[MCHECKSTYLE-384] Incompatibility to Checkstyle version >= 8.24 - Upgrade to 8.28

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.1.1
• Component/s: checkstyle:check
• Flags: Important
• Assignee: Enrico Olivelli
• Reporter: Martin
• Created: 04/Dec/19 09:26
• Updated: 24/Jan/21 14:19
• Resolved: 06/Feb/20 13:35

Description

The latest maven-checkstyle-plugin is incompatible to Checkstyle version 8.24 and newer. The check for "LineLength" was moved from "TreeWalker" to "Checker".
For further details see "Breaking backward compatibility" under https://checkstyle.org/releasenotes.html#Release_8.24
 

Maven Console Output

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-checkstyle-plugin:3.1.0:check (validate) on project top-secrect: Failed during checkstyle configuration: LineLength is not allowed as a child in Checker -> [Help 1]
[ERROR] ...

 

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #24