[MCHECKSTYLE-271] checkstyle plugin fails with default ruleset and checkstyle 6.2

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.13
• Fix Version/s: 2.16
• Component/s: checkstyle:checkstyle, predefined ruleset: Sun
• Assignee: Dennis Lundberg
• Reporter: Henning Schmiedehausen
• Created: 05/Jan/15 15:08
• Updated: 30/Aug/23 16:35
• Resolved: 01/May/15 14:49

Description

when using the 2.13 plugin with checkstyle 6.2, it fails with

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-checkstyle-plugin:2.13:check (default) on project otj-parent: Failed during checkstyle configuration: cannot initialize module TreeWalker - Unable to instantiate RedundantThrows: Unable to instantiate RedundantThrowsCheck -> [Help 1]

because the sun ruleset contains RedundantThrows (https://github.com/apache/maven-plugins/blob/trunk/maven-checkstyle-plugin/src/main/resources/config/sun_checks.xml#L168) which got removed in checkstyle 6.2 (https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/473)

Issue Links

• relates to: MCHECKSTYLE-272 Upgrade to Checkstyle 6.2