Apache Maven Checkstyle Plugin 2.12 Released

The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Checkstyle Plugin, version 2.12

Generates a report on violations of code style and optionally fails the build if violations are detected.

http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/

You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.12</version>
</plugin>

Release Notes - Apache Maven Checkstyle Plugin - Version 2.12

Bug
* [MCHECKSTYLE-222] Resource-only project is not checked
* [MCHECKSTYLE-221] ResourceIncludes default value is wrong
* [MCHECKSTYLE-219] When no license is specified, ALv2 from maven-checkstyle-plugin is used
* [MCHECKSTYLE-210] Resource bundles have wrong file encoding
* [MCHECKSTYLE-208] Plugin generates reports incompatible with the 'maven-jxr-plugin' version 2.4
* [MCHECKSTYLE-207] file handle leak - leading to failed builds
* [MCHECKSTYLE-205] NPE in CheckstyleReportGenerator.doFilesSummary:654 version 2.11 regression
* [MCHECKSTYLE-190] Add user property for checkstyle:consoleOutput
* [MCHECKSTYLE-169] Suppressions property is incorrectly set if suppressions file is on classpath

Improvement
* [MCHECKSTYLE-218] Put file anchor directly on the h2 tag
* [MCHECKSTYLE-212] Upgrade to Checkstyle 5.7
* [MCHECKSTYLE-209] Correct grammar, make icons and text consistent in the report
* [MCHECKSTYLE-182] Use Maven log levels when logging to console

New Feature
* [MCHECKSTYLE-211] allow inline configuration for checkstyle plugin

Task
* [MCHECKSTYLE-213] Upgrade Doxia dependencies

Enjoy,

-The Maven team