[jira] [Commented] (MCHECKSTYLE-268) Add flag/option to use built-in Google style

["Christopher Tubbs (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Christopher Tubbs commented on MCHECKSTYLE-268:
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Since this is essentially already implemented (by specifying {{google_checks.xml}} for {{configLocation}} when a newer version of checkstyle is added as a dependency), I'm not sure this ticket is really valid anymore.

However, there seems to be some desire to re-scope this issue, to ensure that any available built-in style can be configured easily. The discussion above seems to be centered around checkstyle-provided styles, but I wonder if there shouldn't be a more generic way to add any other style, perhaps provided by additional maven artifacts as dependencies? (similar to how assembly descriptors can be included as dependencies for the maven-assembly-plugin). Does anybody know if that's already possible today?

> Add flag/option to use built-in Google style
> --------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MCHECKSTYLE-268
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCHECKSTYLE-268
>             Project: Maven Checkstyle Plugin
>          Issue Type: Wish
>            Reporter: Christopher Tubbs
>
> Checkstyle 6 adds a style which implements the [Google Style Guide|https://code.google.com/p/google-styleguide/], called [google_checks.xml|https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/blob/master/google_checks.xml].
> It would be nice to expose this style with a flag, providing it with the plugin, rather than requiring a user to specify the style file directly. This would make it easier for multi-module projects to easily adopt and configure a standard style, provided by the upstream Checkstyle project.



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