[AURORA-1081] Upgrade to latest checkstyle version

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.8.0
• Component/s: Build, Testing
• Assignee: Bill Farner
• Reporter: Bill Farner
• Created: 31/Jan/15 20:20
• Updated: 04/May/15 14:02
• Resolved: 02/Feb/15 20:51

Description

We are currently picking up 5.7 by default with gradle, but 6.2 is available and contains a bunch of features (including java 8 syntax support).

http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/releasenotes.html

Issue Links

• blocks: AURORA-1082 Investigate using checkstyle's google style configuration.