Checkstyle Tool Features
Overview
In this tutorial, we will learn about Checkstyle tool features. Checkstyle enforces a set of coding standard rules on the Java source code. We can enforce the checks with a configurable configuration file.
Introduction to the tool:
https://www.testingdocs.com/checkstyle-source-code-analyzer-tool/
Checkstyle Tool Features
Some of the tool features are as follows:
Easy to use
The tool can be installed in IDE as plugin, integrate into build management tool like Maven.
IDE Support
We can install the tool on major IDEs like Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, etc.
CheckStyle IntelliJ IDEA Plugin.
Naming conventions
The tool enforces specified naming conventions. For example, names of packages, classes, interfaces, constants, static variables, instance variables, local variables, method names, etc.
Missing Javadoc
Enforces missing Javadoc comments. The tool reports classes, interfaces, etc that violates with missing Javadoc comments.
Reports Javadoc comments that are missing summaries, etc.
Example fix for the missing Javadoc comment Checkstyle violation for the Java class.
Size Violations
We can configure the tool to report different types of size violations. For example, we can set the line width to 100 characters, class lines of code to 3000 LOC, etc.
Indentation Checks
We can configure the tool to checks for proper indented source code blocks. Indentation improves readability of source code.
Imports Order
The tool checks for lexicographic order for the import statements.
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