The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Checkstyle Plugin, version 2.15
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>2.15</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Apache Maven Checkstyle Plugin - Version 2.15 Bug * [MCHECKSTYLE-288] NullPointerException during building a multi-module project * [MCHECKSTYLE-250] NPE on tying to load LICENSE.txt resource from non-jar plugin dependencies Improvement * [MCHECKSTYLE-286] Add info on ruleset used in console output * [MCHECKSTYLE-261] Upgrade to Checkstyle 6.1.1 Task * [MCHECKSTYLE-277] Require Java 6 * [MCHECKSTYLE-273] Remove Turbine configuration since it is not used any more Enjoy, -The Maven team
