[MCHECKSTYLE-247] add CHECKSTYLE_OFF/ON: regexp support (SuppressionCommentFilter)

• Type: Wish
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.12.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.13
• Component/s: predefined ruleset: Maven
• Assignee: Herve Boutemy
• Reporter: Herve Boutemy
• Created: 18/Aug/14 11:27
• Updated: 29/Oct/14 22:30
• Resolved: 18/Aug/14 11:30

Description

see http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config.html#SuppressionCommentFilter

being able to write:

// CHECKSTYLE_OFF: RegexpHeader|LineLength

to disable some precise rules, or even disable every rules with

// CHECKSTYLE_OFF: .*

can be really useful

Issue Links

• is related to: MCHECKSTYLE-241 add SuppressWarningsFilter (introduced in Checkstyle 5.7) to support @SuppressWarnings