mavencheckstyle

Run Maven Checkstyle with Custom Checkstyle

I ran mvn checkstyle:checkstyle, but it's not using my custom checkstyle XML file.

Please advise me how to use my own checkstyle file rather than the default/whichever it's configured to now?

Solution

  • You need to configure the file location in your pom.xml:

    <build>
  <plugins>
    <plugin>
      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
      <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
      <version>2.9.1</version>  
      <configuration>
        <configLocation><!-- Specify file here --></configLocation>
      </configuration>
    </plugin>  
  </plugins>
</build>

    Check the this page to see other configuration options.