src/conf/checkstyle.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
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<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
    "-//Checkstyle//DTD Checkstyle Configuration 1.3//EN"
    "https://checkstyle.org/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">

<!-- Checkstyle configuration that checks the commons-cli coding conventions -->

<module name="Checker">
  <property name="localeLanguage" value="en" />

  <!-- Checks that a package.html file exists for each package. -->
  <!-- See http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_javadoc.html#JavadocPackage -->
  <module name="JavadocPackage" />

  <!-- Checks whether files end with a new line. -->
  <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_misc.html#NewlineAtEndOfFile -->
  <module name="NewlineAtEndOfFile" />

  <!-- Checks that property files contain the same keys. -->
  <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_misc.html#Translation -->
  <module name="Translation" />

  <module name="FileTabCharacter">
    <property name="eachLine" value="true" />
  </module>

  <module name="LineLength">
    <property name="max" value="160" />
  </module>

  <module name="TreeWalker">
    <module name="LeftCurly" />

    <!-- Checks for Javadoc comments. -->
    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_javadoc.html -->
    <module name="JavadocType" />
    <module name="JavadocVariable" />

    <!-- Checks for Naming Conventions. -->
    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_naming.html -->
    <module name="ConstantName" />
    <module name="FinalParameters"/>
    <module name="LocalFinalVariableName" />
    <module name="LocalVariableName" />
    <module name="MemberName" />
    <module name="MethodName" />
    <module name="PackageName" />
    <module name="ParameterName" />
    <module name="ParenPad" />
    <module name="StaticVariableName" />
    <module name="TypeName" />

    <!-- Checks for imports -->
    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_import.html -->
    <module name="AvoidStarImport" />
    <module name="IllegalImport" /> <!-- defaults to sun.* packages -->
    <module name="RedundantImport" />
    <module name="UnusedImports" />

    <!-- Checks for Size Violations. -->
    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_sizes.html -->
    <!--<module name="FileLength"/> -->
    <module name="MethodLength" />
    <module name="ParameterNumber">
      <property name="max" value="9" />
    </module>

    <!-- Checks for whitespace -->
    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_whitespace.html -->
    <module name="EmptyForIteratorPad" />
    <module name="NoWhitespaceBefore" />
    <module name="ParenPad" />

    <module name="WhitespaceAfter" />
    <module name="WhitespaceAround" />

    <!-- Modifier Checks -->
    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_modifiers.html -->
    <module name="ModifierOrder" />
    <module name="RedundantModifier" />

    <!-- Checks for blocks. You know, those {}'s -->
    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_blocks.html -->
    <module name="AvoidNestedBlocks" />
    <module name="EmptyBlock">
      <property name="option" value="text" />
    </module>
    <module name="NeedBraces" />

    <!-- Checks for common coding problems -->
    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_coding.html -->
    <module name="CovariantEquals" />
    <module name="EqualsHashCode" />
    <module name="IllegalInstantiation" />
    <module name="InnerAssignment" />
    <module name="MagicNumber">
      <property name="ignoreNumbers" value="-1,0,1,2,3" />
    </module>
    <module name="SimplifyBooleanExpression" />
    <module name="SimplifyBooleanReturn" />
    <module name="StringLiteralEquality" />
    <module name="SuperClone" />
    <module name="SuperFinalize" />
    <module name="ExplicitInitialization" />
    <module name="DefaultComesLast" />
    <module name="FallThrough" />
    <module name="MultipleVariableDeclarations" />
    <module name="UnnecessaryParentheses" />

    <!-- Checks for class design -->
    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_design.html -->
    <module name="FinalClass" />
    <module name="HideUtilityClassConstructor" />
    <module name="InterfaceIsType" />
    <module name="VisibilityModifier">
      <property name="protectedAllowed" value="true" />
    </module>

    <!-- Miscellaneous other checks. -->
    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_misc.html -->
    <module name="ArrayTypeStyle" />
    <!-- <module name="GenericIllegalRegexp"> <property name="format" value="\s+$"/> <property name="message" value="Line has trailing spaces."/> </module> -->
    <module name="TodoComment" />
    <module name="UpperEll" />
    <module name="ImportOrder">
      <property name="option" value="top"/>
      <property name="groups" value="java,javax,org"/>
      <property name="ordered" value="true"/>
      <property name="separated" value="true"/>
    </module>
    <module name="TypecastParenPad" />    
  </module>

  <!-- @author tags are deprecated -->
  <module name="RegexpSingleline">
    <property name="format" value="^\s+\*\s+@author\s" />
    <property name="message" value="Deprecated @author tag" />
    <property name="fileExtensions" value="java" />
    <property name="severity" value="warning" />
  </module>

  <module name="RegexpSingleline">
    <property name="format" value="\s+$" />
    <property name="minimum" value="0" />
    <property name="maximum" value="0" />
    <property name="message" value="Line has trailing spaces." />
  </module>

</module>