The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Checkstyle Plugin, version 2.14
Generates a report on violations of code style and optionally fails the build if violations are detected. http://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>2.14</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Apache Maven Checkstyle Plugin - Version 2.14 Bug * [MCHECKSTYLE-255] First checkstyle error is not printed in the console ouput * [MCHECKSTYLE-254] Update plexus-interpolation to avoid thread safety issues * [MCHECKSTYLE-249] ITs failing when building on Windows from distribution prepared on Unix Improvement * [MCHECKSTYLE-283] Move maven_checks.xml and maven-header.txt away from the plugin * [MCHECKSTYLE-282] add info on ruleset used in report intro * [MCHECKSTYLE-263] Removed dependency plexus-container-default:1.0-alpha-9-stable-1 * [MCHECKSTYLE-262] Upgrade to maven-plugins parent version 27 * [MCHECKSTYLE-257] display content/documentation of Checkstyle configurations predefined by maven-checkstyle-plugin in plugin's documentation site * [MCHECKSTYLE-256] add Java package information to output, instead of class name only * [MCHECKSTYLE-251] Upgrade to Checkstyle 5.8 Task * [MCHECKSTYLE-281] fail if deprecated parameters are used and display update instructions * [MCHECKSTYLE-280] add documentation on upgrading Checkstyle at runtime * [MCHECKSTYLE-276] remove RedundantThrows rule from default configs * [MCHECKSTYLE-274] remove Avalon configuration since the Avalon project is retired Enjoy, -The Maven team