Stig Rohde Døssing created MCHECKSTYLE-337:
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Summary: checkstyle:check only supports xml output format, but the
docs say it supports plain as well
Key: MCHECKSTYLE-337
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCHECKSTYLE-337
Project: Maven Checkstyle Plugin
Issue Type: Bug
Components: checkstyle:check
Affects Versions: 2.17
Reporter: Stig Rohde Døssing
Priority: Minor
The documentation for the check goal at
https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/check-mojo.html#outputFileFormat
mentions "plain" as a valid option for file output. This is not true, the mojo
only supports XML.
I'd prefer added support for plain output, but the docs should be fixed if that
is not possible.
Taking a look at the code, it looks like the only reason plain isn't supported
is because the check mojo needs to parse the output file to figure out if there
were style violations. An option would be counting errors with the
AuditListener instead, but this would break support for skipExec. An
alternative would be to output an extra XML result file if the output format
isn't XML.
I'd be happy to implement either solution.
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