The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Checkstyle Plugin, version 3.1.1
The Checkstyle Plugin generates a report regarding the code style used by the developers. For more information about Checkstyle, see http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/. This version of the plugin uses Checkstyle 8 by default, requires Java 8 and it does not support Checkstyle 6 anymore. https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.1.1</version> </plugin> You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page: https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/download.cgi Release Notes - Maven Checkstyle Plugin - Version 3.1.1 ** Bug * [MCHECKSTYLE-380] - Issue tracking page for maven-checkstyle-plugin is not available * [MCHECKSTYLE-384] - Incompatibility to Checkstyle version >= 8.24 - Upgrade to 8.28 ** New Feature * [MCHECKSTYLE-371] - Add logViolationCountToConsole property ** Improvement * [MCHECKSTYLE-381] - Remove usage of deprecated class loading functionality from checkstyle * [MCHECKSTYLE-390] - Upgrade to checkstyle 8.29 ** Task * [MCHECKSTYLE-391] - Update parent to 34 ** Dependency upgrade * [MCHECKSTYLE-388] - Update internal dependencies with low impact * [MCHECKSTYLE-389] - MCHECKSTYLE-365 introduces regression with 'rules' aggregate count section on report Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team
