[MCHECKSTYLE-305] Allow simultaneous use of <configLocation> and <checkstyleRules> as override

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 2.16
• Component/s: checkstyle:check
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Pierre Maréchal
• Created: 31/Jul/15 12:50
• Updated: 19/Dec/19 12:18
• Resolved: 19/Dec/19 12:18

Description

It would be a nice addition to somehow allow the use of built-in config files, yet being able to override some of the settings without adding the whole configuration inline.

My use case is the following: We use google_checks.xml as a baseline, but want to override the builtin <module name="Indentation"/> with its stock config. At the moment, I must input the whole google_checks.xml as inline configuration, or revert to bulding a specific artifact to include my slightly modified configuration as a dependency (I use multi module).

Additionally, due to MCHECKSTYLE-304 I cannot even input the google_checks as is.

In summary, it would allow tweaking the built-in configuration, without losing upstream evolution.