Optional Checks

Overview

Standard Checkstyle Checks are applicable to general Java coding style and require no external libraries. An optional Check is for special applications or requires additional libraries. There are are optional Checks for:

• J2EE Requirements

Configuration

As with standard checks, optional checks are configured as submodules of TreeWalker. The shortened name of an optional Check module must include the appropriate package name prefix. For example, this is a configuration fragment for Check com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.j2ee.EntityBean:

Consult the Checkstyle configuration manual to learn how to integrate optional Checks into the package configuration so that you can use fully shortened names such as UnusedLocalVariable.