck: NullPointerException when relative path is used to run checkstyle CLI . Author: Roman Ivanov #5278
• JavadocPackage: NullPointerException when relative path is used to run checkstyle CLI. Author: Artem Dudkin #5127
• Checker.destroy doesn't erase fileSets but erases everything else. Author: rnveach #5264
• TranslationCheck prints violations from previous AbstractFileSetCheck run. Author: rnveach #5263

Notes:

• Fix violations from new sevntu check - CheckstyleTestMakeupCheck. Author: rnveach #5228
• doc: typo fix and extension for 'what is javadoc'. Author: Roman Ivanov
• Checkstyle UTs shouldn't create custom configuration methods. Author: rnveach #5157
• adjacent static import groups ones became impossible in 8.3. Author: BBG #5176
• cobertura coverage check failing on jdk 152. Author: Roman Ivanov #5283
• Remove usage of DetailAST.branchContains. Author: rnveach #5124
• Reorganize token methods of all Checks. Author: Subbu Dantu #4581
• ImportControl: unable to disallow static import. Author: Jochen Van de Velde, Roman Ivanov #4284
• doc: Removed maxLineLength property from javadoc, the property itself had been removed earlier. Author: Balazs Nemeth
• wercker build is unstable for htmlunit project due to SNAPSHOT dependency . Author: Roman Ivanov #5251
• Fix plural agreement grammar in documentation for DesignForExtension. Author: Jake Gage #5249
• Mark all checks with appropriate interface so that they could be used in the MT mode. Author: Andrew Kuchev #4870

Release 8.4

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Disallowing user to use incomplete fully qualified Check names in config file. Author: BBG #4456
• JavadocTokenTypes should keep values of tokens, restore tokens as they were at 8.1 version. Author: Piyush Sharma #5139
• Remove extra numeric offset in JavadocTokenTypes. Author: Maksim Shilin #5114

Bug fixes:

• Checkstyle produces invalid XML file. Author: rnveach #5162

Notes:

• Fix violations from new sevntu check - CheckstyleTestMakeupCheck. Author: rnveach #5228
• Unused messages in message.properties. Author: dyominov #5094
• Two unit tests for SuppressionCommentFilterTest do not fail if CheckstyleException is not thrown. Author: rnveach #5210
• ClassFanOutComplexity for a multi-dimensional array is calculating with an error.. Author: Artem Dudkin #5134
• Remove usage of DetailAST.branchContains. Author: rnveach #5124
• Checkstyle tests should be named after the class they test and extra validations/helpers should be in a special package. Author: rnveach #5104
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-whitespace profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva #5003
• left curly nlow documentation error?. Author: Clément Guillaume #5188
• create GeneratedJavadocTokenTypesTest.java. Author: Piyush Sharma #5186
• Use private final loggers instead of private static final in Checkstyle codebase. Author: crude #929
• Move DetailNodeTreeStringPrinter#createFakeBlockComment to CommonUtils. Author: Turkin Ivan #4785
• Prohibit the usage of hardcoded encoding in Checkstyle source code. Author: Artem Dudkin #5023
• appveyor: provide ability to skip CI executions base on commit files. Author: Maksim Shilin #3870
• Reorganize token methods of all Checks. Author: Subbu Dantu #4581
• Remove deprecated class BaseCheckTestSupport. Author: Subbu Dantu #4867
• validation by xsd during build is missed for xml files that use packages_1_0.dtd. Author: Roman Ivanov #5177
• Sonar validation failing with StackOverflowError. Author: Roman Ivanov #5175

Release 8.3

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Uppercase letters to be allowed in package names in javadoc. Author: Piyush Sharma #4408
• Making required arguments mandatory for javadoc tags in grammar. Author: Piyush Sharma #4942

New:

• NoWhitespaceAfter: do not allow whitespace after '@' sign. Author: Ruslan Iagudin #4410
• WhitespaceAround: Add support for varargs. Author: Ruslan Iagudin #4157
• Boolean flag in Javadoc Checks that shows a current Javadoc comment has unclosed HTML tags. Author: Piyush Sharma #3311
• Add columnCharIndex field to LocalizedMessage. Author: Timur Tibeyev #4998

Bug fixes:

• IllegalType does not seem to handle multidimensional array types. Author: Ruslan Iagudin #4425
• ImportOrder: No violation before or after changes for static import list. Author: BBG #5065
• whitespace after Array type when using a type annotation. Author: Ruslan Iagudin #3300
• Google Style: Incorrect ParenPad warning. Author: Liam Miller-Cushon #4294
• NoWhitespaceBefore and empty for loop conditions. Author: Liam Miller-Cushon #5058
• Remove thread-unsafe context from the AbstractCheck class. Author: Andrew Kuchev #4908
• Fix order of message parameters in DE translation file. Author: Andreas Kurth #5068
• Issue with UnusedImports and javadoc usage.. Author: Liam Miller-Cushon #3453
• @see tag with leading asterisk before arguments lead to parse failure. Author: Piyush Sharma #5035
• FallThrough check doesn't handle synchronized blocks. Author: Liam Miller-Cushon #5037
• NoWhitespaceAfterCheck for some array initialization crashes Checkstyle. Author: Ruslan Iagudin #4557

Notes:

• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-misc profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva, Roman Ivanov #4675
• Pull #5113: enabled eclipse compiler to flag unused exceptions. Author: rnveach #5113
• config: bump maven-surefire-plugin to 2.20.1. Author: Roman Ivanov
• Support suppression-xpath element in SuppressionLoader. Author: Timur #4421
• Checkstyle tests should be named after the class they test and extra validations/helpers should be in a special package. Author: rnveach #5104
• Expand eclipse compiler to check test code. Author: rnveach #5116
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-coding profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva #5008
• Add file-stateful and stateless / global stateful check markers. Author: Andrew Kuchev #4883
• Remove thread-unsafe context from the AbstractFileSetCheck class. Author: Andrew Kuchev #4917
• Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test. Author: rnveach #3891
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-metrics profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva #5005
• IllegalType: update documentation to make it clear that LITERAL_NEW is not a target of this Check. Author: Roman Ivanov #5129
• XpathQueryGenerator should consider tabWith parameter. Author: Timur Tibeyev #4999
• Increase coverage of JavadocParser and JavadocLexer. Author: Piyush Sharma #4769
• doc: extend javadoc for JavadocTokenTypes.RULE_TYPES_OFFSET. Author: Roman Ivanov
• DeclarationOrder: problem with forward references. Author: kazachka #4984
• Fix up Portuguese messages. Author: Victor Williams Stafusa da Silva #5082
• Travis failing to execute some item on trusty instances. Author: Roman Ivanov #5086
• Strive for 100% mutation coverage. Author: Roman Ivanov #3708
• Eclipse validation is failed with "The type org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull cannot be resolved". Author: Roman Ivanov #5078
• find way to launch IntelliJ IDEA inspections from command line. Author: vasilyeva, Roman Ivanov #4682
• Rename JavadocLexer rule to a more meaningful name. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii #5040
• Review disabled validations of eclipse compiler. Author: Roman Ivanov #5060
• Using Eclipse compiler in CI to control 0 Warning level. Author: vasilyeva, Roman Ivanov #2600
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-api profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva #4394
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-check-annotation profile to 100%. Author: Roman Ivanov #4402
• Launch Sonarqube validation in docker in our CI for each PR validation. Author: vasilyeva #4912
• doc: remove section about a resolved API issue. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-imports profile to 100%. Author: vasylieva #5004
• made XMLLogger writer final. Author: rnveach #5033
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-utils profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva #4395

Release 8.2

Breaking backward compatibility:

• JavadocParser: inconsistent AST tree with and without SINGLETON_ELEMENT. Author: Piyush Sharma #3810
• move AbstractTypeAwareCheck and ClassResolver to javadoc package. Author: rnveach #4676
• remove deprecated property maxLineLength from LeftCurlyCheck. Author: rnveach #3671
• remove FileContentsHolder module as FileContents object is available for filters on TreeWalker in TreeWalkerAudit Event. Author: Timur, Roman Ivanov #3573
• Replace terms in AST Tokens by terms from HTML specification. Author: Piyush Sharma #4448

New:

• new Check: single line annotation location. Author: kazachka #3440
• Add HTML5 tags support to Javadoc antlr4 grammar and related classes. Author: Piyush Sharma #3332
• UnnecessaryParentheses: Reject parentheses around single parameters in lambdas. Author: rnveach #4639
• Add token type to LocalizedMessage. Author: Timur #4419

Bug fixes:

• Add (WS | NEWLINE) in proper places for javadoc tags. Author: Piyush Sharma #4934
• XMLLogger methods should be thread-safe. Author: Andrew Kuchev #4932
• Javadoc comments containing unescaped Java code with generic types leads to enormous parsing times. Author: Piyush Sharma #4390
• PackageObjectFactory can't instantiate AuditListeners. Author: rnveach #4742
• Remove thread-unsafe context from the AbstractJavadocCheck class. Author: Andrew Kuchev #4925
• SeverityLevelCounter should be thread-safe. Author: Andrew Kuchev #4927
• JavadocPackageCheck should be thread-safe. Author: Andrew Kuchev #4945
• Violations should print ID and observe them as unique. Author: Luolc #4607
• SuppressWarnings triggers RedundantModifier check on enum constructor. Author: rnveach #4846
• SummaryJavadoc: overlapping messages. Author: rnveach #4798
• Remove checkstyle_packages.xml from checkstyle. Author: rnveach #3660
• SummaryJavadoc: doesn't completely ignore inheritDoc tag. Author: rnveach #4744
• TodoCommentCheck overflows the stack for files with many comments. Author: rnveach #4563
• RegexpHeader not detecting '\n\n' by regex properly. Author: Vivek Rao #4735
• ModifiedControlVariableCheck crashes for some nested loops with multiple assignments. Author: rnveach #4630
• MethodCountCheck: class counts include anonymous methods. Author: rnveach, Roman Ivanov #4539
• RequireThisCheck: NPE on method from base class with validateOnlyOverlapping off. Author: rnveach #4856
• TreeWalkerFilter needs to be added to ModuleReflectionUtils. Author: Timur #4843
• RequireThisCheck: Use and declare a local variable with same name as class variable cause a NPE. Author: rnveach #4777
• Indentation: multiple try with resource not checked. Author: Vikramaditya Kukreja #3131
• FinalLocalVariable: false-negative with anonymous class. Author: rnveach #4727

Notes:

• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-utils profile to 100%. Author: Roman Ivanov #4395
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-api profile to 100%. Author: Roman Ivanov #4394
• Remove strong, wildcard suppressions in configuration. Author: vasilyeva, Roman Ivanov #4384
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-design profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva #5007
• Remove usage of javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter (removed in Java 9). Author: Oliver Siegmar #5027
• shippable: unstable execution of pitest for pitest-checkstyle-common profile. Author: Andrew Kuchev, Roman Ivanov #5022
• Fix documentation for minLineCount property in JavadocMethod. Author: Ruslan Iagudin #4987
• Using Eclipse compiler in CI to control 0 Warning level. Author: vasilyeva #2600
• IllegalTypeCheck: split illegalClassNames for short names to prevent runtime modification. Author: rnveach #4947
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-whitespace profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva #5003
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-sizes profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva #4993
• MainTest.testCreateListenerWithLocationIllegalStateException isn't deleting it's test file anymore. Author: liscju #4842
• Implement xpath query generator. Author: Timur #4901
• Implement XpathFilter. Author: Timur #4422
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-misc profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva #4675
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-regexp profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva #4988
• ReturnCount: enforce max=1 over checkstyle code. Author: Roman Ivanov #3496
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-tree-walker profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva #4398
• idea: fixing HtmlTagCanBeJavadocTag cause ant build error. Author: vasilyeva #4805
• AnnotationUseStyleCheck defaults: mismatch between documentation and code. Author: Stephan Schroevers #4966
• idea: fix ThisEscapedInConstructor idea violation for ImportControl class. Author: vasilyeva #4863
• idea: twelfth part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva #4940
• resolve IDEA inspection BooleanParameter in AbstractModuleTestSupport.createChecker. Author: vasilyeva #4857
• AuditEventDefaultFormatterTest should not use PowerMockito for testing. Author: rnveach #4931
• idea: eleventh part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva, vasylieva, Roman Ivanov #4801
• avoid boolean parameters for public methods. Author: vasilyeva #4709
• Mapper of XPath expressions onto AST nodes. Author: Timur #4369
• disallow java.util.Comparator in import-control. Author: Luolc #4907
• Custom checks broken with Checkstyle 8.0. Author: rnveach #4885
• Split BaseCheckTestSupport into AbstractPathTestSupport, AbstractModuleTestSupport, and AbstractTreeTestSupport. Author: rnveach, Subbu Dantu #4592
• idea: ninth part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva #4707
• idea: fifth part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva #4726
• idea: add messages to all asserts. Author: vasilyeva #4808
• wercker: NoErrorTest on sevntu with checkstyle's snapshot. Author: Roman Ivanov #4829
• Improve Error Handling for Javadoc Parsing. Author: Piyush Sharma #4717
• idea: add initial capacities to StringBuffer. Author: Roman Ivanov #4812
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-main profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva #4399
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-check-annotation profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva #4402

Release 8.1

Breaking backward compatibility:

• Make SuppressionCommentFilter and SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter children of TreeWalker. Author: Timur #4714
• remove AbstractComplexityCheck, AbstractIllegalCheck, AbstractIllegalMethodCheck, AbstractNestedDepthCheck. Author: vasilyeva #4749
• ImportControl: Remove deprecated 'url' property. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen #3578
• remove deprecated AbstractDeclarationCollector, AbstractFormatCheck, AbstractOptionCheck. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen #4677
• FileText should not extends AbstractList. Author: Timur #3034
• Move DetailAST log away from AbstractViolationReporter. Author: rnveach #3574
• api: LocalizedMessages class should be removed. Author: Andrei Selkin #3545

Bug fixes:

• SummaryJavadoc: no violation on absent summary and on javadoc where '.' is used not as end of sentence. Author: Sagar #3907
• MethodCountCheck with wrong tokens crashes Checkstyle. Author: rnveach #4556
• UnusedImportsCheck does not detect parameter types in javadoc block tags. Author: Brent Plump #4606
• UnusedImports processJavadoc fails with javadoc tags that span lines. Author: Nathan Naze #2840
• some messages are still hardcoded in english. Author: Subbu Dantu #3110
• EmptyBlock: NPE on annotation declaration. Author: Andrew Kuchev #4472

Notes:

• idea: tenth part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva, vasylieva #4725
• idea: sixth part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva #4724
• idea: seventh part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva #4722
• idea: fifth part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva #4726
• idea: eleventh part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva #4801
• Split BaseCheckTestSupport into AbstractPathTestSupport, AbstractModuleTestSupport, and AbstractTreeTestSupport. Author: Subbu Dantu #4592
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-check-header profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva #4401
• activate IntelliJ IDEA inspection InterfaceMayBeAnnotatedFunctional. Author: vasilyeva #3435
• idea: ninth part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva #4707
• spelling: Fix German translation. Author: FriedrichFroebel
• Increase coverage of JavadocParser and JavadocLexer. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii #4769
• idea: third part of violations. Author: vasilyeva #4713
• idea: fourth part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva #4723
• Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in 'regexp' package. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen #4585
• spelling: fix typo in docs. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
• add vavr library to our regression testing. Author: Roman Ivanov #4363
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-filters profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva #4396
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-api profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva, vasylieva #4394
• idea: second part of violations. Author: vasilyeva #4708
• Enable IntelliJ IDEA inspection: 'throw' inside 'finally' block. Author: vasilyeva #3301
• idea: eights part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva #4711
• MT mode: IntelliJ inspection violations. Author: Andrew Kuchev #4700
• Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs for MainTests to 'main' folder. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen #4588
• UniquePropertiesCheck.getLineNumber should be private. Author: BBG #4694
• suppress NewlineAtEndOfFile on all internal javadoc files. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen #4702
• Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in 'ant' package. Author: Subbu Dantu #4686
• Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in header package. Author: BBG, Dmytro Kytsmen #4365
• review all suppressed IntelliJ IDEA inspections with comment 'till ...'. Author: Roman Ivanov #4681
• Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in 'javadoc' package. Author: BBG #4586
• LeftCurlyCheck: clarify behavior of 'nlow' option after removal of 'maxLineLength'. Author: Roman Ivanov #3855
• Avoid usage of getLines method from FileText. Author: Timur #4641
• reevaluate tokens in google config for SeparatorWrapCheck. Author: kazachka #3752
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-misc profile to 100%. Author: Roman Ivanov #4675
• Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in 'checks' package. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen #4587
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-tree-walker profile to 100%. Author: rnveach, vasilyeva #4398
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-main profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva #4399
• ConfigurationLoaderTest::testIncorrectTag is flaky. Author: rnveach #4664
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-utils profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva #4395
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-common profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva, vasylieva #4400
• refactoring: CodeSelectorPModel do double copy of collection in c-tor. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen #3555
• Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in 'metrics' package. Author: Subbu Dantu #4575
• Restore wercker CIs that have custom Checks. Author: rnveach #4582
• Fix PMD violations for test code in Checkstyle. Author: vasylieva #877
• Build fails on cobertura:check goal. Author: Roman Ivanov #4450
• Add multi thread mode to checkstyle launcher. Author: Andrew Kuchev #4370

Release 8.0

Breaking backward compatibility:

• api changes: make getAcceptableTokens/getRequiredTokens/getDefaultTokens methods as abstract in Check.java. Author: rnveach #605
• deprecate Checker.setClassloader , replace with Checker.setClassLoader. Author: Roman Ivanov #922
• Remove deprecated Check class. Author: rnveach #4541
• CheckstyleAntTask: substitude setConfig(File) with setConfig(String). Author: Michael Diamond #4449
• remove deprecated getFilename method from FileContents. Author: Subbu Dantu #3666
• rename STMT in BlockOption class to STATEMENT. Author: Subbu Dantu #4035
• Remove unnecessary text from Javadoc tokens. Author: Piyush Sharma #3796
• Cache conflict between Maven/Ant and Eclipse/CLI run. Author: rnveach #3566

New:

• MethodCountCheck: add ANNOTATION_DEF to tokens to avoid NPE. Author: Roman Ivanov #4534

Bug fixes:

• some messages are still hardcoded in english. Author: Subbu Dantu, Roman Ivanov #3110
• MethodCountCheck: wrong counting with nested interface definition. Author: rnveach #4540
• Indentation: custom annotation not checked. Author: Vikramaditya Kukreja #3134
• Javadoc is not parsed correctly in files with only CR newlines. Author: Piyush Sharma #2329
• CLI Javadoc tree printing does not check placement of Javadoc. Author: Piyush Sharma #4405
• Javadoc parser: custom tags content should not be parsed as HTML. Author: Piyush Sharma #4164

Notes:

• pmd: fix all the remained. Author: vasilyeva #4567
• Localized UTs are not stable on Travis. Author: Roman Ivanov #4316
• Add since version to Checkstyle documentation. Author: rnveach #4475
• Fix PMD violations for test code in Checkstyle. Author: vasilyeva, vasylieva #877
• Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in 'indentation' package. Author: Subbu Dantu #4538
• Use Spotbugs tool in our build process. Author: vasylieva #4373
• pmd: enable validation on IT java sources. Author: vasilyeva, vasylieva #4500
• upgrade maven-pmd-plugin to version 3.8. Author: vasylieva #4342
• Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in imports package. Author: Subbu Dantu #4437
• Refactor Javadoc AST Tests. Author: Piyush Sharma #4381
• pmd: fix JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage violations in test classes. Author: vasilyeva #4516
• pmd: fix TestClassWithoutTestCases violations in test classes. Author: vasilyeva #4518
• pmd: fix UselessOverridingMethod violations in test classes. Author: vasilyeva #4488
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-utils profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva, vasylieva #4395
• refactoring: remove 'final' modifier from all arguments of method/c-tor at ImportControlCheck and around. Author: sharang108 #4353
• pmd: fix AppendCharacterWithChar violations in test classes. Author: vasylieva #4494
• pmd: fix InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration violations in test classes. Author: vasylieva #4491
• pmd: fix UncommentedEmptyMethodBody violations in test classes. Author: vasylieva #4495
• pmd: fix LoggerIsNotStaticFinal violations in test classes. Author: vasylieva #4490
• pmd: fix NcssMethodCount violations in test classes. Author: vasylieva #4496
• pmd: fix JUnit4TestShouldUseTestAnnotation violations in test classes. Author: vasylieva #4489
• pmd: fix ConfusingTernary violations in test classes. Author: vasylieva #4493
• pmd: fix CommentDefaultAccessModifier violations in test classes. Author: vasylieva #4492
• pmd: fix CheckstyleCustomShortVariable violations in test classes. Author: vasylieva #4497
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-common profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva, vasylieva, Roman Ivanov #4400
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-api profile to 100%. Author: vasylieva #4394
• pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-tree-walker profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva #4398
• Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in header package. Author: sharang108 #4365