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<h1>Standard Checks</h1>
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The Standard Checkstyle Checks are applicable to general Java coding style and require no external libraries. The standard checks are included in the base distribution. </p>
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The site navigation menu lets you browse the individual checks by functionality. </p>
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Checkstyle provides many checks that you can apply to your source code. Below is an alphabetical reference, the site navigation menu provides a reference organized by functionality. </p>
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<a href="checks/naming/abbreviationaswordinname.html#AbbreviationAsWordInName"> AbbreviationAsWordInName </a> </td>
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Validates abbreviations (consecutive capital letters) length in identifier name, it also allows to enforce camel case naming. </td>
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<a href="checks/naming/abstractclassname.html#AbstractClassName"> AbstractClassName </a> </td>
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Ensures that the names of abstract classes conforming to some pattern and check that <code>abstract</code> modifier exists. </td>
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Checks that elements annotated with specified annotations have only allowed visibility modifiers. </td>
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Checks location of annotation on language elements. </td>
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<a href="checks/annotation/annotationonsameline.html#AnnotationOnSameLine"> AnnotationOnSameLine </a> </td>
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Checks that annotations are located on the same line with their targets. </td>
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<a href="checks/annotation/annotationusestyle.html#AnnotationUseStyle"> AnnotationUseStyle </a> </td>
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Checks the style of elements in annotations. </td>
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<a href="checks/sizes/anoninnerlength.html#AnonInnerLength"> AnonInnerLength </a> </td>
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Checks for long anonymous inner classes. </td>
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<a href="checks/whitespace/arraybracketnowhitespace.html#ArrayBracketNoWhitespace"> ArrayBracketNoWhitespace </a> </td>
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Checks that the whitespace around square-bracket tokens <code>[</code> and <code>]</code> follows the Google Java Style Guide requirements for array declarations, array creation, and array indexing as described in <a href="https://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html#s4.6.2-horizontal-whitespace" class="externalLink"> Section 4.6.2: Horizontal Whitespace</a>. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/arraytrailingcomma.html#ArrayTrailingComma"> ArrayTrailingComma </a> </td>
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Checks that array initialization contains a trailing comma. </td>
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<a href="checks/misc/arraytypestyle.html#ArrayTypeStyle"> ArrayTypeStyle </a> </td>
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Checks the style of array type definitions. </td>
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<a href="checks/javadoc/atclauseorder.html#AtclauseOrder"> AtclauseOrder </a> </td>
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Checks the order of <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/windows/javadoc.html#CHDBEFIF" class="externalLink"> javadoc block-tags or javadoc tags</a>. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/avoiddoublebraceinitialization.html#AvoidDoubleBraceInitialization"> AvoidDoubleBraceInitialization </a> </td>
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Detects double brace initialization. </td>
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<a href="checks/misc/avoidescapedunicodecharacters.html#AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharacters"> AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharacters </a> </td>
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Restricts using <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se11/html/jls-3.html#jls-3.3" class="externalLink"> Unicode escapes</a> (such as \u221e). </td>
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<td>
<a href="checks/coding/avoidinlineconditionals.html#AvoidInlineConditionals"> AvoidInlineConditionals </a> </td>
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Detects inline conditionals. </td>
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<a href="checks/imports/avoidmoduleimport.html#AvoidModuleImport"> AvoidModuleImport </a> </td>
<td>
Checks that there are no module imports. </td>
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<a href="checks/blocks/avoidnestedblocks.html#AvoidNestedBlocks"> AvoidNestedBlocks </a> </td>
<td>
Finds nested blocks (blocks that are used freely in the code). </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/avoidnoargumentsuperconstructorcall.html#AvoidNoArgumentSuperConstructorCall"> AvoidNoArgumentSuperConstructorCall </a> </td>
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Checks if call to superclass constructor without arguments is present. </td>
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<a href="checks/imports/avoidstarimport.html#AvoidStarImport"> AvoidStarImport </a> </td>
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Checks that there are no import statements that use the <code>*</code> notation. </td>
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<a href="checks/imports/avoidstaticimport.html#AvoidStaticImport"> AvoidStaticImport </a> </td>
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Checks that there are no static import statements. </td>
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<a href="checks/metrics/booleanexpressioncomplexity.html#BooleanExpressionComplexity"> BooleanExpressionComplexity </a> </td>
<td>
Restricts the number of boolean operators (<code>&&</code>, <code>||</code>, <code>&</code>, <code>|</code> and <code>^</code>) in an expression. </td>
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<a href="checks/naming/catchparametername.html#CatchParameterName"> CatchParameterName </a> </td>
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Checks that <code>catch</code> parameter names conform to a specified pattern. </td>
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<a href="checks/metrics/classdataabstractioncoupling.html#ClassDataAbstractionCoupling"> ClassDataAbstractionCoupling </a> </td>
<td>
Measures the number of distinct classes that are instantiated within the given class or record. </td>
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<a href="checks/metrics/classfanoutcomplexity.html#ClassFanOutComplexity"> ClassFanOutComplexity </a> </td>
<td>
Checks the number of other types a given class/record/interface/enum/annotation relies on. </td>
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<a href="checks/modifier/classmemberimpliedmodifier.html#ClassMemberImpliedModifier"> ClassMemberImpliedModifier </a> </td>
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Checks for implicit modifiers on nested types in classes and records. </td>
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<a href="checks/naming/classtypeparametername.html#ClassTypeParameterName"> ClassTypeParameterName </a> </td>
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Checks that class type parameter names conform to a specified pattern. </td>
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<a href="checks/misc/commentsindentation.html#CommentsIndentation"> CommentsIndentation </a> </td>
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Controls the indentation between comments and surrounding code. </td>
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<a href="checks/naming/constantname.html#ConstantName"> ConstantName </a> </td>
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Checks that constant names conform to a specified pattern. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/constructorsdeclarationgrouping.html#ConstructorsDeclarationGrouping"> ConstructorsDeclarationGrouping </a> </td>
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Checks that all constructors are grouped together. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/covariantequals.html#CovariantEquals"> CovariantEquals </a> </td>
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Checks that classes and records which define a covariant <code>equals()</code> method also override method <code>equals(Object)</code>. </td>
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<a href="checks/imports/customimportorder.html#CustomImportOrder"> CustomImportOrder </a> </td>
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Checks that the groups of import declarations appear in the order specified by the user. </td>
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<a href="checks/metrics/cyclomaticcomplexity.html#CyclomaticComplexity"> CyclomaticComplexity </a> </td>
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Checks cyclomatic complexity against a specified limit. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/declarationorder.html#DeclarationOrder"> DeclarationOrder </a> </td>
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Checks that the parts of a class, record, or interface declaration appear in the order suggested by the <a href="https://checkstyle.org/styleguides/sun-code-conventions-19990420/CodeConventions.doc2.html#a1852" class="externalLink"> Code Conventions for the Java Programming Language</a>. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/defaultcomeslast.html#DefaultComesLast"> DefaultComesLast </a> </td>
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Check that the <code>default</code> is after all the cases in a <code>switch</code> statement. </td>
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<a href="checks/misc/descendanttoken.html#DescendantToken"> DescendantToken </a> </td>
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Checks for restricted tokens beneath other tokens. </td>
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<a href="checks/design/designforextension.html#DesignForExtension"> DesignForExtension </a> </td>
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Checks that classes are designed for extension (subclass creation). </td>
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<a href="checks/blocks/emptyblock.html#EmptyBlock"> EmptyBlock </a> </td>
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Checks for empty blocks. </td>
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<a href="checks/blocks/emptycatchblock.html#EmptyCatchBlock"> EmptyCatchBlock </a> </td>
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Checks for empty catch blocks. </td>
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<a href="checks/whitespace/emptyforinitializerpad.html#EmptyForInitializerPad"> EmptyForInitializerPad </a> </td>
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Checks the padding of an empty for initializer; that is whether a white space is required at an empty for initializer, or such white space is forbidden. </td>
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<a href="checks/whitespace/emptyforiteratorpad.html#EmptyForIteratorPad"> EmptyForIteratorPad </a> </td>
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Checks the padding of an empty for iterator; that is whether a white space is required at an empty for iterator, or such white space is forbidden. </td>
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<a href="checks/whitespace/emptylineseparator.html#EmptyLineSeparator"> EmptyLineSeparator </a> </td>
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Checks for empty line separators after, fields, constructors, methods, nested classes, static initializers and instance initializers. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/emptystatement.html#EmptyStatement"> EmptyStatement </a> </td>
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Detects empty statements (standalone <code>";"</code> semicolon). </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/equalsavoidnull.html#EqualsAvoidNull"> EqualsAvoidNull </a> </td>
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Checks that any combination of String literals is on the left side of an <code>equals()</code> comparison. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/equalshashcode.html#EqualsHashCode"> EqualsHashCode </a> </td>
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Checks that classes that either override <code>equals()</code> or <code>hashCode()</code> also overrides the other. </td>
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<a href="checks/sizes/executablestatementcount.html#ExecutableStatementCount"> ExecutableStatementCount </a> </td>
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Restricts the number of executable statements to a specified limit. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/explicitinitialization.html#ExplicitInitialization"> ExplicitInitialization </a> </td>
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Checks if any class or object member is explicitly initialized to default for its type value (<code>null</code> for object references, zero for numeric types and <code>char</code> and <code>false</code> for <code>boolean</code>. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/expressionoverblocklambda.html#ExpressionOverBlockLambda"> ExpressionOverBlockLambda </a> </td>
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Checks that expression lambdas are used instead of single-line block lambdas where possible. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/fallthrough.html#FallThrough"> FallThrough </a> </td>
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Checks for fall-through in <code>switch</code> statements. </td>
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<a href="checks/sizes/filelength.html#FileLength"> FileLength </a> </td>
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Checks for long source files. </td>
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<a href="checks/whitespace/filetabcharacter.html#FileTabCharacter"> FileTabCharacter </a> </td>
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Checks that there are no tab characters (<code>'\t'</code>) in the source code. </td>
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<a href="checks/design/finalclass.html#FinalClass"> FinalClass </a> </td>
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Ensures that identifies classes that can be effectively declared as final are explicitly marked as final. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/finallocalvariable.html#FinalLocalVariable"> FinalLocalVariable </a> </td>
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Checks that local variables that never have their values changed are declared final. </td>
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<a href="checks/misc/finalparameters.html#FinalParameters"> FinalParameters </a> </td>
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Checks that parameters for methods, constructors, catch and for-each blocks are final. </td>
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<a href="checks/whitespace/genericwhitespace.html#GenericWhitespace"> GenericWhitespace </a> </td>
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Checks that the whitespace around the Generic tokens (angle brackets) "<" and ">" are correct to the <i>typical</i> convention. </td>
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<a href="checks/naming/googlemethodname.html#GoogleMethodName"> GoogleMethodName </a> </td>
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Checks that method names conform to the <a href="https://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html#s5.2.3-method-names" class="externalLink"> Google Java Style Guide</a> for method naming. </td>
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<a href="checks/naming/googlenonconstantfieldname.html#GoogleNonConstantFieldName"> GoogleNonConstantFieldName </a> </td>
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Checks that non-constant field names conform to the <a href="https://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html#s5.2.5-non-constant-field-names" class="externalLink"> Google Java Style Guide</a> for non-constant field naming. </td>
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<a href="checks/blocks/googlerightcurly.html#GoogleRightCurly"> GoogleRightCurly </a> </td>
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Checks the placement of right curly braces (<code>'}'</code>) for code blocks, following the <a href="https://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html#s4.1-braces" class="externalLink"> Google Java Style Guide </a>. </td>
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<a href="checks/header/header.html#Header"> Header </a> </td>
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Checks that a source file begins with a specified header. </td>
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<a href="checks/misc/hexliteralcase.html#HexLiteralCase"> HexLiteralCase </a> </td>
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Checks that hexadecimal literals are defined using uppercase letters <code>(A-F)</code> rather than lowercase <code>(a-f)</code>. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/hiddenfield.html#HiddenField"> HiddenField </a> </td>
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Checks that a local variable or a parameter does not shadow a field that is defined in the same class. </td>
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<a href="checks/design/hideutilityclassconstructor.html#HideUtilityClassConstructor"> HideUtilityClassConstructor </a> </td>
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Makes sure that utility classes (classes that contain only static methods or fields in their API) do not have a public constructor. </td>
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<a href="checks/javadoc/illegalblocktag.html#IllegalBlockTag"> IllegalBlockTag </a> </td>
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Detects a user-defined Javadoc block tag and reports a violation when the tag is present with text that does not match <code>tagTextPattern</code>. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/illegalcatch.html#IllegalCatch"> IllegalCatch </a> </td>
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Checks that certain exception types do not appear in a <code>catch</code> statement. </td>
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<a href="checks/naming/illegalidentifiername.html#IllegalIdentifierName"> IllegalIdentifierName </a> </td>
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Checks identifiers against a regular expression pattern to detect illegal names. </td>
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<a href="checks/imports/illegalimport.html#IllegalImport"> IllegalImport </a> </td>
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Checks for imports from a set of illegal packages and modules. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/illegalinstantiation.html#IllegalInstantiation"> IllegalInstantiation </a> </td>
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Checks for illegal instantiations where a factory method is preferred. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/illegalsymbol.html#IllegalSymbol"> IllegalSymbol </a> </td>
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Checks that specified symbols (by Unicode code points or ranges) are not used in code. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/illegalthrows.html#IllegalThrows"> IllegalThrows </a> </td>
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Checks that specified types are not declared to be thrown. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/illegaltoken.html#IllegalToken"> IllegalToken </a> </td>
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Checks for illegal tokens. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/illegaltokentext.html#IllegalTokenText"> IllegalTokenText </a> </td>
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Checks specified tokens text for matching an illegal pattern. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/illegaltype.html#IllegalType"> IllegalType </a> </td>
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Checks that particular classes or interfaces are never used. </td>
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<a href="checks/imports/importcontrol.html#ImportControl"> ImportControl </a> </td>
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Controls what can be imported in each package and file. </td>
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<a href="checks/imports/importorder.html#ImportOrder"> ImportOrder </a> </td>
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Checks the ordering/grouping of imports. </td>
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<a href="checks/javadoc/inappropriatejavadocblocktagsonfield.html#InappropriateJavadocBlockTagsOnField"> InappropriateJavadocBlockTagsOnField </a> </td>
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Checks that Javadoc block tags for field declarations do not contain tags that are semantically invalid for fields. </td>
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<a href="checks/javadoc/inappropriatejavadocblocktagsonpackage.html#InappropriateJavadocBlockTagsOnPackage"> InappropriateJavadocBlockTagsOnPackage </a> </td>
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Checks that Javadoc block tags for package definitions do not contain tags that are semantically invalid for packages. </td>
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<a href="checks/javadoc/inappropriatejavadocblocktagsontype.html#InappropriateJavadocBlockTagsOnType"> InappropriateJavadocBlockTagsOnType </a> </td>
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Checks that Javadoc block tags for type definitions (class, interface, enum, record, annotation) do not contain tags that are semantically invalid for types. </td>
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<a href="checks/misc/indentation.html#Indentation"> Indentation </a> </td>
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Checks correct indentation of Java code. </td>
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<a href="checks/coding/innerassignment.html#InnerAssignment"> InnerAssignment </a> </td>
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Checks for assignments in subexpressions, such as in <code>String s = Integer.toString(i = 2);</code>. </td>
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<a href="checks/design/innertypelast.html#InnerTypeLast"> InnerTypeLast </a> </td>
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Checks nested (internal) classes/interfaces are declared at the bottom of the primary (top-level) class after all init and static init blocks, method, constructor and field declarations. </td>
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<a href="checks/design/interfaceistype.html#InterfaceIsType"> InterfaceIsType </a> </td>
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Implements Joshua Bloch, Effective Java, Item 17 - Use Interfaces only to define types. </td>
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<a href="checks/modifier/interfacememberimpliedmodifier.html#InterfaceMemberImpliedModifier"> InterfaceMemberImpliedModifier </a> </td>
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Checks for implicit modifiers on interface members and nested types. </td>
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<a href="checks/naming/interfacetypeparametername.html#InterfaceTypeParameterName"> InterfaceTypeParameterName </a> </td>
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Checks that interface type parameter names conform to a specified pattern. </td>
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<a href="checks/javadoc/invalidjavadocposition.html#InvalidJavadocPosition"> InvalidJavadocPosition </a> </td>
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Checks that Javadocs are located at the correct position. </td>
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<a href="checks/metrics/javancss.html#JavaNCSS"> JavaNCSS </a> </td>
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Determines complexity of methods, classes and files by counting the Non Commenting Source Statements (NCSS). </td>
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<a href="checks/javadoc/javadocblocktaglocation.html#JavadocBlockTagLocation"> JavadocBlockTagLocation </a> </td>
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Checks that a <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/specs/javadoc/doc-comment-spec.html#block-tags" class="externalLink"> javadoc block tag</a> appears only at the beginning of a line, ignoring leading asterisks and white space. </td>
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<a href="checks/javadoc/javadoccontentlocation.html#JavadocContentLocation"> JavadocContentLocation </a> </td>
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Checks that the Javadoc content begins from the same position for all Javadoc comments in the project. </td>
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<a href="checks/javadoc/javadocendcommentdelimiter.html#JavadocEndCommentDelimiter"> JavadocEndCommentDelimiter </a> </td>
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Checks that the Javadoc closing delimiter contains exactly one asterisk before the slash. </td>
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<a href="checks/javadoc/javadocleadingasteriskalign.html#JavadocLeadingAsteriskAlign"> JavadocLeadingAsteriskAlign </a> </td>
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Checks the alignment of <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/14/docs/specs/javadoc/doc-comment-spec.html#leading-asterisks" class="externalLink"> leading asterisks</a> in a Javadoc comment. </td>
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<a href="checks/javadoc/javadoclinkfirstoccurrence.html#JavadocLinkFirstOccurrence"> JavadocLinkFirstOccurrence </a> </td>
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Checks that in Javadoc comments, each API name is linked with <code>{@link}</code> or <code>{@linkplain}</code> only on its first occurrence. </td>
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<a href="checks/javadoc/javadoclinkwellknownapi.html#JavadocLinkWellKnownApi"> JavadocLinkWellKnownApi </a> </td>
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Checks that Javadoc comments avoid unnecessary <code>{@link}</code> and <code>{@linkplain}</code> tags for APIs that are considered well-known. </td>
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<a href="checks/javadoc/javadocmethod.html#JavadocMethod"> JavadocMethod </a> </td>
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Checks the Javadoc of a method or constructor. </td>
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<a href="checks/javadoc/javadocmissingleadingasterisk.html#JavadocMissingLeadingAsterisk"> JavadocMissingLeadingAsterisk </a> </td>
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Checks if the javadoc has <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/14/docs/specs/javadoc/doc-comment-spec.html#leading-asterisks" class="externalLink"> leading asterisks</a> on each line. </td>
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<a href="checks/javadoc/javadocmissingwhitespaceafterasterisk.html#JavadocMissingWhitespaceAfterAsterisk"> JavadocMissingWhitespaceAfterAsterisk </a> </td>
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Checks that there is at least one whitespace after the leading asterisk. </td>
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<a href="checks/javadoc/javadocnoerrorinthrowstag.html#JavadocNoErrorInThrowsTag"> JavadocNoErrorInThrowsTag </a> </td>
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Checks that <code>Error</code> types are not documented in <code>@throws</code> or <code>@exception</code> Javadoc tags. </td>
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<a href="checks/javadoc/javadocpackage.html#JavadocPackage"> JavadocPackage </a> </td>
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Checks that each Java package has a Javadoc file used for commenting. </td>
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<a href="checks/javadoc/javadocparagraph.html#JavadocParagraph"> JavadocParagraph </a> </td>