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<section name="Release 8.5">
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Try to load class from all of packages as classpath scanning doesn't work in Eclipse runtime environment. Author: kazachka <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4916">#4916</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
RegexpOnFilenameCheck: NullPointerException when relative path is used to run checkstyle CLI . Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5278">#5278</a>
</li>
<li>
JavadocPackage: NullPointerException when relative path is used to run checkstyle CLI. Author: Artem Dudkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5127">#5127</a>
</li>
<li>
Checker.destroy doesn't erase fileSets but erases everything else. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5264">#5264</a>
</li>
<li>
TranslationCheck prints violations from previous AbstractFileSetCheck run. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5263">#5263</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Fix violations from new sevntu check - CheckstyleTestMakeupCheck. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5228">#5228</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: typo fix and extension for 'what is javadoc'. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
Checkstyle UTs shouldn't create custom configuration methods. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5157">#5157</a>
</li>
<li>
adjacent static import groups ones became impossible in 8.3. Author: BBG <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5176">#5176</a>
</li>
<li>
cobertura coverage check failing on jdk 152. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5283">#5283</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove usage of DetailAST.branchContains. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5124">#5124</a>
</li>
<li>
Reorganize token methods of all Checks. Author: Subbu Dantu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4581">#4581</a>
</li>
<li>
ImportControl: unable to disallow static import. Author: Jochen Van de Velde, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4284">#4284</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: Removed maxLineLength property from javadoc, the property itself had been removed earlier. Author: Balazs Nemeth
</li>
<li>
wercker build is unstable for htmlunit project due to SNAPSHOT dependency . Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5251">#5251</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix plural agreement grammar in documentation for DesignForExtension. Author: Jake Gage <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5249">#5249</a>
</li>
<li>
Mark all checks with appropriate interface so that they could be used in the MT mode. Author: Andrew Kuchev <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4870">#4870</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 8.4">
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Disallowing user to use incomplete fully qualified Check names in config file. Author: BBG <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4456">#4456</a>
</li>
<li>
JavadocTokenTypes should keep values of tokens, restore tokens as they were at 8.1 version. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5139">#5139</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove extra numeric offset in JavadocTokenTypes. Author: Maksim Shilin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5114">#5114</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Checkstyle produces invalid XML file. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5162">#5162</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Fix violations from new sevntu check - CheckstyleTestMakeupCheck. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5228">#5228</a>
</li>
<li>
Unused messages in message.properties. Author: dyominov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5094">#5094</a>
</li>
<li>
Two unit tests for SuppressionCommentFilterTest do not fail if CheckstyleException is not thrown. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5210">#5210</a>
</li>
<li>
ClassFanOutComplexity for a multi-dimensional array is calculating with an error.. Author: Artem Dudkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5134">#5134</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove usage of DetailAST.branchContains. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5124">#5124</a>
</li>
<li>
Checkstyle tests should be named after the class they test and extra validations/helpers should be in a special package. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5104">#5104</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-whitespace profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5003">#5003</a>
</li>
<li>
left curly nlow documentation error?. Author: Clément Guillaume <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5188">#5188</a>
</li>
<li>
create GeneratedJavadocTokenTypesTest.java. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5186">#5186</a>
</li>
<li>
Use private final loggers instead of private static final in Checkstyle codebase. Author: crude <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/929">#929</a>
</li>
<li>
Move DetailNodeTreeStringPrinter#createFakeBlockComment to CommonUtils. Author: Turkin Ivan <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4785">#4785</a>
</li>
<li>
Prohibit the usage of hardcoded encoding in Checkstyle source code. Author: Artem Dudkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5023">#5023</a>
</li>
<li>
appveyor: provide ability to skip CI executions base on commit files. Author: Maksim Shilin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3870">#3870</a>
</li>
<li>
Reorganize token methods of all Checks. Author: Subbu Dantu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4581">#4581</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove deprecated class BaseCheckTestSupport. Author: Subbu Dantu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4867">#4867</a>
</li>
<li>
validation by xsd during build is missed for xml files that use packages_1_0.dtd. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5177">#5177</a>
</li>
<li>
Sonar validation failing with StackOverflowError. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5175">#5175</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 8.3">
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Uppercase letters to be allowed in package names in javadoc. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4408">#4408</a>
</li>
<li>
Making required arguments mandatory for javadoc tags in grammar. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4942">#4942</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
NoWhitespaceAfter: do not allow whitespace after '@' sign. Author: Ruslan Iagudin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4410">#4410</a>
</li>
<li>
WhitespaceAround: Add support for varargs. Author: Ruslan Iagudin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4157">#4157</a>
</li>
<li>
Boolean flag in Javadoc Checks that shows a current Javadoc comment has unclosed HTML tags. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3311">#3311</a>
</li>
<li>
Add columnCharIndex field to LocalizedMessage. Author: Timur Tibeyev <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4998">#4998</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
IllegalType does not seem to handle multidimensional array types. Author: Ruslan Iagudin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4425">#4425</a>
</li>
<li>
No violation before or after changes for static import list. Author: BBG <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5065">#5065</a>
</li>
<li>
whitespace after Array type when using a type annotation. Author: Ruslan Iagudin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3300">#3300</a>
</li>
<li>
Google Style: Incorrect ParenPad warning. Author: Liam Miller-Cushon <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4294">#4294</a>
</li>
<li>
NoWhitespaceBefore and empty for loop conditions. Author: Liam Miller-Cushon <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5058">#5058</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove thread-unsafe context from the AbstractCheck class. Author: Andrew Kuchev <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4908">#4908</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix order of message parameters in DE translation file. Author: Andreas Kurth <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5068">#5068</a>
</li>
<li>
Issue with UnusedImports and javadoc usage.. Author: Liam Miller-Cushon <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3453">#3453</a>
</li>
<li>
@see tag with leading asterisk before arguments lead to parse failure. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5035">#5035</a>
</li>
<li>
FallThrough check doesn't handle synchronized blocks. Author: Liam Miller-Cushon <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5037">#5037</a>
</li>
<li>
NoWhitespaceAfterCheck for some array initialization crashes Checkstyle. Author: Ruslan Iagudin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4557">#4557</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-misc profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4675">#4675</a>
</li>
<li>
Pull #5113: enabled eclipse compiler to flag unused exceptions. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5113">#5113</a>
</li>
<li>
conifg: bump maven-surefire-plugin to 2.20.1. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
Support suppression-xpath element in SuppressionLoader. Author: Timur <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4421">#4421</a>
</li>
<li>
Checkstyle tests should be named after the class they test and extra validations/helpers should be in a special package. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5104">#5104</a>
</li>
<li>
Expand eclipse compiler to check test code. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5116">#5116</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-coding profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5008">#5008</a>
</li>
<li>
Add file-stateful and stateless / global stateful check markers. Author: Andrew Kuchev <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4883">#4883</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove thread-unsafe context from the AbstractFileSetCheck class. Author: Andrew Kuchev <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4917">#4917</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3891">#3891</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-metrics profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5005">#5005</a>
</li>
<li>
IllegalType: update documentation to make it clear that LITERAL_NEW is not a target of this Check. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5129">#5129</a>
</li>
<li>
XpathQueryGenerator should consider tabWith parameter. Author: Timur Tibeyev <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4999">#4999</a>
</li>
<li>
Increase coverage of JavadocParser and JavadocLexer. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4769">#4769</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: extend javadoc for JavadocTokenTypes.RULE_TYPES_OFFSET. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
DeclarationOrder: problem with forward references. Author: kazachka <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4984">#4984</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix up Portuguese messages. Author: Victor Williams Stafusa da Silva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5082">#5082</a>
</li>
<li>
Travis failing to execute some item on trusty instances. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5086">#5086</a>
</li>
<li>
Strive for 100% mutation coverage. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3708">#3708</a>
</li>
<li>
Eclipse validtion is failed with "The type org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull cannot be resolved". Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5078">#5078</a>
</li>
<li>
find way to launch IntellijIdea inspections from command line. Author: vasilyeva, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4682">#4682</a>
</li>
<li>
Rename JavadocLexer rule to a more meaningful name. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5040">#5040</a>
</li>
<li>
Review disabled validations of eclipse compiler. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5060">#5060</a>
</li>
<li>
Using Eclipse compiler in CI to control 0 Warning level. Author: vasilyeva, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2600">#2600</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-api profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4394">#4394</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-check-annotation profile to 100%. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4402">#4402</a>
</li>
<li>
Launch Sonarqube validation in docker in our CI for each PR validation. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4912">#4912</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: remove section about a resolved API issue. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-imports profile to 100%. Author: vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5004">#5004</a>
</li>
<li>
made XMLLogger writer final. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5033">#5033</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-utils profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4395">#4395</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 8.2">
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
JavadocParser: inconsistent AST tree with and without SINGLETON_ELEMENT. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3810">#3810</a>
</li>
<li>
move AbstractTypeAwareCheck and ClassResolver to javadoc package. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4676">#4676</a>
</li>
<li>
remove deprecated property maxLineLength from LeftCurlyCheck. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3671">#3671</a>
</li>
<li>
remove FileContentsHolder module as FileContents object is available for filters on TreeWalker in TreeWalkerAudit Event. Author: Timur, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3573">#3573</a>
</li>
<li>
Replace terms in AST Tokens by terms from HTML specification. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4448">#4448</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
new Check: single line annotation location. Author: kazachka <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3440">#3440</a>
</li>
<li>
Add HTML5 tags support to Javadoc antlr4 grammar and related classes. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3332">#3332</a>
</li>
<li>
UnnecessaryParentheses: Reject parentheses around single parameters in lambdas. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4639">#4639</a>
</li>
<li>
Add token type to LocalizedMessage. Author: Timur <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4419">#4419</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Add (WS | NEWLINE) in proper places for javadoc tags. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4934">#4934</a>
</li>
<li>
XMLLogger methods should be thread-safe. Author: Andrew Kuchev <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4932">#4932</a>
</li>
<li>
Javadoc comments containing unescaped Java code with generic types leads to enormous parsing times. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4390">#4390</a>
</li>
<li>
PackageObjectFactory can't instantiate AuditListeners. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4742">#4742</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove thread-unsafe context from the AbstractJavadocCheck class. Author: Andrew Kuchev <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4925">#4925</a>
</li>
<li>
SeverityLevelCounter should be thread-safe. Author: Andrew Kuchev <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4927">#4927</a>
</li>
<li>
JavadocPackageCheck should be thread-safe. Author: Andrew Kuchev <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4945">#4945</a>
</li>
<li>
Violations should print ID and observe them as unique. Author: Luolc <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4607">#4607</a>
</li>
<li>
SuppressWarnings triggers RedundantModifier check on enum constructor. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4846">#4846</a>
</li>
<li>
SummaryJavadoc: overlapping messages. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4798">#4798</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove checkstyle_packages.xml from checkstyle. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3660">#3660</a>
</li>
<li>
SummaryJavadoc: doesn't completely ignore inheritDoc tag. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4744">#4744</a>
</li>
<li>
TodoCommentCheck overflows the stack for files with many comments. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4563">#4563</a>
</li>
<li>
RegexpHeader not detecting '\n\n' by regex properly. Author: Vivek Rao <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4735">#4735</a>
</li>
<li>
ModifiedControlVariableCheck crashes for some nested loops with multiple assignments. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4630">#4630</a>
</li>
<li>
MethodCountCheck: class counts include anonymous methods. Author: rnveach, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4539">#4539</a>
</li>
<li>
RequireThisCheck: NPE on method from base class with validateOnlyOverlapping off. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4856">#4856</a>
</li>
<li>
TreeWalkerFilter needs to be added to ModuleReflectionUtils. Author: Timur <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4843">#4843</a>
</li>
<li>
RequireThisCheck: Use and declare a local variable with same name as class variable cause a NPE. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4777">#4777</a>
</li>
<li>
Indentation: multiple try with resource not checked. Author: Vikramaditya Kukreja <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3131">#3131</a>
</li>
<li>
FinalLocalVariable: false-negative with anonymous class. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4727">#4727</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-utils profile to 100%. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4395">#4395</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-api profile to 100%. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4394">#4394</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove strong, wildcard suppressions in configuration. Author: vasilyeva, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4384">#4384</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-design profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5007">#5007</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove usage of javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter (removed in Java 9). Author: Oliver Siegmar <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5027">#5027</a>
</li>
<li>
shippable: unstable execution of pitest for pitest-checkstyle-common profile. Author: Andrew Kuchev, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5022">#5022</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix documentation for minLineCount property in JavadocMethod. Author: Ruslan Iagudin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4987">#4987</a>
</li>
<li>
Using Eclipse compiler in CI to control 0 Warning level. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2600">#2600</a>
</li>
<li>
IllegalTypeCheck: split illegalClassNames for short names to prevent runtime modification. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4947">#4947</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-whitespace profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/5003">#5003</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-sizes profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4993">#4993</a>
</li>
<li>
MainTest.testCreateListenerWithLocationIllegalStateException isn't deleting it's test file anymore. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4842">#4842</a>
</li>
<li>
Implement xpath query generator. Author: Timur <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4901">#4901</a>
</li>
<li>
Implement XpathFilter. Author: Timur <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4422">#4422</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-misc profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4675">#4675</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-regexp profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4988">#4988</a>
</li>
<li>
ReturnCount: enforce max=1 over checkstyle code. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3496">#3496</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-tree-walker profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4398">#4398</a>
</li>
<li>
idea: fixing HtmlTagCanBeJavadocTag cause ant build error. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4805">#4805</a>
</li>
<li>
AnnotationUseStyleCheck defaults: mismatch between documentation and code. Author: Stephan Schroevers <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4966">#4966</a>
</li>
<li>
idea: fix ThisEscapedInConstructor idea violation for ImportControl class. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4863">#4863</a>
</li>
<li>
idea: twelfth part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4940">#4940</a>
</li>
<li>
resolve IDEA inspection BooleanParameter in AbstractModuleTestSupport.createChecker. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4857">#4857</a>
</li>
<li>
AuditEventDefaultFormatterTest should not use PowerMockito for testing. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4931">#4931</a>
</li>
<li>
idea: eleventh part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva, vasylieva, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4801">#4801</a>
</li>
<li>
avoid boolean parameters for public methods. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4709">#4709</a>
</li>
<li>
Mapper of XPath expressions onto AST nodes. Author: Timur <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4369">#4369</a>
</li>
<li>
disallow java.util.Comparator in import-control. Author: Luolc <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4907">#4907</a>
</li>
<li>
Custom checks broken with Checkstyle 8.0. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4885">#4885</a>
</li>
<li>
Split BaseCheckTestSupport into AbstractPathTestSupport, AbstractModuleTestSupport, and AbstractTreeTestSupport. Author: rnveach, Subbu Dantu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4592">#4592</a>
</li>
<li>
idea: ninth part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4707">#4707</a>
</li>
<li>
idea: fifth part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4726">#4726</a>
</li>
<li>
idea: add messages to all asserts. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4808">#4808</a>
</li>
<li>
wercker: NoErrorTest on sevntu with checkstyle's snapshot. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4829">#4829</a>
</li>
<li>
Improve Error Handling for Javadoc Parsing. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4717">#4717</a>
</li>
<li>
idea: add initial capacities to StringBuffer. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4812">#4812</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-main profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4399">#4399</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-check-annotation profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4402">#4402</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 8.1">
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Make SuppressionCommentFilter and SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter children of TreeWalker. Author: Timur <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4714">#4714</a>
</li>
<li>
remove AbstractComplexityCheck, AbstractIllegalCheck, AbstractIllegalMethodCheck, AbstractNestedDepthCheck. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4749">#4749</a>
</li>
<li>
ImportControl: Remove deprecated 'url' property. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3578">#3578</a>
</li>
<li>
remove deprecated AbstractDeclarationCollector, AbstractFormatCheck, AbstractOptionCheck. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4677">#4677</a>
</li>
<li>
FileText should not extends AbstractList. Author: Timur <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3034">#3034</a>
</li>
<li>
Move DetailAST log away from AbstractViolationReporter. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3574">#3574</a>
</li>
<li>
api: LocalizedMessages class should be removed. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3545">#3545</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
SummaryJavadoc: no violation on absent summary and on javadoc where '.' is used not as end of sentense. Author: Sagar <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3907">#3907</a>
</li>
<li>
MethodCountCheck with wrong tokens crashes Checkstyle. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4556">#4556</a>
</li>
<li>
UnusedImportsCheck does not detect parameter types in javadoc block tags. Author: Brent Plump <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4606">#4606</a>
</li>
<li>
UnusedImports processJavadoc fails with javadoc tags that span lines. Author: Nathan Naze <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2840">#2840</a>
</li>
<li>
some messages are still hardcoded in english. Author: Subbu Dantu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3110">#3110</a>
</li>
<li>
EmptyBlock: NPE on annotation declaration. Author: Andrew Kuchev <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4472">#4472</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
idea: tenth part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva, vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4725">#4725</a>
</li>
<li>
idea: sixth part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4724">#4724</a>
</li>
<li>
idea: seventh part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4722">#4722</a>
</li>
<li>
idea: fifth part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4726">#4726</a>
</li>
<li>
idea: eleventh part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4801">#4801</a>
</li>
<li>
Split BaseCheckTestSupport into AbstractPathTestSupport, AbstractModuleTestSupport, and AbstractTreeTestSupport. Author: Subbu Dantu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4592">#4592</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-check-header profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4401">#4401</a>
</li>
<li>
activate IntellijIdea inspection InterfaceMayBeAnnotatedFunctional. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3435">#3435</a>
</li>
<li>
idea: ninth part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4707">#4707</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: Fix German translation. Author: FriedrichFroebel
</li>
<li>
Increase coverage of JavadocParser and JavadocLexer. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4769">#4769</a>
</li>
<li>
idea: third part of violations. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4713">#4713</a>
</li>
<li>
idea: fourth part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4723">#4723</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in 'regexp' package. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4585">#4585</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: fix typo in docs. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
</li>
<li>
add vavr library to our regression testing. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4363">#4363</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-filters profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4396">#4396</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-api profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva, vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4394">#4394</a>
</li>
<li>
idea: second part of violations. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4708">#4708</a>
</li>
<li>
Enable IntellijIdea inspection: 'throw' inside 'finally' block. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3301">#3301</a>
</li>
<li>
idea: eights part of idea violations. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4711">#4711</a>
</li>
<li>
MT mode: Intelllij inspection violations. Author: Andrew Kuchev <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4700">#4700</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs for MainTests to 'main' folder. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4588">#4588</a>
</li>
<li>
UniquePropertiesCheck.getLineNumber should be private. Author: BBG <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4694">#4694</a>
</li>
<li>
suppress NewlineAtEndOfFile on all internal javadoc files. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4702">#4702</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in 'ant' package. Author: Subbu Dantu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4686">#4686</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in header package. Author: BBG, Dmytro Kytsmen <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4365">#4365</a>
</li>
<li>
review all suppressed IntellijIdea inspections with comment 'till ...'. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4681">#4681</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in 'javadoc' package. Author: BBG <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4586">#4586</a>
</li>
<li>
LeftCurlyCheck: clarify behavior of 'nlow' option after removal of 'maxLineLength'. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3855">#3855</a>
</li>
<li>
Avoid usage of getLines method from FileText. Author: Timur <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4641">#4641</a>
</li>
<li>
reevaluate tokens in google config for SeparatorWrapCheck. Author: kazachka <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3752">#3752</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checks-misc profile to 100%. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4675">#4675</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in 'checks' package. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4587">#4587</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-tree-walker profile to 100%. Author: rnveach, vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4398">#4398</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-main profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4399">#4399</a>
</li>
<li>
ConfigurationLoaderTest::testIncorrectTag is flaky. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4664">#4664</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-utils profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4395">#4395</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-common profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva, vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4400">#4400</a>
</li>
<li>
refactoring: CodeSelectorPModel do double copy of collectio in c-tor. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3555">#3555</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in 'metrics' package. Author: Subbu Dantu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4575">#4575</a>
</li>
<li>
Restore wercker CIs that have custom Checks. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4582">#4582</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix PMD violations for test code in Checkstyle. Author: vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/877">#877</a>
</li>
<li>
Build fails on cobertura:check goal. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4450">#4450</a>
</li>
<li>
Add multi thread mode to checkstyle launcher. Author: Andrew Kuchev <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4370">#4370</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 8.0">
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
api changes: make getAcceptableTokens/getRequiredTokens/getDefaultTokens methods as abstract in Check.java. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/605">#605</a>
</li>
<li>
deprecate Checker.setClassloader , replace with Checker.setClassLoader. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/922">#922</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove deprecated Check class. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4541">#4541</a>
</li>
<li>
CheckstyleAntTask: substitude setConfig(File) with setConfig(String). Author: Michael Diamond <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4449">#4449</a>
</li>
<li>
remove deprecated getFilename menthod from FileContents. Author: Subbu Dantu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3666">#3666</a>
</li>
<li>
rename STMT in BlockOption class to STATEMENT. Author: Subbu Dantu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4035">#4035</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove unnecessary text from Javadoc tokens. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3796">#3796</a>
</li>
<li>
Cache conflict between Maven/Ant and Eclipse/CLI run. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3566">#3566</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
MethodCountCheck: add ANNOTATION_DEF to toknes to avoid NPE. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4534">#4534</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
some messages are still hardcoded in english. Author: Subbu Dantu, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3110">#3110</a>
</li>
<li>
MethodCountCheck: wrong counting with nested interface definition. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4540">#4540</a>
</li>
<li>
Indentation: custom annotation not checked. Author: Vikramaditya Kukreja <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3134">#3134</a>
</li>
<li>
Javadoc is not parsed correctly in files with only CR newlines. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2329">#2329</a>
</li>
<li>
CLI Javadoc tree printing does not check placement of Javadoc. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4405">#4405</a>
</li>
<li>
Javadoc parser: custom tags content should not be parsed as HTML. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4164">#4164</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
pmd: fix all the remained. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4567">#4567</a>
</li>
<li>
Localized UTs are not stable on Travis. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4316">#4316</a>
</li>
<li>
Add since version to Checkstyle documentation. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4475">#4475</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix PMD violations for test code in Checkstyle. Author: vasilyeva, vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/877">#877</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in &#39;indentation&#39; package. Author: Subbu Dantu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4538">#4538</a>
</li>
<li>
Use Spotbugs tool in our build process. Author: vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4373">#4373</a>
</li>
<li>
pmd: enable validation on IT java sources. Author: vasilyeva, vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4500">#4500</a>
</li>
<li>
upgrade maven-pmd-plugin to version 3.8. Author: vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4342">#4342</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in imports package. Author: Subbu Dantu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4437">#4437</a>
</li>
<li>
Refactor Javadoc AST Tests. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4381">#4381</a>
</li>
<li>
pmd: fix JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage violations in test classes. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4516">#4516</a>
</li>
<li>
pmd: fix TestClassWithoutTestCases violations in test classes. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4518">#4518</a>
</li>
<li>
pmd: fix UselessOverridingMethod violations in test classes. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4488">#4488</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-utils profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva, vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4395">#4395</a>
</li>
<li>
refactoring: remove &#39;final&#39; modifier from all arguments of method/c-tor at ImportControlCheck and around. Author: sharang108 <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4353">#4353</a>
</li>
<li>
pmd: fix AppendCharacterWithChar violations in test classes. Author: vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4494">#4494</a>
</li>
<li>
pmd: fix InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration violations in test classes. Author: vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4491">#4491</a>
</li>
<li>
pmd: fix UncommentedEmptyMethodBody violations in test classes. Author: vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4495">#4495</a>
</li>
<li>
pmd: fix LoggerIsNotStaticFinal violations in test classes. Author: vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4490">#4490</a>
</li>
<li>
pmd: fix NcssMethodCount violations in test classes. Author: vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4496">#4496</a>
</li>
<li>
pmd: fix JUnit4TestShouldUseTestAnnotation violations in test classes. Author: vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4489">#4489</a>
</li>
<li>
pmd: fix ConfusingTernary violations in test classes. Author: vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4493">#4493</a>
</li>
<li>
pmd: fix CommentDefaultAccessModifier violations in test classes. Author: vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4492">#4492</a>
</li>
<li>
pmd: fix CheckstyleCustomShortVariable violations in test classes. Author: vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4497">#4497</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-common profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva, vasylieva, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4400">#4400</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-api profile to 100%. Author: vasylieva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4394">#4394</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-tree-walker profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4398">#4398</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in header package. Author: sharang108 <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4365">#4365</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 7.8.2">
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Simple name conflict of Checks from thirdparty checks will cause exception in run time. Author: Luolc, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4414">#4414</a>
</li>
<li>
3rd party root modules not finding by simple name. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4417">#4417</a>
</li>
<li>
ASTs should be appended with comment nodes only when javadoc checks are present. ASTs shouldn&#39;t be walked if there are no corresponding types of checks. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4393">#4393</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
SummaryJavadoc: no violation on javadoc where &#39;.&#39; is used not as end of sentense (fixes in javadoc files only). Author: sagar-shah94 <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3907">#3907</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in imports package. Author: Subbu Dantu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4437">#4437</a>
</li>
<li>
Unstable TreeWalkerTest during coverage execution. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4445">#4445</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: fix spelling of name McConnell. Author: Ryan P.C. McQuen
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-utils profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4395">#4395</a>
</li>
<li>
Design a new format of suppression dtd schema to support XPath queries. Author: Timur <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4364">#4364</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in modifier package. Author: Subbu Dantu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4431">#4431</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-common profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4400">#4400</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-check-header profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4401">#4401</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 7.8.1">
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
problem with usage of third-party Check libraries and checkstyle 7.8. Author: rnveach, Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4387">#4387</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-check-annotation profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4402">#4402</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: create profile for non-checks code. Author: vasilyeva
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4367">#4367</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 7.8">
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
ImportControl: new strategyOnMismatch property to xml file structure. Author: Tima
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4274">#4274</a>
</li>
<li>
NoWhitespaceAfter: add support for method reference operator (new Acceptable token). Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3950">#3950</a>
</li>
<li>
LocalFinalVariableName: not validating try-with-resource variables (new Acceptable token). Author: vasilyeva
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3348">#3348</a>
</li>
<li>
IllegalImport: new property illegalClasses to let blacklist certain classes import. Author: Tima
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3449">#3449</a>
</li>
<li>
ExplicitInitialization: new property &#39;onlyObjectReferences&#39;. Author: Subbu Dantu
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2399">#2399</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Javadoc parser: Package names should permit digits in their name. Author: Piyush Sharma
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4349">#4349</a>
</li>
<li>
Expand exception violation when haltOnException is off. Author: rnveach
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4350">#4350</a>
</li>
<li>
CacheFile: violation on external resource will invalidate entire cache even if no changes are made. Author: rnveach
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4101">#4101</a>
</li>
<li>
RequireThis: False positive for lambda parameters. Author: Piyush Sharma
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4207">#4207</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
bump version for sevnu-checkstyle. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
publish all dtd schemas to sourceforge site automatically. Author: Andrei Selkin, Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4341">#4341</a>
</li>
<li>
Use reflection to load Checks base on checkstyle_packages.xml. Author: Luolc
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3607">#3607</a>
</li>
<li>
upgrade maven-pmd-plugin to version 3.8. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4342">#4342</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in coding package. Author: slava ganyaev, Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4165">#4165</a>
</li>
<li>
ImportControl: blacklist mode. Author: Tima
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3451">#3451</a>
</li>
<li>
Localized UTs are not stable on Travis. Author: Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4316">#4316</a>
</li>
<li>
moved more variables inside if blocks to reduce execution. Author: rnveach
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4343">#4343</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: Improve grammar of usage.distance.extend. Author: Jaron Thatcher
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in annotation package. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4313">#4313</a>
</li>
<li>
Revert &quot;Revert &quot;config: bump maven-surefire-xxxxxx to 2.20&quot; due to unstable locale UTs #4316&quot;. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
moved variables inside if blocks to reduce execution time. Author: rnveach
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4328">#4328</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: add link to contributing instructions to CONTRIBUTING.md. Author: Nathan Naze
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in design package. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4314">#4314</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3891">#3891</a>
</li>
<li>
Wercker CI is unstable while cloning repositories. Author: Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4329">#4329</a>
</li>
<li>
Revert &quot;config: bump maven-surefire-xxxxxx to 2.20&quot; due to unstable locale UTs #4316. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for PackageName. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4172">#4172</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for MemberName. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4151">#4151</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for MethodName. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4158">#4158</a>
</li>
<li>
move all dtd schemas to sourceforge site. Author: Andrei Selkin
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1571">#1571</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 7.7">
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Ant: accept path in addition to fileset option. Author: Andrew Kuchev
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3312">#3312</a>
</li>
<li>
SeparatorWrap: add support for method reference operator. Author: Luolc
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3951">#3951</a>
</li>
<li>
NoWhitespaceBefore: add support for method reference operator. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3949">#3949</a>
</li>
<li>
RightCurlyCheck: add support for lambda. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3546">#3546</a>
</li>
<li>
ParenPad: thinks precedence parens are a METHOD_CALL instead of an EXPR, new token TokenTypes.DOT should be supported. Author: Subbu Dantu
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3048">#3048</a>
</li>
<li>
DefaultComesLast: new option skipIfLastAndSharedWithCase to raise violation if default doesn&#39;t share case. Author: Sagar
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4078">#4078</a>
</li>
<li>
ClassDataAbstractionCoupling and ClassFanOutComplexity: property to exclude packages. Author: Andrew Kuchev
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3309">#3309</a>
</li>
<li>
ClassDataAbstractionCoupling : Add a excludeClassesRegexps property . Author: Tima
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3234">#3234</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
NPathComplexity ignores multi-part boolean expressions. Author: kazachka
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/56">#56</a>
</li>
<li>
ArrayTrailingComma: Extra coma is required in multiline array value. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1509">#1509</a>
</li>
<li>
EmptyBlock should process LITERAL_DEFAULT. Author: Piyush Sharma
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4159">#4159</a>
</li>
<li>
Take &quot;break&quot; into consideration in FinalLocalVariable. Author: Luolc
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4082">#4082</a>
</li>
<li>
RequireThis treats local variables as properties. Author: Piyush Sharma
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3423">#3423</a>
</li>
<li>
Exception message not informative enough for users on incorrect parent. Author: Subbu Dantu
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2186">#2186</a>
</li>
<li>
EmptyBlock: can&#39;t get violation from case token. Author: Piyush Sharma
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3839">#3839</a>
</li>
<li>
RightCurly: False negative on multiblock tokens with ALONE_OR_SINGLELINE option. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4091">#4091</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for InterfaceTypeParameterName. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4142">#4142</a>
</li>
<li>
ReturnCount: enforce max=1 over checkstyle code. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3496">#3496</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test in the blocks package. Author: Subbu Dantu, Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4220">#4220</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for ClassTypeParameterName. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4137">#4137</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for CatchParameterName. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4136">#4136</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for ConstantName. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4141">#4141</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in coding package. Author: slava ganyaev, Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4165">#4165</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for SingleSpaceSeparator. Author: Jun Lin
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4080">#4080</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix new TeamCity violations. Author: Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4250">#4250</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: unify THIRDPARTY_PACKAGE into THIRD_PARTY_PACKAGE. Author: Yusuke Matsubara
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for NoLineWrap. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3933">#3933</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for OuterTypeNumber. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4043">#4043</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for ParentPad. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4062">#4062</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for StaticVariableName. Author: Akshita
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4208">#4208</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for NoWhitespaceAfter. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3931">#3931</a>
</li>
<li>
Expand missing testing for PropertyCacheFile tests. Author: Andrei Selkin
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3650">#3650</a>
</li>
<li>
Adding IDEA project files to gitignore and excluding them from checkstyle list. Author: Tima
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4209">#4209</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for MethodTypeParameterName. Author: Janine Freitas
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4168">#4168</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for ParameterName. Author: Shubham Kumar
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4191">#4191</a>
</li>
<li>
Add suppression of .DS_Store for NewlineAtEndOfFile. Author: Luolc
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4176">#4176</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for WhitespaceAround. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3898">#3898</a>
</li>
<li>
Verifying tokens in checkstyle config handles default tokens wrong. Author: rnveach
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4119">#4119</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: fix grammar in messages.properties for indentation package. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
</li>
<li>
Javadoc for try-with-resources tokens is not good enough. Author: Subbu Dantu
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2899">#2899</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for FileTabCharacter. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3959">#3959</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix new TeamCity violations. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3616">#3616</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for LocalVariableName. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4150">#4150</a>
</li>
<li>
Formatting issue in documentation. Author: sagar shah
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3902">#3902</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: fix documentation for METHOD_REF token. Author: Subbu Dantu
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for LocalFinalVariableName. Author: kurileo
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4144">#4144</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for NoWhitespaceBefore. Author: Subbu Dantu
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3930">#3930</a>
</li>
<li>
Enforce EndOfLine symbols at the end of all files in checkstyle repository. Author: Vikramaditya Kukreja
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3072">#3072</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test. Author: slava ganyaev
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3891">#3891</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for ParameterNumber. Author: GabrielBercaru
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4090">#4090</a>
</li>
<li>
RightCurly: update documentation for singleline statements with SAME option. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4085">#4085</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: fix typos in tests. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
</li>
<li>
spelling: fix typos in xdocs. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
</li>
<li>
Fix typo in @serialField javadoc tag validation. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4126">#4126</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: fix some typos in code/javadoc/comments. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for AbstractClassName. Author: vasilyeva
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4106">#4106</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: skip Uts execution as pitest do this for wihtou mutation mode. Author: Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4104">#4104</a>
</li>
<li>
changed loops to end execution early. Author: rnveach
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4102">#4102</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for LineLength. Author: MikhailovOlegM
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4013">#4013</a>
</li>
<li>
Grammar mistakes in PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md. Author: unrealwork
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4098">#4098</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 7.6.1">
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
NoLineWrap: add support for static imports. Author: Vikramaditya Kukreja<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3892"> #3892</a>
</li>
<li>
PackageDeclaration: new property matchDirectoryStructure to match the package name to directory name of source file. Author: Vikramaditya Kukreja<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3437"> #3437</a>
</li>
<li>
ParenPad: add LAMBDA token support. Author: Andrew<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3329"> #3329</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
SummaryJavadoc: need special processing of inheritDoc tag. Author: Sagar<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3908"> #3908</a>
</li>
<li>
Indentation check fails for Line Wrapped Anonymous Inner Class with LCurly on newline. Author: Andrew Kuchev<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3612"> #3612</a>
</li>
<li>
Regression false-positive FinalLocalVariable. Author: Luolc<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3172"> #3172</a>
</li>
<li>
ImportControlLoader does not close InputStream and leaks filehandles when xml is malformed. Author: Giorgos Gaganis<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3962"> #3962</a>
</li>
<li>
RightCurly: ALONE option doen&#39;t work for a singleline IF. Author: Andrei Selkin<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4044"> #4044</a>
</li>
<li>
Test failed due to locale message settings. (with non-English locale settings). Author: Luolc<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3896"> #3896</a>
</li>
<li>
Control Characters are not skipped with google_checks config. Author: Luolc<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3700"> #3700</a>
</li>
<li>
WhitespaceAfterCheck: problem with multiline typecast. Author: Andrew Kuchev<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3850"> #3850</a>
</li>
<li>
try to avoid non jdk runtime exceptions in code. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3763"> #3763</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
README: broken link. Author: unrealwork<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4093"> #4093</a>
</li>
<li>
Wrong German translation of declaration.order.access in messages_de.properties. Author: sirdis<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4081"> #4081</a>
</li>
<li>
Perform refactoring of AnnotationLocationCheck to increase code readability. Author: Andrei Selkin<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4055"> #4055</a>
</li>
<li>
google_checks: update to most recent version of style guide ( Feb 28, 2017 ). Author: Roman Ivanov<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3888"> #3888</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: fix spelling and punctuation in comments (RightCurly). Author: Andrei Selkin
</li>
<li>
google_checks: update to most recent version of style guide (3 November 2016). Author: Andrei Selkin<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3755"> #3755</a>
</li>
<li>
NPath for empty block is 1. Author: Roman Ivanov<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4045"> #4045</a>
</li>
<li>
Add new setting in Beginning Development for IDEA docs. Author: Vikramaditya Kukreja<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4030"> #4030</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: fix typos in Travis PR validation messages. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
</li>
<li>
UTs should not use ROOT locale when they test violation/error message. Author: Luolc<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3989"> #3989</a>
</li>
<li>
wercker ci should have most of testing launches on real code to shorten time of Travis execution. Author: Roman Ivanov<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3798"> #3798</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for SeparatorWrap. Author: Sagar<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3904"> #3904</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: update documentation for usage of &quot;period&quot; property at SummaryJavadoc. Author: Sagar<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3906"> #3906</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: corrected sentence. Author: Sagar
</li>
<li>
EmptyLineSeparator check not enforcing empty line after class def, enum def or interface def tokens. Author: Roman Ivanov<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3089"> #3089</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: change &#39;suite&#39; to &#39;suit&#39;. Author: ljacqu
</li>
<li>
WritingChecks: add documentation on java grammar. Author: Sagar<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3883"> #3883</a>
</li>
<li>
expand documentation on METHOD_REF token. Author: Luolc<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3731"> #3731</a>
</li>
<li>
circleci: provide ability to skip CI executions base on commit files. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3869"> #3869</a>
</li>
<li>
RequireThisCheck is not fully covered with UTs. Author: Andrei Selkin<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3848"> #3848</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: fix typo in documentation. Author: Craig P. Motlin
</li>
<li>
Code coverage is not working for certain classes in checkstyle. Author: Andrei Selkin<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3843"> #3843</a>
</li>
<li>
Travis faliure: &quot;sonatype-nexus-staging not found&quot; during release. Author: Roman Ivanov<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3868"> #3868</a>
</li>
<li>
DetailAst class unclear logic in addChilld method. Author: Abulfaz Ahmadov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3491"> #3491</a>
</li>
<li>
make code coverage for MainFrameModel 100%. Author: Xiao Pu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3648"> #3648</a>
</li>
<li>
Refactiring for RightCurlyCheck.java. Author: sagar shah <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3685"> #3685</a>
</li>
<li>
Travis faliure: "sonatype-nexus-staging not found" during release. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3868"> #3868</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for WhitespaceAfterCheck. Author: Pedro Portela <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3897"> #3897</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for TypecastParenPad. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3900"> #3900</a>
</li>
<li>
CommitValidationTest: add character limit to line. Author: sagar shah <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3910"> #3910</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: add examples for xdoc for ArrayTrailingComma. Author: Pedro Portela <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3943"> #3943</a>
</li>
<li>
DetailASTTest: 'checkTree' failing on deep AST tree. Author: LoLo <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3961"> #3961</a>
</li>
<li>
remove from Input files "Compilable with Java8". Author: LoLo <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3965"> #3965</a>
</li>
<li>
Indentation UTs should not use ROOT locale when they test violation/error message. Author: LoLo <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4003"> #4003</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for OperatorWrap. Author: Nikhil Gupta <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3929"> #3929</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for MethodParamPad. Author: Nikhil Gupta <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3954"> #3954</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for GenericWhitespace. Author: subkrish <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3958"> #3958</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for EmptyForInitializerPadCheck. Author: samuel-gu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3970"> #3970</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for EmptyForIteratorPad. Author: shivanshsoni <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3976"> #3976</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for EmptyLineSeparator. Author: anudeepti2004 <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3985"> #3985</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for AnonInnerLength. Author: samuel-gu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3986"> #3986</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for ExecutableStatementCount. Author: GabrielBercaru <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3991"> #3991</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for FileLength. Author: Grigorii Shevchenko <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3999"> #3999</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for MethodCount. Author: timurt <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4014"> #4014</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for MethodLength. Author: GabrielBercaru <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4042"> #4042</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for AbbreviationAsWordInName. Author: Igor Shmagrinskiy <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4095"> #4095</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 7.6">
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
add allowEmptyCatches parameter to WhitespaceAroundCheck. Author: liscju<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3841"> #3841</a>
</li>
<li>
NoWhitespaceBefore: Add support for varargs. Author: Robert Painsi<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3718"> #3718</a>
</li>
<li>
Google style: allow single character variables. Author: Andrei Selkin<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3702"> #3702</a>
</li>
<li>
NPathComplexityCheck: set of tokens should not be customizable by user. Author: kazachka<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3797"> #3797</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
DesignForExtension: order of annotations change violation. Author: Andrei Selkin<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3830"> #3830</a>
</li>
<li>
AbbreviationAsWordInName: confusing violation message. Author: rnveach<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3721"> #3721</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix AbstractTypeAwareCheck when dealing with nested interfaces. Author: rnveach<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3835"> #3835</a>
</li>
<li>
IllegalTokenText in google_checks should not has BACKSPACE character. Author: rnveach<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3701"> #3701</a>
</li>
<li>
IndentationCheck: catch child indentation not checked. Author: rnveach<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3803"> #3803</a>
</li>
<li>
Indentation: Annotation with RParen on new line when followed by other annotations causes invalid expectation. Author: shawn.kovalchick<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3733"> #3733</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Code coverage is not working for certain classes in checkstyle. Author: Andrei Selkin<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3843"> #3843</a>
</li>
<li>
ImportControl: improve xdoc documentation. Author: Jochen Van de Velde<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2935"> #2935</a>
</li>
<li>
reevaluate tokens in IllegalTokenText. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3729"> #3729</a>
</li>
<li>
reevaluate &#39;default&#39; and &#39;case&#39; in google config for EmptyBlock. Author: rnveach<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3748"> #3748</a>
</li>
<li>
reevaluate tokens in checkstyle config for NeedBraces. Author: rnveach<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3735"> #3735</a>
</li>
<li>
Config: forbid assert token by Illegal token Check. Author: rnveach<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3751"> #3751</a>
</li>
<li>
reevaluate tokens in google config for OperatorWrapCheck. Author: rnveach<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3749"> #3749</a>
</li>
<li>
messages_ja.properties contains funny (wrongly machine-translated) messages. Author: SATO Yusuke<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3831"> #3831</a>
</li>
<li>
config: Remove redundant and incorrect rules from import control configuration. Author: Jochen Van de Velde<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3736"> #3736</a>
</li>
<li>
travis should skip execution if configs of other CIs are changed. Author: Roman Ivanov<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3818"> #3818</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: Add notes on import control config for inner classes. Author: Jochen Van de Velde
</li>
<li>
Rename method in CheckUtil. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3820"> #3820</a>
</li>
<li>
wercker ci should have most of testing launches on real code to shorten time of Travis execution. Author: Roman Ivanov<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3798"> #3798</a>
</li>
<li>
Typo in website documentation for JavadocMethod.. Author: Roman Ivanov<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3800"> #3800</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: Known API issues was added to reference #3810. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 7.5.1">
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
PackageObjectFactory hides real exception. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3778">#3778</a>
</li>
<li>
RightCurly: handling of try-with-resources on several lines with CS 7.5. Author: rnveach, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3776">#3776</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Add the Hibernate Search project to the Checkstyle CI. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3790">#3790</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 7.5">
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
ParameterName: deprecate &#39;scope&#39; and &#39;excludeScope&#39; properties, introduce new property &#39;accessModifiers&#39;. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3675">#3675</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Ant: Cannot override default Checker. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3530">#3530</a>
</li>
<li>
ImportControl should have property which allows to validate specified file path. Author: Jochen Van de Velde <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3462">#3462</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
NullPointerException in AbstractHeaderCheck when cache file specified and no header file. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3771">#3771</a>
</li>
<li>
RequireThisCheck doesn&#39;t see outer classes for anonymous classes. Author: Vladislav Lisetskiy <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3041">#3041</a>
</li>
<li>
NPE on type parameter annotations for this. Author: Markus Rathgeb <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3732">#3732</a>
</li>
<li>
UnusedImports behaviour is different from documentation. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3741">#3741</a>
</li>
<li>
Javadoc: Column number of DetailNode is always 0 for first line. Author: kazachka <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3507">#3507</a>
</li>
<li>
FallThrough check doesn&#39;t correctly handle try-with-resources. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3509">#3509</a>
</li>
<li>
RedundantModifier: no violation on final enum field methods. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3582">#3582</a>
</li>
<li>
NPE in RightCurly with LITERAL_DO on do-while without curly braces. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3681">#3681</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
reevaluate tokens in google config for NeedBracesCheck. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3753">#3753</a>
</li>
<li>
refactoring: RightCurlyCheck code expression. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3764">#3764</a>
</li>
<li>
Verify tokens in google config. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3740">#3740</a>
</li>
<li>
Verify tokens in checkstyle config. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3720">#3720</a>
</li>
<li>
Strive for 100% mutation coverage. Author: rnveach, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3708">#3708</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: Fix typo in config_imports.xml. Author: Jochen Van de Velde
</li>
<li>
Investigate pitest tool. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3271">#3271</a>
</li>
<li>
add pgjdbc project at NoErrorTest group of tests. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3670">#3670</a>
</li>
<li>
use shippable CI in testing. Author: Oleg Efremenkov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3316">#3316</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: fix the escaping of AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharactersCheck&#39;s javadocs. Author: Michael Diamond
</li>
<li>
use new checks and new properties from sevntu.checkstyle project. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3064">#3064</a>
</li>
<li>
CI special phase to enforce 644 permissions on all files. Author: Roman Ivanov, MaksimP <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3683">#3683</a>
</li>
<li>
create xdoc for FileContentsHolder. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3664">#3664</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: Fix incorrect documentation for SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter. Author: Charlie Pai
</li>
<li>
doc: how to generate sources after import project to IntelijIdea. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 7.4">
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Support LITERAL_SYNCHRONIZED token for NoWhitespaceAfter Rule. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2803">#2803</a>
</li>
<li>
google_checks.xml : NO space is allowed method method name and its arguments. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2809">#2809</a>
</li>
<li>
Support more tokens in WhitespaceAfter check. Author: MaksimP <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3333">#3333</a>
</li>
<li>
Checker: option to allow printing exception as violation and continue execution. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3611">#3611</a>
</li>
<li>
ImportControl: allow to load files from resources. Author: Jochen Van de Velde <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3450">#3450</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
NullPointerException when using NeedBraces with tokens LITERAL_CASE, LITERAL_DEFAULT. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3655">#3655</a>
</li>
<li>
CustomImportOrder should check that import groups are separated by one line only. Author: kazachka <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3551">#3551</a>
</li>
<li>
RightCurly was misconfigured in google_checks.xml for do-while blocks. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3678">#3678</a>
</li>
<li>
keep a map of Check name and it package in source to avoid brute force load by PackageObjectFactory from all packages. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3184">#3184</a>
</li>
<li>
Duplicated Checks in google_checks.xml config should have &quot;id&quot;. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3662">#3662</a>
</li>
<li>
skip unnecessary exception &#39;Severity not set, ignoring exception&#39;. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3657">#3657</a>
</li>
<li>
EmptyLineSeparator causing violation in `package-info.java`. Author: kazachka <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3426">#3426</a>
</li>
<li>
FinalLocalVariable should not to check multi-catch variables. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3617">#3617</a>
</li>
<li>
ImportOrder: Check that import groups aren&#39;t separated internally. Author: linelect <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2143">#2143</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
update documentation about getAcceptableTokens for javadoc Checks. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3672">#3672</a>
</li>
<li>
update documentation for VariableDeclarationUsageDistance with allowedDistance = 0. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3665">#3665</a>
</li>
<li>
Module term and usage is confusing in test area. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3667">#3667</a>
</li>
<li>
Using the SPDX identifier for the license name. Author: Robert Reiz <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3653">#3653</a>
</li>
<li>
XDoc: extend validation to Checker and TreeWalker. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3622">#3622</a>
</li>
<li>
travis: use standalone shell files. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3632">#3632</a>
</li>
<li>
CustomImportControl bad document examples that could lead to false positive on &#39;special group&#39;. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3590">#3590</a>
</li>
<li>
Add new Sevntu checks and create UT for missing checks. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3628">#3628</a>
</li>
<li>
repo files should not have execute permissions. Author: MaksimP <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3600">#3600</a>
</li>
<li>
use shippable CI in testing. Author: Oleg Efremenkov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3316">#3316</a>
</li>
<li>
100% UT coverage for ParseTreeTablePModel.java. Author: Saideep, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3606">#3606</a>
</li>
<li>
Set Load external DTD feature to be enabled. Author: Aurimas Liutikas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3605">#3605</a>
</li>
<li>
Modules and XDocs: change setter methods to recieve similar types with field type for easier xdoc validation (more 2). Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3575">#3575</a>
</li>
<li>
ImportControl: Deprecate &#39;url&#39; property in favor of the &#39;file&#39; property. Author: Jochen Van de Velde <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3584">#3584</a>
</li>
<li>
Unexpected loss of coverage for PropertyCacheFile.java. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3594">#3594</a>
</li>
<li>
Update ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
refactoring to ImportControlCheck. Author: kazachka <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3498">#3498</a>
</li>
<li>
ThreadLocal usage in single threaded checkstyle. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2992">#2992</a>
</li>
<li>
Detect final methods in Enumeration for RedundantModifier. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2068">#2068</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 7.3">
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Javadoc grammar: Delete child nodes in Javadoc TEXT node. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3170">#3170</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Update Google style coverage to state of 12 July 2016. Author: alberto.cuda <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3381">#3381</a>
</li>
<li>
Modules and XDocs: changed setter methods to recieve similar types with field type for easier xdoc validation. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3255">#3255</a>
</li>
<li>
CLI: Cannot override default Checker. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3515">#3515</a>
</li>
<li>
ParameterNameCheck: new scope and excludeScope properties. Author: alberto.cuda <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3473">#3473</a>
</li>
<li>
google_checks.xml CustomImportOrder problem. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/941">#941</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
GUI: Add support of DetailNode objects in CodeSelector. Author: kazachka <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3432">#3432</a>
</li>
<li>
GUI: Inconsistency in AST structure for block-comments. Author: kazachka <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3445">#3445</a>
</li>
<li>
Checker Cache not saving files that have suppressed violations. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3488">#3488</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
ImportOrder: checkstyle_checks.xml does not have separate &quot;java&quot; group. Author: linelect <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3577">#3577</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: fix broken link to file filters page. Author: Ken Geis
</li>
<li>
use ForbidAnnotationElementValueCheck from sevntu.checkstyle. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3567">#3567</a>
</li>
<li>
Turn on Config Cache File Locally for Developers. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3487">#3487</a>
</li>
<li>
document isCommentNodesRequired method in xdoc. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3561">#3561</a>
</li>
<li>
Checkstyle tests should not require internet. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3536">#3536</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: note was placed to TranslationCheck that it has problems with Checker cache. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 7.2">
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
DesignForExtension: consider overridable methods and javadoc. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3102">#3102</a>
</li>
<li>
ImportControl: allow regex in subpackage elements.. Author: Volker Boerchers <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2999">#2999</a>
</li>
<li>
Allow WhitespaceAround for ARRAY_INIT token. Author: zenigata <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3202">#3202</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Inconsistency in AST tructure for block-comments. Author: kazachka <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3431">#3431</a>
</li>
<li>
Checker Cache invalidated falsely on load in second run due to external resources. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3489">#3489</a>
</li>
<li>
Wrong warning from AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharacters. Author: Dzmitry Rusak <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3476">#3476</a>
</li>
<li>
Add METHOD_REF to the list of valid tokens for OperatorCheck. Author: alberto.cuda <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3472">#3472</a>
</li>
<li>
DetailAST should invalidate childCount cache. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3486">#3486</a>
</li>
<li>
DetailAST should invalidate its methods cache (aka lazy-load). Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3466">#3466</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Rename PkgControl to ImportControl. Author: Jochen Van de Velde <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3514">#3514</a>
</li>
<li>
split Guard class into two. Author: Jochen Van de Velde <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3497">#3497</a>
</li>
<li>
openjdk8/9 test code should be parseable by checkstyle. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3033">#3033</a>
</li>
<li>
use shippable CI in testing. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3316">#3316</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 7.1.2">
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Wrong order of &quot;default&quot; method modifier. Author: alberto.cuda <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3471">#3471</a>
</li>
<li>
EqualsHashCode: hashCode without equals is not a violation. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3308">#3308</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Revert &quot;Pull #3162: Update version of commons-collections to 3.2.2 to fix security vulnerability CVE-2015-6420&quot;. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
Cut down on Checkstyle&#39;s dependencies on Guava. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3433">#3433</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: fixed the wording in javadoc for TrailingCommentCheck. Author: José Castro
</li>
<li>
doc: added missing slash to backport documentation url (#3457). Author: rnveach
</li>
<li>
doc: added links to cs backport jre6 (#3447). Author: rnveach
</li>
<li>
Replace line-based suppressions with inline ones for Checkstyle&#39;s suppressions.xml. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2226">#2226</a>
</li>
<li>
Update Checkstyle GUI in order to display Javadoc tokens. Author: Baratali Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/408">#408</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix ForbidCertainImports config. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3412">#3412</a>
</li>
<li>
use CyclomaticComplexity.switchBlockAsSingleDecisionPoint in checkstyle_checks.xml. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2874">#2874</a>
</li>
<li>
SuppressCommentFilter not working with ClassDataAbstractionCoupling when specified on class. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/977">#977</a>
</li>
<li>
Resolve IntelijIdea inspection violations for java8. Author: Mariia Mykhailova <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3233">#3233</a>
</li>
<li>
Replace Guava&#39;s Joiner with Java 8 native approach. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3406">#3406</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix grammar in issue templates. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3428">#3428</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: PR instructions, YOU --&gt; YOUR. Author: Elliotte Rusty Harold
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 7.1.1">
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
EqualsHashCode: hashCode without equals is not a violation. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3308">#3308</a>
</li>
<li>
RedundantModifier : missed violations at interface and abstract class methods signatures with final parameters. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3322">#3322</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Remove usage of System.out.println in IT resources. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2541">#2541</a>
</li>
<li>
Flaws in German translation. Author: Claas Augner <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3403">#3403</a>
</li>
<li>
Add NonDex tool to pom.xml and .travis.yml. Author: Ben Lambeth <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3378">#3378</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 7.1">
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
new CLI option: exclude directories. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3287">#3287</a>
</li>
<li>
ImportOrder: make static imports ordering as in Eclipse. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3101">#3101</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Indentation: incorrect expectation for wrapped arguments of chained calls. Author: Kevin Conaway <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3208">#3208</a>
</li>
<li>
RedundantModifier: miss violation on extra final in try-with-resources. Author: rnveach, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3323">#3323</a>
</li>
<li>
RequireThisCheck: false positive on static field. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3335">#3335</a>
</li>
<li>
FinalLocalVariable: false positive when variable is assigned inside and outside switch-block. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3074">#3074</a>
</li>
<li>
RequireThisCheck: NPE when surrounded by braces. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3334">#3334</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
IndentationCheckTest makes assumption about the order of HashMap. Author: Ben Lambeth <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3369">#3369</a>
</li>
<li>
Create web-page with instructions: how to create Javadoc Check. Author: Baratali Izmailov, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/410">#410</a>
</li>
<li>
Update releasenotes generation. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3350">#3350</a>
</li>
<li>
Update releasenotes generation. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3349">#3349</a>
</li>
<li>
Update PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
doc: Fix JavaDoc comments (#3338). Author: Michael Simons
</li>
<li>
Online docs: AST example for LITERAL_DO is missing the DO_WHILE node. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3209">#3209</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 7.0">
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
update checkstyle to jdk8 as runtime jdk. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3229">#3229</a>
</li>
<li>
Modules and XDocs: changed setter methods to recieve similar types with field type for easier xdoc validation. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3212">#3212</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
VisibilityModifier: allow public final fields. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2971">#2971</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Ability to differentiate annotation placement in for each loop from variable declaration.. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3117">#3117</a>
</li>
<li>
Java 8 Grammar: Parsing of explicit receiver parameters. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3239">#3239</a>
</li>
<li>
Java 8 Grammar: annotation on throws types. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3237">#3237</a>
</li>
<li>
Java 8 Grammar: annotation on generic type. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3240">#3240</a>
</li>
<li>
CommentsIndentation : Check incorrect work with subsequent comments. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3166">#3166</a>
</li>
<li>
CommentsIndentation : allow upper comments for following block at multi-block structures. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3220">#3220</a>
</li>
<li>
CommentsIndentation : false-positive in empty array declarations. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3127">#3127</a>
</li>
<li>
CommentsIndentation: false-positive when a singleline comment follows a block comment. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3126">#3126</a>
</li>
<li>
RightCurly rule should properly enforce same rule for LITERAL_DO. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3090">#3090</a>
</li>
<li>
Proper support for generics in visibility modifier check. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3142">#3142</a>
</li>
<li>
Indentation: incorrect validation for imports and package. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2618">#2618</a>
</li>
<li>
Indentation: remove requirement right curlies to be first on line. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3116">#3116</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
doc: fixed checkstyle download url (#3304). Author: rnveach
</li>
<li>
Reduce the number of tasks performed by Travis CI. Author: Andrei Selkin, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3159">#3159</a>
</li>
<li>
Cut down on Checkstyle&#39;s dependencies on Guava. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3293">#3293</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: update for AnnotationLocation examples to be more exact. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
6 tests in Checkstyle master branch fail at clean Ubuntu 14.04 Docker container (Java 8, Maven 3). Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3177">#3177</a>
</li>
<li>
Avoid catching of InvalidPathException and AccessDeniedException in PropertyCacheFile#persist. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3259">#3259</a>
</li>
<li>
Review all French translations. Author: Vincent Privat <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3282">#3282</a>
</li>
<li>
Improve French translation for annotations warnings. Author: Vincent Privat <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3278">#3278</a>
</li>
<li>
Create web-page with instructions: how to create Javadoc Check. Author: Baratali Izmailov, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/410">#410</a>
</li>
<li>
corrected alphabetical order of the checks. Author: Claus Schrammel <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3263">#3263</a>
</li>
<li>
CommitValidationTest.testCommitMessageHasSingleLine to support github default format. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3266">#3266</a>
</li>
<li>
XDoc Config: create unit test to verify property types and default values. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3187">#3187</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.19">
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Aligned setters with String collection fields and broke old compatibility. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3189">#3189</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
new Check: SingleSpaceSeparator. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3173">#3173</a>
</li>
<li>
ReturnCount: special option for methods with void return type. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3143">#3143</a>
</li>
<li>
new CLI argument: provide abililty to show debug level of logs from checkstyle code. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3086">#3086</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix cache usage in presence of filters. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/407">#407</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
CLI Javadoc tree printer doesn&#39;t show errors. Author: Baratali Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3219">#3219</a>
</li>
<li>
Block Comments: CR lines not handled the same as LF lines. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3225">#3225</a>
</li>
<li>
IllegalTokenTextCheck and IllegalTokenCheck does not work with COMMENT_CONTENT token. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3153">#3153</a>
</li>
<li>
Indentation: throwsIndent should configure indentation of `throws` on next line. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2763">#2763</a>
</li>
<li>
UnusedImports: value javadoc tag does not reference imports. Author: Konstantin Lutovich <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3157">#3157</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
FileContents confused about number of lines in comment separated by &#39;\r&#39;. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3066">#3066</a>
</li>
<li>
Create web-page with instructions: how to create Javadoc Check. Author: Baratali Izmailov, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/410">#410</a>
</li>
<li>
XDoc Config: create unit test to verify property types and default values. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3187">#3187</a>
</li>
<li>
Some PullRequests validation for commit mesage miss some cases. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3168">#3168</a>
</li>
<li>
AnnotationLocation: unclear behavior when annotation is among modifiers. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3164">#3164</a>
</li>
<li>
Documentation for ANT property config is incorrect. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3119">#3119</a>
</li>
<li>
Sevntu CS not running on all CS code. Author: rnveach, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3175">#3175</a>
</li>
<li>
Update version of commons-collections to 3.2.2(from 3.2.1) to fix security vulnerability CVE-2015-6420. Author: akhil <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3162">#3162</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: Indentation property description become worded in the same way. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.18">
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Make CLI option to print full parsing tree (java + comments + javadoc comments). Author: Baratali Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3040">#3040</a>
</li>
<li>
Add the ability to validate language codes by TranslationCheck. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2969">#2969</a>
</li>
<li>
EmptyLineSeparator to check empty lines inside methods. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2944">#2944</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
NullPointerException in FinalLocalVariableCheck with Lambdas. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3144">#3144</a>
</li>
<li>
Serious performance problem in All Javadoc Check that are based on ANTLR parser. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1064">#1064</a>
</li>
<li>
CommentsIndentation Check - False Positive at End-of-Method. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2998">#2998</a>
</li>
<li>
Indentation: fix line wrap hanlding. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2950">#2950</a>
</li>
<li>
Indentation module regression in 6.16 and 6.17.. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3103">#3103</a>
</li>
<li>
NPE in AnnotationLocationCheck.hasAnnotations. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3106">#3106</a>
</li>
<li>
Execution of checkstyle audit failed caused by inherited javadoc tag. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3065">#3065</a>
</li>
<li>
AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharacters: Tail comment check failed if there&#39;s tabs before tail comment.. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3005">#3005</a>
</li>
<li>
FinalLocalVariable: false positive when variable is assigned multiple times. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3006">#3006</a>
</li>
<li>
Support for LAMDA token in WhitespaceAround check. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2924">#2924</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
maven-site-plugin:3.5 has problem to build our website. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2966">#2966</a>
</li>
<li>
RegexpOnFilename example from documentation does not work on checkstyle source. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3085">#3085</a>
</li>
<li>
Create web-page with instructions: how to create Javadoc Check. Author: Baratali Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/410">#410</a>
</li>
<li>
IndentationCheckTest: &#39;exp&#39; in input files are out of sync with test. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3105">#3105</a>
</li>
<li>
Some redundant messages.. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3000">#3000</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: added Codacy to the list of active tools. Author: José Castro
</li>
<li>
Fix all issues for Java found by Codacy static analysis tool. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2271">#2271</a>
</li>
<li>
Use Distelli CI for testing of Javadoc Checks. Author: Baratali Izmailov, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2825">#2825</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: DesignForExtension documentation is extended to warn user about possible misusage of this Check. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
Fund raising pages for checkstyle. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3057">#3057</a>
</li>
<li>
Use DatatypeConverter#printHexBinary to convert byte array to hex String in PropertyCacheFile. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3093">#3093</a>
</li>
<li>
SSLHandshakeException exception during linkcheck-maven-plugin. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3080">#3080</a>
</li>
<li>
Speed up google_check validation test. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3070">#3070</a>
</li>
<li>
Strive for 100% line coverage for java grammar. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2973">#2973</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.17">
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Add &#39;baseName&#39; option and remove &#39;basenameSeparator&#39; option of TranslationCheck. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2204">#2204</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Make CLI option to be able to print Javadoc tree as plain text. Author: Baratali Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/652">#652</a>
</li>
<li>
java9: try structure is not parsable when only name is used. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3025">#3025</a>
</li>
<li>
All messages translated to Chinese. Author: ybbpgfjtey <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3001">#3001</a>
</li>
<li>
RequireThis: new option validateOnlyOverlapping. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2362">#2362</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Bad german translation of summary.first.sentence. Author: Christian H. Kuhn <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3013">#3013</a>
</li>
<li>
Ignored file extensions will output unterminated &lt;file&gt; tags in XML. Author: idarmans <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3022">#3022</a>
</li>
<li>
NPE when running CS with cache with Maven plugin using NewlineAtEndOfFile. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2218">#2218</a>
</li>
<li>
Exception when using method reference in lamba &quot;Class&lt;?&gt;[]::new&quot;. Author: Ilja Dubinin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2729">#2729</a>
</li>
<li>
ClassNotFoundException when using inherited exception (regression to issue #1192 fix). Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3008">#3008</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
doc: extending Rationale of NewlineAtEndOfFile with example. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
Fund raising pages for checkstyle. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3057">#3057</a>
</li>
<li>
java8: Create compilable test inputs with all possible cases for method references. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2968">#2968</a>
</li>
<li>
upgrade equalsverifier to version 2.0. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3035">#3035</a>
</li>
<li>
remove dependency to commons-lang3 library. Author: Rasmus Kaj <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2428">#2428</a>
</li>
<li>
reenable two sevntu checks. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3042">#3042</a>
</li>
<li>
Use Collections.addAll() instead of adding elements individually. Author: Baratali Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/625">#625</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for all classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.ant. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1487">#1487</a>
</li>
<li>
Localed UTs are failing at CheckstyleAntTaskTest.testXmlOutput. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3023">#3023</a>
</li>
<li>
Strive for 100% line coverage for java grammar. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2973">#2973</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.16.1">
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
fix TokenTypes compatibility problems between 6.15 and 6.16. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2997">#2997</a>
</li>
<li>
Allow JUnit ClassRule to be public. Author: Andrej Vano <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2987">#2987</a>
</li>
<li>
FinalParameters should not warn for non-final parameters of native methods. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2981">#2981</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Revert &quot;Issue #2973: removed unused FLOAT_SUFFIX from java.g&quot;. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
all rows in coerage table google_style.html shoudl have anchor. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2975">#2975</a>
</li>
<li>
Strive for 100% line coverage for java grammar. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2973">#2973</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.16">
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Move Treewalker cache to Checker. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/569">#569</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Make CLI option to be able to print Javadoc tree as plain text. Author: Baratali Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/652">#652</a>
</li>
<li>
copy Check class to AbstractCheck class to let deprecate Check class. Author: rnveach, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2551">#2551</a>
</li>
<li>
Print parse tree from CLI to terminal. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2638">#2638</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Skip type annotations from validation of ModifierOrderCheck. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/903">#903</a>
</li>
<li>
Probable typo in com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.blocks.RightCurlyCheck. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2762">#2762</a>
</li>
<li>
Indentation check reports some incorrect indentation levels on errors. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2941">#2941</a>
</li>
<li>
6.15 complains about missing @return tag in a overridden method. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2869">#2869</a>
</li>
<li>
Nesting Checks in each other in config does not produce any error. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2773">#2773</a>
</li>
<li>
Forbid multiple violation for the same line in IndentaitonCheck. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/676">#676</a>
</li>
<li>
LeftCurly not working correctly with lambdas. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2818">#2818</a>
</li>
<li>
Duplicate error message for static final field in DeclarationOrder check. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1048">#1048</a>
</li>
<li>
Translation Check: wrong support for resources with language, country, variant. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2251">#2251</a>
</li>
<li>
Checkstyle internal exceptions lack contextual information. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2285">#2285</a>
</li>
<li>
Changed semantics of PropertyExpander. Author: Petr Hejl <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2886">#2886</a>
</li>
<li>
Indentation properties not applied properly to lambdas. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/281">#281</a>
</li>
<li>
VisibilityModifier.allowPublicImmutableFields should allow public immutable fields in enums. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2887">#2887</a>
</li>
<li>
FinalClass is over aggressive when extending happen inside class. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2822">#2822</a>
</li>
<li>
WhitespaceAround should have an option allow double-brace initialization. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2838">#2838</a>
</li>
<li>
Exception when using method reference in lamba &quot;Class&lt;?&gt;[]::new&quot;. Author: Ilja Dubinin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2729">#2729</a>
</li>
<li>
Wasted disk access. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2103">#2103</a>
</li>
<li>
JavadocType doesn&#39;t report unused param tag. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2811">#2811</a>
</li>
<li>
DeclarationOrder check enforces order that is not possible. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/924">#924</a>
</li>
<li>
Tabs are wrongly handled in Indentation check when line is wrapped. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2795">#2795</a>
</li>
<li>
custom javadoc inline tags cause parse error. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1184">#1184</a>
</li>
<li>
JavadocStyleCheck: String index out of range: -1. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2788">#2788</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Strive for 100% line coverage for java grammar. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2973">#2973</a>
</li>
<li>
Refactor Comments AST Test. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2396">#2396</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: example to checkstyle&#39;s Ant configuration was added to anttask.html. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
Travis: add xwiki project to regeression testing. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2938">#2938</a>
</li>
<li>
PMD: resolve problems from DefaultPackage rule. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/957">#957</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: Improve javadoc of parameters of AnnotationLocationCheck.. Author: liscju
</li>
<li>
fix java8 compilation broblems in Inputs. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2904">#2904</a>
</li>
<li>
Create web-page with instructions: how to create Javadoc Check. Author: Baratali Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/410">#410</a>
</li>
<li>
PMD ExceptionAsFlowControl: Do not use exceptions as flow control to create objects in PackageObjectFactory. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1159">#1159</a>
</li>
<li>
ant with failOnViolation=&quot;false&quot; will FAIL. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2185">#2185</a>
</li>
<li>
Checkstyle cannot be built using JDK9 as tools.jar has been dropped. Author: Peter Wong <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2905">#2905</a>
</li>
<li>
CS&#39; java 8 code isn&#39;t compilable. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2880">#2880</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: NPath documentation is extended. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
Refactor gui package. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2609">#2609</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: Correct spelling for fast-forward-merge.sh. Author: Thomas Paul Mann
</li>
<li>
UTs should be launched in default locale. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2783">#2783</a>
</li>
<li>
Disallow usage of java.util.Stack and java.util.Vector in code. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2859">#2859</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.15">
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
new Check: RegexpOnFilename. Author: rnveach, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2546">#2546</a>
</li>
<li>
SuppressionFilter: new option &#39;optional&#39; to allow skip SuppressionFilter if config file does not exist. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1002">#1002</a>
</li>
<li>
Add possibility to specify a unique ID to all Regexp checks. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1008">#1008</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
StringIndexOutOfBoundsException in Indentation check. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2645">#2645</a>
</li>
<li>
AbstractJavadocCheck should process only doc comments placed before class, interface, constructor, method, or field declarations. Author: Baratali Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/325">#325</a>
</li>
<li>
SummaryJavadoc: false &quot;end with a period&quot; reports when inheritDoc is used. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2805">#2805</a>
</li>
<li>
JavadocMethod: allowedAnnotations hides bad javadocs. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2806">#2806</a>
</li>
<li>
FinalLocalVariable doesn&#39;t report variable when condition separates 2 assignments. Author: Bhavik Patel <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2807">#2807</a>
</li>
<li>
Config of Google Style does not include InterfaceTypeParameterName check. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2792">#2792</a>
</li>
<li>
Indentation on annotation parameters is wrong. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1349">#1349</a>
</li>
<li>
OneStatementPerLine check and lambda expression. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2688">#2688</a>
</li>
<li>
Gui should have a splitter bettween tree and code and prefered columns size. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2767">#2767</a>
</li>
<li>
RequireThis reports false-positive when an instance method is overloaded with a static one. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2539">#2539</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Add checkstyle messages to xdocs. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2836">#2836</a>
</li>
<li>
Setup &#39;Circle CI&#39; to run checkstyle-tester project on JDK sources. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2815">#2815</a>
</li>
<li>
Enforce Checks of sevntu.checkstyle (released version) over Checkstyle source code. Author: Yasser Aziza <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2661">#2661</a>
</li>
<li>
Use Codeship CI for testing. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2727">#2727</a>
</li>
<li>
Refactor gui package. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2609">#2609</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: Add sbt-checkstyle-plugin to list of active tools. Author: Andrew Johnson
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.14.1">
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
JavaNCSSCheck: unknown format type: numero inteiro. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2728">#2728</a>
</li>
<li>
StringIndexOutOfBoundsException in getCheckShortName method of AuditEventDefaultFormatter. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2780">#2780</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
spelling: fix typo in AuditEventFormatter class name. Author: Andrei Selkin
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.14">
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Remove parameters validation from LocalVariableName. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2549">#2549</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Print name of the Check after printing violation message. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2666">#2666</a>
</li>
<li>
WhitespaceAround should have an allowEmptyLambda parameter. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2603">#2603</a>
</li>
<li>
Add ENUM_CONSTANT_DEF support to MethodParamPad. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2505">#2505</a>
</li>
<li>
new CatchParameterName Check: to validate names of catch-block parameters only. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2616">#2616</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
FinalLocalVariable false-positive in SWITCH. Author: Bhavik Patel <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2405">#2405</a>
</li>
<li>
Typo in Javadoc tag name. Author: Baratali Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2376">#2376</a>
</li>
<li>
Extend parsing rule of custom Javadoc tag name. Author: Baratali Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/461">#461</a>
</li>
<li>
Nesting Checks in each other in config does not produce any error. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2773">#2773</a>
</li>
<li>
RequireThis check message is not clear enough. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2239">#2239</a>
</li>
<li>
OneStatementPerLine: false match with try-with-resources. Author: Jon Bake <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2211">#2211</a>
</li>
<li>
Performance issue in UnusedImportsCheck. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2631">#2631</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove unused message. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2756">#2756</a>
</li>
<li>
Create directory structure needed to store cache file. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2575">#2575</a>
</li>
<li>
AbbreviationAsWordInName incorrectly reports constants in annotations. Author: Abram Thielke <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2694">#2694</a>
</li>
<li>
Inconsistent violations for NeedBraces/allowSingleLineStatement. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2291">#2291</a>
</li>
<li>
ParameterNameCheck: NullPointerException over checkstyle&#39;s input file. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2678">#2678</a>
</li>
<li>
@SuppressWarnings annotation does not suppress UncommentedMain. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2646">#2646</a>
</li>
<li>
UncommentedMain does not rise violations if main method has varargs as parameters. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2647">#2647</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix &#39;tokens&#39; property in JavadocStyle check. Author: Thomas Jensen <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2644">#2644</a>
</li>
<li>
GenericWhitespace: violation on generic like &#39;...... instanceof Type&lt;?&gt;;&#39;. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2633">#2633</a>
</li>
<li>
AbbreviationAsWordInName: update message to print name that violates a format. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2640">#2640</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Use Nexus Staging Maven Plugin for release process. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2619">#2619</a>
</li>
<li>
Enforce Checks of sevntu.checkstyle (released version) over Checkstyle source code. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2661">#2661</a>
</li>
<li>
Make UT &#39;testNonAccessibleFile&#39; locale independent. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2749">#2749</a>
</li>
<li>
Refactor gui package. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2609">#2609</a>
</li>
<li>
Make DetectorOptions as final and immutable. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2523">#2523</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix additional issues reported by IntelliJ IDEA inspections in Checkstyle code. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2080">#2080</a>
</li>
<li>
conf: update guava version to 19.0. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
doc: Correct regexp in configuration example for ParameterNameCheck. Author: Andrei Selkin
</li>
<li>
doc: Add example for ParameterName into xdoc. Author: Andrei Selkin
</li>
<li>
doc: Fix check name in CatchParameterName xdoc. Author: Andrei Selkin
</li>
<li>
doc: Update comment in google_checks.xml. Author: Michal Kordas
</li>
<li>
Reorganize token sets in UncommentedMain. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2671">#2671</a>
</li>
<li>
refactor internal tests. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2625">#2625</a>
</li>
<li>
Update configuration for XXXXName Checks at checkstyle_checks.xml. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2604">#2604</a>
</li>
<li>
Make validation of expected warnings in integration tests more strict. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2658">#2658</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: fix typo in word &#39;Existing&#39; in google_style.xml. Author: liscju
</li>
<li>
Fix ParseTreeBuilder&#39;s variable names to be more readable. Author: Baratali Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2642">#2642</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.13">
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Remove access to undocumented check properties. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2451">#2451</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
ParameterName: new option to skip methods with Override annotation. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2290">#2290</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
False negative in RequireThis check. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2240">#2240</a>
</li>
<li>
Checkstyle throws NumberFormatException on Japanese locale when sizes and metrics Checks are used. Author: Takahashi Eikou <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2601">#2601</a>
</li>
<li>
EmptyLineSeparator check does not validate newlines before class and after last method. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2067">#2067</a>
</li>
<li>
FallThroughCheck handles finally incorrectly. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1438">#1438</a>
</li>
<li>
EqualsAvoidNull check should сheck String concatenations. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1930">#1930</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
minor: remove maven-failsafe-plugin from linkcheck excludes, since link was fixed. Author: Andrei Selkin
</li>
<li>
minor: build-helper-maven-plugin version bump to 1.10. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
adjust AbbreviationAsWordInName in checkstyle_checks.xml to catch unexpected abbreviations. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2639">#2639</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix additional issues reported by IntelliJ IDEA inspections in Checkstyle code. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2080">#2080</a>
</li>
<li>
minor: fixed improper put that should be get. Author: rnveach
</li>
<li>
Code review of CommentsIndentationCheck.java. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2530">#2530</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove drag&amp;drop from GUI. Author: Ilja Dubinin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2608">#2608</a>
</li>
<li>
create HTML web page to describe how to open issues against Checkstyle. Author: Michal Kordas, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2344">#2344</a>
</li>
<li>
Update JGit to 4.1.1.201511131810-r. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2607">#2607</a>
</li>
<li>
Make methods private in RequireThisCheck. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2605">#2605</a>
</li>
<li>
Tests for validating commit message should not allow period at the end of commit message. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2590">#2590</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: Correct xdoc/javadoc for ParameterNameCheck. Author: Andrei Selkin
</li>
<li>
unify IT test code. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2589">#2589</a>
</li>
<li>
minor: separated tests so one subject per file. Author: rnveach
</li>
<li>
Deactivate &#39;allowSamelineSingleParameterlessAnnotation&#39; property of AnnotationLocation in Checkstyle config. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2581">#2581</a>
</li>
<li>
Create test for checkstyle-X.X-all.jar on Travis. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2516">#2516</a>
</li>
<li>
Update slf4j-simple to 1.7.13. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2586">#2586</a>
</li>
<li>
Update FindBugs Maven Plugin to 3.0.3. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2585">#2585</a>
</li>
<li>
PMD: resolve problems from DefaultPackage rule. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/957">#957</a>
</li>
<li>
minor: fixed wrong variable usage in AbstractOptionCheck. Author: rnveach
</li>
<li>
Remove usage of System.out.println in IT resources. Author: Michal Kordas, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2541">#2541</a>
</li>
<li>
Unify naming of all files with IT inputs. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2540">#2540</a>
</li>
<li>
UT to validate google/sun style xdocs. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2557">#2557</a>
</li>
<li>
Unify naming of all files with test inputs. Author: rnveach, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2161">#2161</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: fix strange japanese.. Author: Nobuyuki-Inaba
</li>
<li>
Improve documentation for CovariantEquals check. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1031">#1031</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.12.1">
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Add 'ignoreOverridden' option to skip methods with @Override annotation. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2290">#2290</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Fix RedundantModifier at final methods in anonymous class. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2122">#2122</a>
</li>
<li>
Performance-Optimization: Do not recompile Pattern for each file/line. Author: Fabian Loewner <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2495">#2495</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix skipping validation for non empty classes when allowEmptyTypes is true. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2480">#2480</a>
</li>
<li>
NeedBraces: allow no body loops. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2436">#2436</a>
</li>
<li>
Make 'processJavadoc' property 'true' by default. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1627">#1627</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: fix strange japanese. Author: Nobuyuki-Inaba <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2524">#2524</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
removed excess hierarchy from several Checks. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2451">#2451</a>
</li>
<li>
deprecated AbstractIllegalCheck. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2451">#2451</a>
</li>
<li>
removed xdoc google style links to master. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2519">#2519</a>
</li>
<li>
removed xdoc links to master. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2519">#2519</a>
</li>
<li>
added xdoc example url validation. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2517">#2517</a>
</li>
<li>
added xdoc check order validation, all xdoc are sorted. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2292">#2292</a>
</li>
<li>
validate existence of config file sooner. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1267">#1267</a>
</li>
<li>
reorganized checkstyle_checks.xml. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2526">#2526</a>
</li>
<li>
Describe token sets in 'writing checks' section in xdoc. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2346">#2346</a>
</li>
<li>
Update System Rules to 1.13.0. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2513">#2513</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.12">
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
CommentsIndentationCheck doesn't report errors at end of block. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2078">#2078</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix NoWhitespaceAfterCheck. Author: attatrol <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1013">#1013</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix NPE in EqualsAvoidNull check. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2474">#2474</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix FinalLocalVariable false-negative. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1551">#1551</a>
</li>
<li>
Exclude lines with package in LineLength check. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2482">#2482</a>
</li>
<li>
fixed NPE in NeedBraces.isSingleLineFor. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2283">#2283</a>
</li>
<li>
JavaDocMethod: Exception thrown for incomplete @return tag if next line is empty. Author: John Erik Halse <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2398">#2398</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix reusability of JavaDoc checks. Author: Björn Kautler <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2326">#2326</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed blank line indentification for EmptyLineSeparator check. Author: Pavel Baranchikov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2266">#2266</a>
</li>
<li>
Support for @SuppressWarnings("all").. Author: Stéphane Galland <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2275">#2275</a>
</li>
<li>
Make SuppressWarningsFilter case-insensitive. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2202">#2202</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix NPE in ModifiedControlVariable on SuppressWarnings. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2327">#2327</a>
</li>
<li>
Do not recognize '/**/' as valid Javadoc. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2387">#2387</a>
</li>
<li>
Make JavadocType check customizable by list of tokens. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2388">#2388</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix FALSE positive in JavadocStyle check on inheritDoc tag. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2411">#2411</a>
</li>
<li>
Ignore missing Javadoc for 'serialVersionUID' fields. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/792">#792</a>
</li>
<li>
Exclude lines with imports in LineLength check. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2433">#2433</a>
</li>
<li>
IllegalTypeCheck, requiredTokens is set to IMPORT only. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2415">#2415</a>
</li>
<li>
CLI should print a file name where exception is happen. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2109">#2109</a>
</li>
<li>
LeftCurly: add Anonymous class to allowed tokens. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2431">#2431</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Deploy snapshots versions in CI. Author: WonderCsabo <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2167">#2167</a>
</li>
<li>
require all filters appear in checkstyle_checks.xml. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2268">#2268</a>
</li>
<li>
removed xdoc of CustomImportOrder.samePackageMatchingDepth. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2453">#2453</a>
</li>
<li>
added xdoc check validation. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2442">#2442</a>
</li>
<li>
Run CheckStyle on Full Test Directory. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2421">#2421</a>
</li>
<li>
fixed invalid xml examples in xdocs. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2425">#2425</a>
</li>
<li>
flush audit outputs sooner. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2085">#2085</a>
</li>
<li>
unify test input locations for whole project. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2161">#2161</a>
</li>
<li>
removed excess hierarchy from few Check. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2451">#2451</a>
</li>
<li>
Bunch of refactoring and code optimizarion. Author: rnveach
</li>
<li>
Update list of missing tools. Author: Dawid Nejman <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1238">#1238</a>
</li>
<li>
Sonarqube found problems in Checkstyle. Author: Ilja Dubinin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/46">#46</a>
</li>
<li>
Replaced outdated link for bamboo-checkstyle-plugin. Author: Dawid Nejman <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1238">#1238</a>
</li>
<li>
'forbiddenapis' plugin added to maven config. Author: Ruslan Diachenko <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1217">#1217</a>
</li>
<li>
Update list of related Tools. Author: Dawid Nejman <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1238">#1238</a>
</li>
<li>
skip all analysers during deploy. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2167">#2167</a>
</li>
<li>
usage of error-prone plugin is commented out till problems with Eclipse resovled. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2160">#2160</a>
</li>
<li>
Inconvenience to debug UTs after recent changes in BaseCheckTestSupport. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2434">#2434</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix PMD violations for ShortVariable rule. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/985">#985</a>
</li>
<li>
PMD violations PreserveStackTrace. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/996">#996</a>
</li>
<li>
PMD violations EmptyMethodInAbstractClassShouldBeAbstract. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/997">#997</a>
</li>
<li>
PMD violation ConfusingTernary. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/974">#974</a>
</li>
<li>
rename CheckUtils.isVoidMethod to isNonVoidMethod. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2273">#2273</a>
</li>
<li>
Decrease visibility of package-private methods. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/957">#957</a>
</li>
<li>
Rename tests to match tested class name with Test suffix. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2215">#2215</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix all issues for Java found by Codacy static analysis tool. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2271">#2271</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix missing code coverage. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2243">#2243</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix typos in code. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2080">#2080</a>
</li>
<li>
Update Maven Shade Plugin to 2.4.2. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2464">#2464</a>
</li>
<li>
Update Maven Surefire and Failsafe plugins to 2.19. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2394">#2394</a>
</li>
<li>
Update Maven Assembly Plugin to 2.6. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2350">#2350</a>
</li>
<li>
Update JGit to 4.1.0.201509280440-r. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2324">#2324</a>
</li>
<li>
Update PowerMock to 1.6.3. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2293">#2293</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.11.2">
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Make ConfigurationLoader.loadConfiguration public. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2260">#2260</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Create UT to check that all checkstyle modules have xdocs. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/819">#819</a>
</li>
<li>
Split config.html into few pages. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/819">#819</a>
</li>
<li>
Create xdoc documentation for FileContentsHolder. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/819">#819</a>
</li>
<li>
Add GENERIC_START and GENERIC_END into list of acceptable tokens in xdocs of NoWhiteSpaceAfter and WhiteSpaceAround. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2258">#2258</a>
</li>
<li>
Add COMMA into list of acceptable tokens in xdocs of NoWhiteSpaceBefore. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2259">#2259</a>
</li>
<li>
minor refactoring, helper method was added. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2231">#2231</a>
</li>
<li>
fixed jgit resource leaks in commit validation. Author: rnveach
</li>
<li>
Ilja Dubinin was added as developer. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
Add WILDCARD_TYPE into list of acceptable tokens in xdocs of WhitespaceAround. Author: Andrei Selkin
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.11.1">
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Add lambda support to indentation check (see #281). Author: Pieter Noordhuis <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1548">#1548</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Coverage has been increased to 100% in 'checks' package. Author: Ilja Dubinin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1290">#1290</a>
</li>
<li>
Resolve Doxia Site Renderer warnings. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/905">#905</a>
</li>
<li>
Update plexus-compiler-javac-errorprone to 2.6. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2247">#2247</a>
</li>
<li>
Update JGit to 4.0.2.201509141540-r. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2246">#2246</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix release failure due to unknown Javadoc tag. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2245">#2245</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.11">
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Restore 'url' option for ImportControl. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2231">#2231</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
New option 'requiredTranslations' to Translation check. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2166">#2166</a>
</li>
<li>
New option 'switchBlockAsSingleDecisionPoint' for CyclomaticComplexityCheck. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2029">#2029</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Fix java grammar for unicode escape. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/157">#157</a>
</li>
<li>
Add basic thread-safety to Javadoc checks. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2237">#2237</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed NPE in FinalLocalVariableCheck. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1257">#1257</a>
</li>
<li>
NoWhitespaceAfter, NoWhitespaceBefore and WhitespaceAround don't support GENERIC_START nor GENERIC_END tokens. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2219">#2219</a>
</li>
<li>
Add support of lambdas which parameter types are omitted for HiddenFieldCheck. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2175">#2175</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix RedundantModifier check at final classes in interfaces. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2203">#2203</a>
</li>
<li>
Print missing cause of exception to console on error. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2213">#2213</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix not working excludeScope in JavadocMethod check. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2205">#2205</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix RedundantModifier check to recognise inner classes accessible from global scope. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1537">#1537</a>
</li>
<li>
CustomImportOrderCheck rule priorities. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1273">#1273</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix false negative in AtclauseOrder check. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2095">#2095</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix IllegalStateException in JavadocTypeCheck. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2112">#2112</a>
</li>
<li>
Allow COMMA again in NoWhiteSpaceBefore. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2089">#2089</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix HiddenField false positive violations for anonymous classes. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/382">#382</a>
</li>
<li>
Added support of logging severity for all audit events. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/67">#67</a>
</li>
<li>
Allow @return tags from annotation types. Author: Phillip Webb <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2141">#2141</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed redundant modifier false positive for abstract classes in interfaces. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1833">#1833</a>
</li>
<li>
Ignore classes nested in interaces or annotations in Final Class Check. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2064">#2064</a>
</li>
<li>
Detect nested enums marked as static in RedundantModifier check. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1530">#1530</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed NPE in MutableExceptionCheck.isExtendedClassNamedAsException. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1903">#1903</a>
</li>
<li>
Change message in SummaryJavadocCheck. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2062">#2062</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Update HTML documentation to describe all options for all checks. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2169">#2169</a>
</li>
<li>
Make link for each row of Google style coverage table. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1005">#1005</a>
</li>
<li>
Add docs about while idiom to InnerAssignment check. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2230">#2230</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix additional issues reported by IntelliJ IDEA inspections in Checkstyle code. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2080">#2080</a>
</li>
<li>
SuppressionsLoaderTest UT was stabilized. Author: Ruslan Diachenko <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2191">#2191</a>
</li>
<li>
ROOT locale added in checker creation for UT; travis updated with a new check. Author: Ruslan Diachenko <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2193">#2193</a>
</li>
<li>
Update Error Prone to 2.0.5. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2216">#2216</a>
</li>
<li>
Add "Input" prefix to test input files. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2161">#2161</a>
</li>
<li>
Create MacOS matrix item for Travic-CI. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2210">#2210</a>
</li>
<li>
POM still references nexus.codehaus.org repo. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2200">#2200</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for TokenTypesDoclet. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2126">#2126</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for all classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks. Author: Ilja Dubinin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1290">#1290</a>
</li>
<li>
Use StandardCharsets and get rid of UnsupportedEncodingException. Author: Michael Osipov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2034">#2034</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove errors from Maven output in TokenTypesDocletTest. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2195">#2195</a>
</li>
<li>
Anchor naming checks in google_style.xml. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2108">#2108</a>
</li>
<li>
AbstractHeaderCheck coverage has been increased to 100%. Author: Ilja Dubinin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1292">#1292</a>
</li>
<li>
Sonarqube found problems in Checkstyle. Author: Ilja Dubinin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/46">#46</a>
</li>
<li>
CopyPasted ITs. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2074">#2074</a>
</li>
<li>
Update Maven Wagon to 2.10. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2183">#2183</a>
</li>
<li>
Update Maven Project Info Reports Plugin to 2.8.1. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/2182">#2182</a>
</li>
<li>
Split all modules to be separate at config_naming.html. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2108">#2108</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove already fixed exclusion from PMD configuration. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/961">#961</a>
</li>
<li>
Add SLF4J binding required by JGit. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2129">#2129</a>
</li>
<li>
Configure compiler to use Error Prone for non-input sources. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2160">#2160</a>
</li>
<li>
Rearrange POM to use canonical ordering. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/809">#809</a>
</li>
<li>
Unify naming files with test inputs. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2161">#2161</a>
</li>
<li>
Create wide message for CheckstyleException in PackageObjectFactory. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/759">#759</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix compiler warnings in input files. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2130">#2130</a>
</li>
<li>
Updated checkstyle_checks.xml to use ParameterNumber in default configuration. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/215">#215</a>
</li>
<li>
Extended Eclipse user guide for newbies of Checkstyle. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/606">#606</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix exception at NeedBraces check in enhanced for loops. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2135">#2135</a>
</li>
<li>
Make test for FileTabCharacter locale and OS independent. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2137">#2137</a>
</li>
<li>
Add inspection scope profile for IDEA analysis. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2131">#2131</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix issues reported by IntelliJ IDEA inspections in Checkstyle code. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1555">#1555</a>
</li>
<li>
Added tests for validating commit message. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/937">#937</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix StringIndexOutOfBoundsException. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2094">#2094</a>
</li>
<li>
Activated TranslationCheck in checkstyle_checks.xml. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2092">#2092</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix Javadoc generation failure after addition of new tag. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2106">#2106</a>
</li>
<li>
Add Codacy badge to main page. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2054">#2054</a>
</li>
<li>
Update all Checks html docs with link to hosted configurations. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1214">#1214</a>
</li>
<li>
Create separate web page for old release notes. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2063">#2063</a>
</li>
<li>
Extended javadoc/xdoc for RightCurlyCheck. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1900">#1900</a>
</li>
<li>
Added UT which validates that all checks which exist in classpath are referenced in checkstyle_checks.xml. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/945">#945</a>
</li>
<li>
Add suppression for IntelliJ IDEA inspection. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2065">#2065</a>
</li>
<li>
Refactoring of TreeWalker to increase readability. Author: Andrei Selkin
</li>
<li>
Corrected javadoc/xdoc for IllegalTypeCheck. Author: Andrei Selkin
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.10.1">
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
broken compatibility with maven-checkstyle-plugin:2.15 at checkstyle:6.10. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2065">#2065</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.10">
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
'ignoreMethods' option has been removed from DeclarationOrderCheck. Author: Baratali Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2031">#2031</a>
</li>
<li>
fix typos in properties names. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/commit/b14f255427c0b12054de2873fe300b4f4e691bd4">in scope of #1555</a>
</li>
<li>
Rethrow all exceptions further to caller of Checker. Author: Ruslan Diachenko <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1304">#1304</a>
</li>
<li>
Improve exception handling in CheckstyleAntTask class. Author: Ruslan Diachenko <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1245">#1245</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Added new Check: CommentsIndentationCheck. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/333">#333</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
fixed problem with lexical order in CustomImportOrder. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1469">#1469</a>
</li>
<li>
Extended messages for CustomImportOrder. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1648">#1648</a>
</li>
<li>
Changed SAME_PACKAGE rule for CustomImportOrderCheck. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1262">#1262</a>
</li>
<li>
reimplement EqualsAvoidNullCheck. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1377">#1377</a>
</li>
<li>
enforce all checks to override getRequiredTokens, getAcceptableTokens methods. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/655">#655</a>
</li>
<li>
IllegalType: add 'validateAbstractClassNames' option. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1805">#1805</a>
</li>
<li>
Marked 'maxLineLength' as '@Deprecated' at LeftCurlyCheck. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/965">#965</a>
</li>
<li>
Detect public constructors in non-public classes in RedundantModifier. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1537">#1537</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixes logic bug in gui ParseTreeInfoPanel making linesToPositions assign lines to inappropriate positions. Author: liscju
</li>
<li>
Fix RightCurlyCheck with same option not to rise expression in single-line blocks. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1416">#1416</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix UnsupportedOperationException in GUI. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1718">#1718</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Fix issues reported by IntelliJ IDEA inspections in Checkstyle code. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1555">#1555</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix violations reported by Checkstyle checks. Author: Baratali Izmailov , Ruslan Diachenko <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1566">#1566</a>
</li>
<li>
Sonarqube found problems in Checkstyle. Author: Ilja Dubinin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/46">#46</a>
</li>
<li>
Enable Checkstyle checks for 'gui' package. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1678">#1678</a>
</li>
<li>
Corrected links on website. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/751">#751</a>
</li>
<li>
Eclipse warnings about unused fields have been fixed. Author: Baratali Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1243">#1243</a>
</li>
<li>
Simplify overqualified CSS element. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2054">#2054</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove empty CSS rule. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2054">#2054</a>
</li>
<li>
config: maven-enforcer-plugin and equalsverifier are updated to newest version. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for some classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks. Author: Ilja Dubinin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1290">#1290</a>
</li>
<li>
Utils classes have been moved to utils package, new classes CommonUtils and TokenUtils. Author: Ilja Dubinin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1898">#1898</a>
</li>
<li>
Use EqualsVerifier to test equals and hashCode in IntMatchFilter. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1088">#1088</a>
</li>
<li>
Removed suppression for SwitchDensity rule from PMD. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/973">#973</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove obsolete entry from PMD configuration. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/877">#877</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove unused Coveralls plugin from pom.xml. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1881">#1881</a>
</li>
<li>
Update ANTLR to 4.5.1-1. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1880">#1880</a>
</li>
<li>
Update EqualsVerifier to 1.7.4. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1879">#1879</a>
</li>
<li>
replace deprecated method in HiddenCheckField. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
</li>
<li>
Created JaCoCo profile of pom.xml. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1173">#1173</a>
</li>
<li>
Update Maven FindBugs Plugin to 3.0.2. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1714">#1714</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed typo in JavadocMethod's examples xdocs. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1668">#1668</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for all classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.regexp. Author: Ilja Dubinin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1010">#1010</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix headers for classes in 'gui' package. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/945">#945</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for all classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.coding.. Author: Baratali Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1293">#1293</a>
</li>
<li>
Resolved javadoc problems that reported by java 8. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/291">#291.</a>
</li>
<li>
Minor typo fixes. Author: Dave Moloney
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.9">
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Change default value of property "format" to "^Abstract.*$" in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_naming.html#AbstractClassName">AbstractClassNameCheck</a>. Author: Bhavik Patel <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1279">#1279</a>
</li>
<li>
Removed property "url" in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_imports.html#ImportControl">ImportControlCheck</a>. Note: will be restored in release 6.11. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1128">#1128</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
New option for <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_coding.html#MagicNumber">MagicNumber</a>: constantWaiverParentToken. Solution to not detected properly numbers. Author: Bhavik Patel <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1266">#1266</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Fixed NPE in MultipleVariableDeclarationsCheck Issue. Author: Baratali Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1539">#1539</a>
</li>
<li>
Added column number into violation messages for RightCurlyCheck and LeftCurlyCheck. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1511">#1511</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix BooleanExpressionComplexity check violations in Checkstyle code. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1052">#1052</a>
</li>
<li>
Add new option for RightCurlyCheck. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1019">#1019</a>
</li>
<li>
Updated configuration for Eclipse Mars in xdoc. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1464">#1464</a>
</li>
<li>
updated Xdoc and Javadoc for ImportOrder and CustomImportOrder. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1464">#1464</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove from dependecies deprecated jar commons-beanutils-core.jar. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1471">#1471</a>
</li>
<li>
RedundantModifier for inner classes and enum constructors. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1242">#1242</a>
</li>
<li>
Add missing xdocs for allowMultipleEmptyLines property of EmptyLineSeparatorCheck. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/881">#881</a>
</li>
<li>
Add setter for 'ignoreEnums' in LeftCurlyCheck. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/975">#975</a>
</li>
<li>
JavadocType does not check parameters in inner classes. Author: Pavel Baranchikov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1421">#1421</a>
</li>
<li>
ImportOrderCheck. Fix separation for static imports. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1398">#1398</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix for SuperClone and SuperFinalize checks reporting violations on native methods. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1367">#1367</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix FallThroughCheck fails on if with no else. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1395">#1395</a>
</li>
<li>
fix JavadocParagraph allows new line before the next paragraph. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1332">#1332</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix RegexpHeader causing exception with default config. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1129">#1129</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix OneStatementPerLine on multiple field initialization bug. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1237">#1237</a>
</li>
<li>
extend target list fo SuppressWarningsHolder. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1158">#1158</a>
</li>
<li>
provide human message for SuppressWarningsHolder. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1158">#1158</a>
</li>
<li>
Raising exception for CustomImportOrder.SAME_PACKAGE. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1282">#1282</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Enable CustomImportOrder. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1459">#1459</a>
</li>
<li>
Add UniquePropertiesCheck into checkstyle_checks.xml. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1129">#1129</a>
</li>
<li>
Refactoring of FinalLocalVariableCheck to avoid 'fall through' violation. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1395">#1395</a>
</li>
<li>
Add Organize Imports instructions to site. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1448">#1448</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed compilation error for CustomImportOrder input file. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1470">#1470</a>
</li>
<li>
ImportOrder enabled in configuration. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1448">#1448</a>
</li>
<li>
Number of updates for. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1555">#1555</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed incorrect Google Java Style links. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/751">#751</a>
</li>
<li>
Refactoring of RightCurlyCheck. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1511">#1511</a>
</li>
<li>
Apply various improvements over Checkstyle test code. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1542">#1542</a>
</li>
<li>
Apply various improvements over Checkstyle code. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1538">#1538</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove unnecessary consecutive lines in Checkstyle code. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1534">#1534</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix some SonarQube violations. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/46">#46</a>
</li>
<li>
Enable NonEmptyAtclauseDescription check on Checkstyle code. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/945">#945</a>
</li>
<li>
fix for UTs on Windows7 and do not conflict with WindowsServer. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1496">#1496</a>
</li>
<li>
Investigate UTs failure to MainTest on Windows. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1510">#1510</a>
</li>
<li>
fix for build problem in Idea on Windows. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for all classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.metrics. Author: Ruslan Diachenko <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1287">#1287</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for all classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.regexp (partial fix). Author: Ilja Dubinin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1010">#1010</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for all classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.blocks. Author: Ilja Dubinin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1291">#1291</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for all classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.coding. Author: Baratli Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1293">#1293</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for all classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.modifier. Author: Ruslan Diachenko <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1286">#1286</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for all classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.naming. Author: Ruslan Diachenko <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1288">#1288</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for all classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.whitespace. Author: Ruslan Diachenko <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1289">#1289</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for all classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1294">#1294</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for all classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1295">#1295</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for Indentation check. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1295">#1295</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for all classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1308">#1308</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for all classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.filters. Author: Ruslan Diachenko <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1296">#1296</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for all classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.imports. Author: Alexander Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1128">#1128</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for all classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks. Author: Ilja Dubinin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1290">#1290</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for all classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.header. Author: Ilja Dubinin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1292">#1292</a>
</li>
<li>
CheckDocsDoclet.java was removed as it is not used in a project.. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
Import which produces error on MacOSX jdk has been deleted. Author: Ilja Dubinin
</li>
<li>
javadoc: deperecate overview.html and package.html support. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1415">#1415</a>
</li>
<li>
Make "private" methods "static" where possible. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/46">#46</a>
</li>
<li>
new images were provided by our artist, new header for web site. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
BaseCheckTestSupport.verify fails on Windows. Author: WonderCsabo <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1388">#1388</a>
</li>
<li>
check for connection is done by our website URL, as resource file is there. That let pass test when sourceforge web site is down. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
Switch options reoganized for easier reading. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1376">#1376</a>
</li>
<li>
add example for ConstantName in xdoc. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1106">#1106</a>
</li>
<li>
commented code was removed from CheckerTest. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
fix eclipse package declaration error in InputPackageDeclaration. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
</li>
<li>
Add Gradle to list of related tools Correct SonarQube name and links in same list. Author: Thomas Jensen
</li>
<li>
fix structure of site.xml. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1341">#1341</a>
</li>
<li>
Move tests which cause compilation problem in Eclipse 4.2.2 to non-compilable folder. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1351">#1351</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix integration test compilation error for Windows environment. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1342">#1342</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix failing of ITs for OneStatementPerLineCheck. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1348">#1348</a>
</li>
<li>
surefire and failsafe plugins are moved above checkstyle validation to run before long checkstyle execution. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
add IT to validate google_checks config. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1275">#1275</a>
</li>
<li>
rename fields in ConfigurationBuilder and BaseCheckTestSupport. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
</li>
<li>
update build procedure to validate all XML files against their schemas. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1275">#1275</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix compilation error for Windows environment. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1342">#1342</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove usage of deprecated methods from MainTest. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1325">#1325</a>
</li>
<li>
Restore checkstyle validation on https://sonarcloud.io. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1319">#1319</a>
</li>
<li>
Update Maven Shade Plugin, EqualsVerifier, antlr, system-rules and Maven PMD Plugin to latest versions. Author: Michal Kordas
</li>
<li>
system-rules, ant were updated to latest version. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
Removed all assert statements. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1298">#1298</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix AbstractClassName Check on checkstyle code. Author: Bhavik Patel <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/945">#945</a>
</li>
<li>
Make Eclipse / m2e plugins generate valid projects. Author: Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.8.2">
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Incorrect xml structure at google_checks.xml. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1275">#1275</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.8.1">
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Cannot use config file bundled in jar. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1265">#1265</a>
</li>
<li>
NullPointerException at java.util.regex.Pattern from com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.regexp.DetectorOptions.getPattern. Author: Michael Vorburger <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1224">#1224</a>
</li>
<li>
StackOverflow at java.util.regex.*. Author: Michael Vorburger <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1221">#1221</a>
</li>
<li>
StackOverflow in com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.regexp.MultilineDetector.findMatch. Author: Michael Vorburger <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/48">#48</a>
</li>
<li>
RightCurly: Curly brace '}' should be on line by itself not reported for method with annotation. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1014">#1014</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.8">
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Detect only label as illegal token in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_coding.html#IllegalToken">IllegalToken</a> check, default token set is changed to TokenTypes.LABELED_STAT. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1162">#1162</a>
</li>
<li>
Add possibility to configure targets for <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_whitespace.html#ParenPad">ParenPad</a> check, LPAREN and RPAREN were removed from acceptable tokens. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1189">#1189</a>
</li>
<li>
Set default value of max property to 4 (from 1) for <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_design.html#ThrowsCount">ThrowsCountCheck</a> and update javadoc/xdoc. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1143">#1143</a>
</li>
<li>
Restoring method FileContents.getFileName() to keep backward compatibility for some time. Author: Thomas Jensen <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1205">#1205</a>
</li>
<li>
Rename CheckStyleTask to CheckstyleAntTask, Rename and move checkstyletask.properties. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1108">#1108</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove AnnotationUtility and ScopeUtils from API package. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1057">#1057</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
New option for <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_coding.html#ModifiedControlVariable">ModifiedControlVariableCheck</a>: skipEnhancedForLoopVariable. Author: Bhavik Patel <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1015">#1015</a>
</li>
<li>
New options for <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_javadoc.html#SingleLineJavadoc">SingleLineJavadoc</a>: ignoredTags, ignoreInlineTags. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1063">#1063</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
correction of parsing of attributes in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_javadoc.html#AtclauseOrder">AtclauseOrderCheck</a>. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1152">#1152</a>
</li>
<li>
fix for <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_javadoc.html#JavadocMethod">JavadocMethodCheck</a>: catch NoClassDefFoundError in ClassResolver. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1192">#1192</a>
</li>
<li>
Replace hardcoded message in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_whitespace.html#NoWhitespaceAfter">WhitespaceAfterCheck</a> with new message (i18n). Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/967">#967</a>
</li>
<li>
Solution to wrong variable reported because of name shadowing in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_coding.html#FinalLocalVariable">FinalLocalVariableCheck</a>. Author: Bhavik Patel <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1142">#1142</a>
</li>
<li>
Clarify misleading command line tool (CLI) output. Author: Bhavik Patel <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1062">#1062</a>
</li>
<li>
solution to CLI fails when it could not find output file. Author: Bhavik Patel <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1181">#1181</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed exception in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_imports.html#AvoidStaticImport">AvoidStaticImport</a> check trying to exclude members of inner class. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1209">#1209</a>
</li>
<li>
Solution to "Incorrect config file cause CLI finish with error but no output with details". Author: Bhavik Patel <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1180">#1180</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix exception in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_annotation.html#SuppressWarnings">SuppressWarnings</a> check on complex annotations. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1201">#1201</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix value pair representation in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_annotation.html#SuppressWarnings">SuppressWarnings</a> check. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1246">#1246</a>
</li>
<li>
Do not generate violation for empty <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_annotation.html#SuppressWarnings">SuppressWarnings</a>. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1187">#1187</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_coding.html#PackageDeclaration">PackageDeclaration</a> check for files with comments only. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1149">#1149</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix exception in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_annotation.html#SuppressWarningsHolder">SuppressWarningsHolder</a> on complex annotations or annotation with dot. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1148">#1148</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
.gitignore with Eclipse's .externalToolBuilders and .checkstyle from Checkstyle CS Eclipse Plug-in. Author: Michael Vorburger
</li>
<li>
100% test coverage for com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.sizes. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1024">#1024</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix empty html pages for extending Checkstyle and style configurations. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1231">#1231</a>
</li>
<li>
move non-compilable input to resources-noncompilable. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
</li>
<li>
Minor update in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_coding.html#FallThrough">FallThroughCheck</a> xdoc and javadoc. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
</li>
<li>
PMD violations: UncommentedEmptyMethod, EmptyMethodInAbstractClassShouldBeAbstract, AbstractNaming. Author: Bhavik Patel <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/995">#995</a>, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/997">#997</a>, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/983">#983</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix violation of EmptyStatement, UncommentedMain, AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharacters, AbbreviationAsWordInName Checks in Checkstyle code. Author: Bhavik Patel <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/945">#945</a>
</li>
<li>
Ineffective suppressions are removed from checkstyle's configs. Author: Bhavik Patel
</li>
<li>
Checking existence of config file before processing target file.. Author: Bhavik Patel
</li>
<li>
Changed Integration Tests to use /src/it/. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1200">#1200</a>
</li>
<li>
Updated description for UnusedImports, RedundantImport , Change "Beginning Development" page to reference JDK1.8. Author: Aleksandr Ivanov
</li>
<li>
UT coverage for RedundantImport. AvoidStarImportCheck check, Added UTs for getAcceptableTokens() and getRequiredTokens(). Author: Aleksandr Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1128">#1128</a>
</li>
<li>
CyclomaticComplexity applied with level 11. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/954">#954</a>
</li>
<li>
NPathComplexity: extend documentation to make clear how it works, suppression rules for NPathComplexity. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1218">#1218</a>, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/953">#953</a>
</li>
<li>
Content section was added to ease navigation in Checks descriptions pages, favicon images (png,ico) were introduced. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1208">#1208</a>
</li>
<li>
till MECLIPSE-735 we will keep Eclipse project files in repository. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1219">#1219</a>
</li>
<li>
Ordering issue with nested classes in static imports - xdoc was extended. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1239">#1239</a>
</li>
<li>
Update ant to 1.9.5, update for maven-eclipse-plugin to 2.10, system-rules updated to 1.11.0, commons-cli to 1.3.1. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
Integrate google-style-config-test as Integration Test. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/863">#863</a>
</li>
<li>
Add known limitations to <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_annotation.html#SuppressWarnings">SuppressWarnings</a> check documentation. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1252">#1252</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix PMD violations of ExceptionAsFlowControl, AvoidCatchingGenericException rule. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/959">#959</a>, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/962">#962</a>
</li>
<li>
Use SHA-1 instead on non-standard SHA in PropertyCacheFile. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1251">#1251</a>
</li>
<li>
Add TravisCI build for assembly creation. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1204">#1204</a>
</li>
<li>
Provide additional regression test for ParenPad check. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1189">#1189</a>
</li>
<li>
Add tests for equals and toString in SuppressionCommentFilter. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1088">#1088</a>
</li>
<li>
Move <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_regexp.html#Regexp">Regexp</a> check from miscellaneous to regexp category. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1170">#1170</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove unused MethodCallLineWrapHandler class. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1178">#1178</a>
</li>
<li>
Make cobertura and coveralls build faster, Provide workaround for incorrect coverage shown by Cobertura. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1176">#1176</a>
</li>
<li>
Generate HTML report on Maven cobertura:cobertura goal. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1169">#1169</a>
</li>
<li>
Add virtual machine crash log files to .gitingore. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1168">#1168</a>
</li>
<li>
Configure RegexpSinglelineJava to detect non-ASCII characters. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1165">#1165</a>
</li>
<li>
Verify that classes with constants have private constructors. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/840">#840</a>
</li>
<li>
Update system-rules to 1.10.0, maven-assembly-plugin to 2.5.5, maven-failsafe-plugin to 2.18.1, Maven Shade Plugin to 2.4. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1156">#1156</a>, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1175">#1175</a>, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1193">#1193</a>, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1204">#1204</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.7">
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Remove FastStack from API. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/989">#989</a>
</li>
<li>
Util classes should be moved out of api package. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1057">#1057</a>
</li>
<li>
method TreeWalker.setClassloader() was renamed to TreeWalker.setClassLoader() with deprecation of old method. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/922">#922</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
New "ignorePrivateMethods" property for <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_design.html#ThrowsCount">ThrowsCount</a> check to skip private methods. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1136">#1136</a>
</li>
<li>
New "crlf" option for lineSeparator property in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_misc.html#NewlineAtEndOfFile">NewlineAtEndOfFile</a> check. Author: Martin Steiger <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1045">#1045</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Make message-based checks invariant to Locale. Author: Martin Steiger <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1044">#1044</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix no possibility to set English language explicitly in config. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/152">#152</a>
</li>
<li>
Do not verify overriding methods in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_design.html#ThrowsCount">ThrowsCount</a> check. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1085">#1085</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_misc.html#Regexp">Regexp</a> check causing exception on file with newline on top. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1129">#1129</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_regexp.html#RegexpMultiline">RegexpMultiline</a> check causing exception with default config. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1129">#1129</a>
</li>
<li>
Add support for canonical class names in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_design.html#MutableException">MutableException</a>. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1124">#1124</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_blocks.html#NeedBraces">NeedBraces</a> check not requiring braces in multiline statements when using allowSingleLineStatement option. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/895">#895</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix equals and hashCode in SuppressionFilter, SuppressElement, IntRangeFilter, LocalizedMessage and remove obsolete toString. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1088">#1088</a>
</li>
<li>
Add "/", "+" and "-" to list of allowed tokens in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_coding.html#MagicNumber">MagicNumber</a> check. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1113">#1113</a>
</li>
<li>
Extend <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_coding.html#ReturnCount">ReturnCount</a> check to use separate return counter for lambdas. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1068">#1068</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix exception in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_design.html#OneTopLevelClass">OneTopLevelClass</a> check for package-info files. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1065">#1065</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix exception in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_coding.html#FallThrough">FallThrough</a> check for nested switch statements. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/837">#837</a>
</li>
<li>
MagicNumber annotation detection enhanced for arbitrary parent nodes in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_coding.html#MagicNumber">MagicNumber</a> check. Author: Mehmet Can Cömert <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/926">#926</a>
</li>
<li>
Improve standard package regexp for <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_imports.html#CustomImportOrder">CustomImportOrder</a> check. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1020">#1020</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix NPE in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_coding.html#ModifiedControlVariable">ModifiedControlVariable</a> check. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1012">#1012</a>
</li>
<li>
Include enums in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_coding.html#CovariantEquals">CovariantEquals</a> check analysis. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1011">#1011</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix parsing of allowedAnnotations property in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_javadoc.html#JavadocMethod">JavadocMethod</a> check. Author: Gustav Carlson <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1145">#1145</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Change location of left curly braces to end of line. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1089">#1089</a>
</li>
<li>
Make coverage 100% for all classes at package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.sizes. Author: Andrei Selkin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1024">#1024</a>
</li>
<li>
100% test coverage for com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.design. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1009">#1009</a>
</li>
<li>
removing dead code and refactoring in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_design.html#VisibilityModifier">VisibilityModifier</a> check. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1107">#1107</a>
</li>
<li>
Replace deprecated PosixParser with DefaultParser. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1099">#1099</a>
</li>
<li>
remove dead code from <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_design.html#MutableException">MutableException</a> check. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1103">#1103</a>
</li>
<li>
remove dead code from <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_design.html#FinalClass">FinalClass</a> check. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1100">#1100</a>
</li>
<li>
Make tests of Main class platform independent. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1086">#1086</a>
</li>
<li>
removing abandoned test input files. Author: Ivan Sopov
</li>
<li>
Fix typos. Author: Julian Hyde
</li>
<li>
Fix PMD violations for number of rules. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/948">#948</a>, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/949">#949</a>, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/960">#960</a>, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/984">#984</a>, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/998">#998</a>, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/999">#999</a>, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/928">#928</a>
</li>
<li>
Enable multiple Checkstyle checks on Checkstyle codebase. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/945">#945</a>, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1049">#1049</a>, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1040">#1040</a>
</li>
<li>
Update commons-cli to 1.3. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1067">#1067</a>
</li>
<li>
Update wagon-ssh to 2.9. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1060">#1060</a>
</li>
<li>
Update maven-assembly-plugin to 2.5.4. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1055">#1055</a>
</li>
<li>
Update cobertura-maven-plugin to 2.7. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/916">#916</a>
</li>
<li>
Complete descriptions in checks index. Author: Andrew Gaul
</li>
<li>
Remove obsolete space from general error message. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1029">#1029</a>
</li>
<li>
Add missing space in error message for <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_imports.html#CustomImportOrder">CustomImportOrder</a> check. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/1027">#1027</a>
</li>
<li>
resolving Findbugs violation: <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/911">#911</a> , <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/909">#909</a>,
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/778">#778</a>, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/923">#923</a>,
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/925">#925</a>, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/596">#596</a>. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
huge refactoring for CLI Main class. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/596">#596</a>
</li>
<li>
Option allowPublicFinalFields does not exist in <a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_design.html#VisibilityModifier">VisibilityModifier</a> check. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1126">#1126</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_design.html#OneTopLevelClass">OneTopLevelClass</a> check example is broken and documentation missing, for 'tokens' property. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1017">#1017</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_design.html#OneTopLevelClass">OneTopLevelClass</a> check example in documentation has invalid XML syntax. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1016">#1016</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.6">
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
New option for MagicNumber Check to ignore magic numbers in field declarations. Author: ychulovskyy <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/148">#148</a>
</li>
<li>
New option for ModifiedControlVariable Check to ignore validation of variables defined in for loop which are not changed in for loop iterator part. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/286">#286</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Extend LeftCurly check to verify static initializers. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/966">#966</a>
</li>
<li>
Extend EmptyBlock check to verify synchronized blocks. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/964">#964</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix generics with arrays handling in NoWhitespaceAfter. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/931">#931</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix upper/lower case conversation, enhance tests. Author: Mehmet Can Cömert <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/969">#969</a>
</li>
<li>
Introduce new handler SynchronizedHandler for checking indentation. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/580">#580</a>
</li>
<li>
added validation for header in setHeader in RegexpHeaderCheck.java to provide better feedback when an invalid Pattern is specified. Author: richter722 and Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/897">#897</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Delete System.exit() and delegate exit control into separate method. Author: Damian Szczepanik <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/882">#882</a>
</li>
<li>
Repair ignored test. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/994">#994</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix AnnotationLocation violation in Checkstyle codebase. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/945">#945</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix AvoidStaticImport check violations in codebase. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/979">#979</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix AtclauseOrder check violations in codebase. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/978">#978</a>
</li>
<li>
Resolve Javadoc problems found by Checkstyle. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/978">#978</a>
</li>
<li>
Replace all occurrences of FastStack with ArrayDeque. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/86">#86</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix PMD violations from numerous ruleset in Checkstyle. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/#744">#744</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix PMD violations from numerous ruleset in Checkstyle. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/987">#987</a>,
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/982">#982</a>,
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/872">#872</a>,
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/744">#744</a>,
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/942">#942</a>,
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/874">#874</a>,
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/873">#873</a>,
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/871">#871</a>,
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/869">#869</a>,
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/876">#876</a>,
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/875">#875</a>,
</li>
<li>
Update Apache Commons Lang to 3.4. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/899">#899</a>
</li>
<li>
Use use Java 7 instead of custom logic for relative paths. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/857">#857</a>
</li>
<li>
Add test for non existing cache file. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/921">#921</a>
</li>
<li>
Use entrySet iterator to fix FindBugs violations. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/778">#778</a>
</li>
<li>
Integrate Gitter with Checkstyle. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/864">#864</a>
</li>
<li>
Resolve some problems in Javadoc reported by Java 8. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/291">#291</a>
</li>
<li>
Disable Findbugs for 'grammars' package. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/778">#778</a>
</li>
<li>
Update Maven Compiler Plugin to 3.3. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/867">#867</a>
</li>
<li>
Update FindBugs Maven Plugin to 3.0.1. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/865">#865</a>
</li>
<li>
Update Maven Javadoc Plugin to 2.10.3. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/939">#939</a>
</li>
<li>
Use SVG badge for coveralls.io. Author: AnirvanSarkar
</li>
<li>
all TODO/FIXME were removed, some of them converted to issues. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
all findbugs validation rules are activated. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/912">#912</a>, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/778">#778</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.5">
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Class checkstyle.api.Utils was moved to checkstyle.Utils. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/661">#661</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
New sortStaticImportsAlphabetically property for ImportOrder check that allows alphabetical grouping order in static group. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/12">#12</a>
</li>
<li>
New allowSingleLineStatement property for NeedBraces check to allow one-line statements. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/300">#300</a>
</li>
<li>
New ignoreAnnotationCanonicalNames property for VisibilityModifier check, to ignore fields with particular annotations. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/584">#584</a>
</li>
<li>
New validateEnhancedForLoopVariable property for FinalLocalVariable check to enforce final variables in for each clause. Author: Bhavik Patel <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/20">#20</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
CustomImportOrder checks import sorting according to ASCII order instead of case-insensitive alphabetical order. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/847">#847</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix failing EmptyLineSeparator check on multiple imports or fields. Author: liscju <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/706">#706</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix ignoreSetter property of HiddenField not working for one letter fields. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/730">#730</a>
</li>
<li>
Token WILDCARD_TYPE was added to WhitespaceAround check. Author: Danil Lopatin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/853">#853</a>
</li>
<li>
SuppressionCommentFilter does not suppress StrictDuplicateCode warnings. Author: Yuriy Chulovskyy <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/26">#26</a>
</li>
<li>
AnnotationsUseStyle yields warning on "({})" of Array types. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/28">#28</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix bug with lambda params in FinalLocalVariable check. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/747">#747</a>
</li>
<li>
FinalLocalVariable Check, extended acceptable tokens. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/762">#762</a>
</li>
<li>
Add support of logging severity for all audit events. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/67">#67</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix typo in violation message of ModifierOrder check. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/740">#740</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Add anchors to sections. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/586">#586</a>
</li>
<li>
Extended guide for newbies. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/606">#606</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove printStackTrace(...) from whole code. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/660">#660</a>
</li>
<li>
Move content from available_checks.html to checks.html. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/691">#691</a>
</li>
<li>
EmptyCatchBlock check, updated docs. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/571">#571</a>
</li>
<li>
Add post field for mailing lists. Author: Glenn Hollingsworth <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/743">#743</a>
</li>
<li>
Automate Code Coverage Validation. Author: Bhavik Patel <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/722">#722</a>
</li>
<li>
Update all Maven plugins to latest versions. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/644">#644</a>
</li>
<li>
Resolve all violations that were found by default PMD maven plugin rule sets. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/744">#744</a>
</li>
<li>
Add maven-project-info-reports-plugin to POM. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/776">#776</a>
</li>
<li>
Several fixes for problems found by Findbugs. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/778">#778</a>
</li>
<li>
Add OverloadMethodsDeclarationOrder to Available Checks page. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/784">#784</a>
</li>
<li>
Add test to verify that all checks are present on website. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/783">#783</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove deprecated getLines() methods from Utils. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/854">#854</a>
</li>
<li>
Deprecate FastStack and replace it with ArrayDeque. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/86">#86</a>
</li>
<li>
Huge amount of refactoring and improvements, some of them without issue reference. Author: Michal Kordas
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/674">#674</a>
, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/729">#729</a>
, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/730">#730</a>
, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/736">#736</a>
, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/742">#742</a>
, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/751">#751</a>
, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/787">#787</a>
, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/790">#790</a>
, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/805">#805</a>
, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/806">#806</a>
, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/809">#809</a>
, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/816">#816</a>
, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/821">#821</a>
, <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/821">#821</a>
</li>
<li>
Use Guava Closeables to manage closing exceptions. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/836">#836</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove duplicate UniqueProperties section. Author: Michele Mauro <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/843">#843</a>
</li>
<li>
Add Utils.isPatternValid method to hide try-catch blocks when parsing is used only for validation. Author: Damian Szczepanik <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/835">#835</a>
</li>
<li>
Reduce complexity in HandlerFactory class by grouping catch blocks. Author: Damian Szczepanik <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/833">#833</a>
</li>
<li>
Delete ///CLOVER comments. Author: Damian Szczepanik <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/824">#824</a>
</li>
<li>
Update all links to sun.com reference to oracle site. Author: Damian Szczepanik <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/724">#724</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.4.1">
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
VisibilityModifier Check, updated option setter. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/710">#710</a>
</li>
<li>
GenericWhitespace Check, updated method references processing. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/677">#677</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
HiddenField Check, updated docs for 'ignoreFormat' option. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/607">#607</a>
</li>
<li>
Clarified all Indentation Input files for certain expected values. Author: Alexey Zuy <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/675">#675</a>
</li>
<li>
Update of maven plugins. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/644">#644</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix incorrect author and typos in release notes for Release 6.4. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/694">#694</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.4">
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
New Check: EmptyCatchBlock Check for Google Style Guide. Author: Alex Kravin<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/571">#571</a>
</li>
<li>
New option for VisibilityModifier Check, to allow public immutable fields. Author: Alex Kravin<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/61">#61</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Added support of Windows line separator to Javadoc parser. Fixed UTs. Author: Baratali Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/612">#612</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix NPE when setting classpath field. Author: Aaron Sheldon
</li>
<li>
IllegalType Check, updated memberModifiers option setting. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/663">#663</a>
</li>
<li>
BooleanExpression Complexity Check, fixed NPE. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/654">#654</a>
</li>
<li>
FinalLocalVariable Check, fixed false-positive. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/258">#258</a>
</li>
<li>
AbstractClassName Check, updated default regex. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/595">#595</a>
</li>
<li>
EmptyLineSeparator Check, fixed Exception if file doesn't have header. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/621">#621</a>
</li>
<li>
BooleanExpressionComplexity misidentifies integer expression as boolean expression. Author: Yuriy Chulovskyy <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/572">#572</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Fixed typo in 'ignoreOverriden' property of IllegalThrowsCheck. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/623">#623</a>
</li>
<li>
AnnotationLocation Check, extended typo fixing. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/585">#585</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Javadoc comments for JAVADOC_TAG and JAVADOC_INLINE_TAG related nodes. Author: Baratali Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/409">#409</a>
</li>
<li>
Linkcheck report, fixed errors. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/549">#549</a>
</li>
<li>
Refactored UTs. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/537">#537</a>
</li>
<li>
Site: feeds icons were added. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/617">#617</a>
</li>
<li>
TreeWalker update, added logging warning if AcceptableTokens are broken. Acceptable tokens are specified for all checks. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/342">#342</a>
</li>
<li>
SuppressionCommentFilter, extended docs for messageFormat option. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/132">#123</a>
</li>
<li>
Site: moved 'Extending Checkstyle' to Developers groups. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/606">#606</a>
</li>
<li>
Update some maven plugin in pom.xml. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/644">#644</a>
</li>
<li>
Reformat and fix example for AnnotationUseStyle. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/672">#672</a>
</li>
<li>
Require at least Maven 3.0.1 to build Checkstyle. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/620">#620</a>
</li>
<li>
Site: moved 'Extending Checkstyle' to Developers groups. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/606">#606</a>
</li>
<li>
Replace `StringBuffer` with `StringBuilder` to improve performance. Author: Michal Kordas
</li>
<li>
Repair typos in UniqueProperties description. Author: Michal Kordas
</li>
<li>
Replace verbose type arguments with diamond type. Author: Michal Kordas
</li>
<li>
Fix for typos in documentation. Author: Michal Kordas
</li>
<li>
Use Collections.addAll() instead of adding elements individually. Author: Michal Kordas
</li>
<li>
Added missed @Test annotation on test-case 'IndentationCheckTest.testMethodCallLineWrap'. Author: Alexey Zuy
</li>
<li>
IndentationCheck. Refactoring: got rid of anonymous classes. Author: Alexey Zuy
</li>
<li>
Fix table display. In config_whitespace, a comma was incorrectly replaced with a period. Author: Glenn Hollingsworth
</li>
<li>
Update config links in Google Style html page. Author: Glenn Hollingsworth <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/686">#686</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.3">
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
New option to HiddenField, to skip builder methods - setterCanReturnItsClass. Author: Dmitri Priimak <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/598">#598</a>
</li>
<li>
New option to Checker and TreeWalker to specify file extensions. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/25">#25</a>
</li>
<li>
New option to EmptyLineSeparator Check, for managing empty lines between class members. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/530">#530</a>
</li>
<li>
New option to Indentation to avoid C style. Author: Max Vetrenko <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/354">#354</a>
</li>
<li>
New option to IllegalThrows Check due to twitter custom checks. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/430">#430</a>
</li>
<li>
New option to JavadocMethod Name Check - ignore method name regex. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/430">#430</a>
</li>
<li>
New option to IllegalType Check to control validation based on modifiers - memberModifiers, updated default illegal types. Author: Alex Kravin <a
href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/567">#567</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
ExtendedMethodName Check to ignore overridden methods. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/430">#430</a>
</li>
<li>
Allow basedir property of Checker module to be set to NULL. Author: Lars Ködderitzsch <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/570">#570</a>
</li>
<li>
CustomImportOrder Check, third-party package meaning is adjusted. Author: Alexey Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/515">#515</a>
</li>
<li>
FinalLocalVariable Check, fixed false-positive. Author: Alexey Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/258">#258</a>
</li>
<li>
IllegalType Check, fixed false positives on same file names, added support of analyzing imports. Author: Alexey Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/78">#78</a>
</li>
<li>
SuppressWarnings Holder - fixed throwing exception if annotation uses constant value. Author: Alexey Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/539">#539</a>
</li>
<li>
NoWhitespaceAfter Check, fixed NPE, fixed false-positives at multidimensional arrays. Author: Alexey Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/542">#542</a>
</li>
<li>
message is extended according to google/guava/issues/1891. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
</ul>
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
AnnotationLocation Check, fixed typo in property name. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/585">#585</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Code examples of filters' usage. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/289">#289</a>
</li>
<li>
Changes to checkstyle's configuration for Checkstyle (Prefixes are removed, indentation for SWITCH block is changed). Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/512">#512</a>
</li>
<li>
Custom Import Order Check, rewrote compare method. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/234">#234</a>
</li>
<li>
Switched Checkstyle and all resources to UTF-8 encoding. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/489">#489</a>
</li>
<li>
Logging of exceptions to console. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/546">#546</a>
</li>
<li>
Got rid of javadoc warning. Resolved maven compilation warnings. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/548">#548</a>
</li>
<li>
Refactored tests from blocks package. Author: Yuriy Chulovskyy <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/537">#537</a>
</li>
<li>
Turn on -r recursive by default in CLI. Author: Yuriy Chulovskyy <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3">#3</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixes for suppression examples. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/537">#289</a>
</li>
<li>
Repair Sonarqube problems found in Checkstyle. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/46">#46</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.2">
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Serious compatibility problems with versions 5.9, 6.0 and 6.1. Author: Ilja Dubinin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/505">#505</a>
</li>
<li>
Added basenameSeparator configuration option for TranslationCheck. Author: Alex Kravin, pulse00 <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/149">#149</a>
</li>
<li>
Added google and sun configs to jar. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/305">#305</a>
</li>
<li>
Added UT for lambda expressions for InnerAssignmentCheck. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/377">#377</a>
</li>
<li>
Build and install the tests jar artifact. Author: Peter Palaga <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/477">#477</a>
</li>
<li>
FinalLocalVariable Check, fixed false-positive - native method's param should be declared final. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/158">#158</a>
</li>
<li>
FinalParameters Check, added option allows ignoring primitive types as params. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/446">#446</a>
</li>
<li>
Unsatisfiable Indentation module scenario with difficult annotations. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/321">#321</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed false-positive in GenericWhitespaceCheck. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/51">#51</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix InnerAssignment check for lambda expressions. Author: Evan Cahill
</li>
<li>
GenericWhitespace Check, fixed bug - '>' is followed by an illegal character. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/350">#350</a>
</li>
<li>
InnerTypeLast within methods. Author: Yuriy Chulovskyy <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/6">#6</a>
</li>
<li>
AnnotationUseStyle closingParens check failed. Author: Yuriy Chulovskyy <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/131">#131</a>
</li>
<li>
RequireThis triggers when try-with-resources defines resource with same name as method. Author: Yuriy Chulovskyy <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/257">#257</a>
</li>
<li>
NullPointerException with SuppressWarningsHolder and enum fields. Author: Yuriy Chulovskyy <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/353">#353</a>
</li>
<li>
ParameterNumber check option to ignore methods with an @Override. Author: Yuriy Chulovskyy <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/66">#66</a>
</li>
<li>
MutableException check requires class to explicitly extend some other class. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/60">#60</a>
</li>
<li>
NeedBraces, added option which allows one line if-statements without braces. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/300">#300</a>
</li>
<li>
RedundantModifier Check fixed bug with warning on final variables in default methods. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/364">#364</a>
</li>
<li>
RedundantModifier Check, fixed false-positive Redundant modifier final error for @SafeVarargs method. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/301">#301</a>
</li>
<li>
SummaryJavadoc Check, added 'specify period' option. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/472">#472</a>
</li>
<li>
SuppressWarnings Check, annotation param in constant. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/268">#268</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Checkstyle is switched to jdk7. Author: Roman Ivanov. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/commit/1712a2a0fee0f37a80e611e6b2c00517113eafb5">commit</a>.
</li>
<li>
Abstract Aware Type Check marked as deprecated, removed Redundant Throws Check. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/473">#473</a>
</li>
<li>
JUnitTestCaseCheck was removed from Checkstyle. Author: Yuriy Chulovskyy <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/457">#457</a>
</li>
<li>
Remove StrictDuplicateCodeCheck and whole package. Author: Michal Kordas <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/523">#523</a>
</li>
<li>
removing ignoreDirectoryName option from PackageDeclarationCheck. Author: Ivan Sopov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/209">#209</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
All UTs Inputs are now compilable. Author: Alex Kravin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/308">#308</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix for typos in documentation, fixes for Sonar violations, pom formatting, latest JUnit 4.12, ..... Author: Michal Kordas
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/tree/master/src/it/java/com/google/checkstyle/test">google-style-config-test</a> project for Google style is introduces, google_style wiki was updated. Author: Max Vetrenko
</li>
<li>
New maven profile "assembly" for quick build without any report and checks has been created. Author: Ilja Dubinin
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.1.1">
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Generics in postfix expression before method references can be parsed now. Author: Ilja Dubinin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/339">#339</a>
</li>
<li>
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if Indentation and FileContentsFolder are enabled. Author: Ilja Dubinin. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/92">#92</a>
</li>
<li>
Create ParseErrorMessage if error message is null during Javadoc parsing. Author: Baratali Izmailov. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/385">#385</a>
</li>
<li>
Added $ to all identifier definitions at javadoc grammar. Author: Baratali Izmailov. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/376">#376</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed NumberFormatException while logging in AbstractJavadocCheck. Author: Baratali Izmailov. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/371">#371</a>
</li>
<li>
Indentation check fails for switch statements. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/341">#341</a>
</li>
<li>
-v CLI flag for querying the installed Checkstyle version. Author: Yuriy Chulovskyy. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/9">#9</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Checkstyle logo was changed. Author: Alexandra Ulanovskaya and Daniil Yaroslavtsev.
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.1">
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Huge performance optimization for JavaDoc parsing. In scope of issue <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/49">#49</a>. Caching DetailNode trees in AbstractJavadocCheck. Author: Baratali Izmailov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/355">#355</a>
</li>
<li>
"FileContents.getLines()" performance fix. Author: Vladimir Sitnikov, Ivan Sopov. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/351">#351</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix for MultiMap empty collections garbage. Author: Vladimir Sitnikov, Ivan Sopov. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/348">#348</a>
</li>
<li>
Performance fix for RegexpCheck. Author: Vladimir Sitnikov, Ivan Sopov. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/348">#348</a>
</li>
<li>
Removing unnecessary char[] copying to reduce GC-pressure. Author: Vladimir Sitnikov, Ivan Sopov. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/347">#347</a>
</li>
<li>
Using BitSet for indent levels for performance. Author: Vladimir Sitnikov, Ivan Sopov. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/349">#349</a>
</li>
<li>
Various documentation/spelling issues with AnnotationLocationCheck. Author: Roman Ivanov. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/356">#356</a>
</li>
<li>
Multidimensional arrays can be parsed now. Author: Ilja Dubinin. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/304">#304</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Breaking backward compatibility:</p>
<ul>
<li>
AnnotationLocationCheck, package location was changed, one option was renamed. Author: Roman Ivanov. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/356">#356</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 6.0">
<p>New features that extend API:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Support of single-line and block comments in parse tree.
ANTLR4 grammar for parsing Javadoc comments. Author: Baratali Izmailov.
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/49">#49</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>New features:</p>
<ul>
<li>
AnnotationLocationCheck. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/302">#302</a>
</li>
<li>
AtclauseOrderCheck. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/306">#306</a>
</li>
<li>
JavadocParagraph. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/315">#315</a>
</li>
<li>
JavadocTagContinuationIndentation. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/308">#308</a>
</li>
<li>
SingleLineJavadocCheck. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/332">#332</a>
</li>
<li>
NonEmptyAtclauseDescriptionCheck. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/309">#309</a>
</li>
<li>
Update for existing JavadocMethodCheck to satisfy Google's style requirements. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/319">#319</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/reports/google-java-style.html">Google style</a>
is now covered to maximum of Checkstyle ability. See detailed report <a href="google_style.html">here</a>. Authors: Max Vetrenko, Ruslan Diachenko, Roman Ivanov.
</li>
<li>
All binaries are now compiled by Jdk6. Jdk5 is not supported any more.
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 5.9">
<p>New features:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Support of Java8 syntax. Author: Ilja Dubinin. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/10">#10</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Enormous update on Indentation Check. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/294">#294</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed IllegalInstantiationCheck, so it won't recognize a constructor reference (Java8) as instantiation. Author: Ryszard Wisniewski.
</li>
<li>
Since Java 8 we can have methods body in interfaces. Author: Ilja Dubinin. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/282">#282</a>
</li>
<li>
Default modifier has been added to modifier list. Author: Ilja Dubinin. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/284">#284</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed bug in DefaultComesLast check. Now it supports java 8 default methods. Author: Ilja Dubinin. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/297">#297</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed IndexOutOfBoundsException in CustomImportOrderCheck. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/296">#296</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Correct OverloadMethodsDeclarationOrder name in documentation. Author: Andrew Gaul.
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Release 5.8">
<p>New features:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Google Java Style <a href="google_style.html">xml configuration</a> was added. Author: Max Vetrenko.
</li>
<li>
New: AbbreviationAsWordInName check. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/212">#212</a>
</li>
<li>
Added enum processing to TypeNameCheck. Author: Pavel Baranchikov
</li>
<li>
Added method to clear cache to LocalizedMessage. Author: Joni Salmi. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/156">#156</a>
</li>
<li>
New: AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharacters check. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/194">#194</a>
</li>
<li>
New: CustomImportOrder check. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/194">#194</a>
</li>
<li>
New: EmptyLineSeparator check. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/186">#186</a>
</li>
<li> Enable array initialisation indentation settings. Author: Vaclav Chalupa. </li>
<li> Enhance WhitespaceAroundCheck to ignore Annotation Array Initialization curlies as it does for Array Initialization outside of annotations.. Author: Jacob Tomaw </li>
<li>
ignore option to the JavadocVariable check. Author: Yuriy Chulovskyy. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/98">#98</a>
</li>
<li>
New: InterfaceTypeParameterName check. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/202">#202</a>
</li>
<li>
New grammar rule was added only for catch types. IllegalCatchCheck has been extended to use catch with few
exception types.. Author: Ilja Dubinin <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/165">#165</a>
</li>
<li>
LocalVariableName. Allowed one char variables in initialization expressions in FOR loop. Author: Max Vetrenko <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/192">#192</a>
</li>
<li>
New: NoLineWrap check. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/173">#173</a>
</li>
<li>
New: OneTopLevelClass check. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/172">#173</a>
</li>
<li>
New: OverloadMethodsDeclarationOrder check. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/32">#32</a>
</li>
<li>
New option to allow no empty line between fields at EmptyLineSeparatorCheck check. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/227">#227</a>
</li>
<li>
New option to allow that force overload methods are grouped together at DeclarationOrder check. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/163">#163</a>
</li>
<li>
New option to allow empty classes, enums and interfaces, empty loops are allowed at WhitespaceAround check. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/163">#163</a>
</li>
<li>
New: VariableDeclarationUsageDistance check. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/223">#223</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Update for EmptyBlock to allow empty loops. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/190">#190</a>
</li>
<li>
EmptyLineSeparatorCheck was updated to validate empty line after header. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/218">#218</a>
</li>
<li>
LeftCurly Check was updated to force line break. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/247">#247</a>
</li>
<li>
update for OuterTypeFilename Check to check top level type are the public type or the first type in file if public is missed. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/248">#248</a>
</li>
<li>
update for RightCurly Check, new option to check line break after the closing brace if that brace terminates a statement or the body of a method, constructor or named class. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/182">#182</a>
</li>
<li>
Added test and fix for the case if there is a semicolon between import statements. Author: Ryszard Wisniewski
</li>
<li>
Adding ANNOTATION_DEF to the valid list of parentASTs for the SuppressWarningsHolder. Without this, any
@SuppressWarnings (checkstyle or not) present on an annotation definition class will fail. Author: Dominic Jones
</li>
<li>
Adding u HTML tag to list of allowed tags in JavaDoc. Author: Ilja Gubins. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/58">#58</a>
</li>
<li>
update for WhitespaceAround. Allowed empty anonymous classes. Was updated allowEmptyTypes property. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/197">#197</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed AbstractTypeAwareCheck for generics in interfaces. Author: Tobias Baum. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/177">#177</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed RightCurlyCheck for empty methods. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/213">#213</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed WhitespaceAroundCheck. fix for anonymous inner class. Author: Yuriy Chulovskyy. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/213">#105</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed RedundantModifier. Abstract Interface Should not be Allowed.
. Author: Yuriy Chulovskyy. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/209">#209</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed EmptyBlock. need to handle switch block.
. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/235">#235</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed WhitespaceAround. Fix false positive with ANNOTATION_DEF.
. Author: Max Vetrenko. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/237">#237</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed GenericWhitespace. Fix false positive with Array.
. Author: Inav Sopov. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/47">#47</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed JavadocStyleCheck. HTML comments break the Javadoc style HTML check.
. Author: theqaguy. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/119">#119</a>
</li>
<li>
Fixed Java grammar. Now it can parse 'return (byte[].class);'
. Author: Ilja Dubinin. <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/130">#130</a>
</li>
<li>
Exception thrown when parsing numeric constant "3.14_15F".
. Author: Yuriy Chulovskyy<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/134">#134</a>
</li>
<li>
RequireThis triggers for static interface fields Fixed.
. Author: Sergiu Dumitriu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/155">#155</a>
</li>
<li>
Javadoc in GenericWhitespaceCheck was updated.
. Author: Max Vetrenko <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/254">#254</a>
</li>
<li>
MemberNameCheck should not validate interface constants, that's ConstantNameCheck's role. Author: Sergiu Dumitriu
</li>
<li>
RightCurly. Force line break before '}' in case SAME option.
. Author: Max Vetrenko <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/250">#250</a>
</li>
<li>
SeparatorWrapCheck. Covers separators like ',', '.' .
. Author: Max Vetrenko <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/179">#179</a>
</li>
<li>
Support annotations in TypeNameCheck. Author: Thomas Jensen
</li>
<li>
Update UnusedImportsCheck to correctly detect classes in parameters and inline tags nested within block tags.
fixing checkstyle issues Fixing even more checkstyle issues. Author: James Gorman
</li>
<li>
Use a thread-safe map implementation to keep the compiled patterns. Author: Christoph Kutzinski
</li>
<li>
WhitespaceAround with allowEmptyMethods complains on annotation's empty method
. Author: Max Vetrenko <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/21">#21</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
dsm-maven-plugin is used to show dsm/index.html dependency structure of project on site. Author: Ilja Dubinin.
</li>
<li>
Added and updated documentation/messages for number of Checks. Authors: Max Vetrenko, Thomas Jensen, Yuriy Chulovskyy, Jarmo Isotalo
, Peter O, Ryszard Wisniewski, Ilja Gubins, Baratali Izmailov, Jan Schafer, Niklas Walter, Andrew Gaul.
</li>
<li>
Moving to standard directory layout. Author: Ivan Sopov.
</li>
</ul>
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