[jira] (MCHECKSTYLE-229) Enable logging of non-violations

["Andreas Sewe (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

Andreas Sewe created MCHECKSTYLE-229:
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             Summary: Enable logging of non-violations
                 Key: MCHECKSTYLE-229
                 URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHECKSTYLE-229
             Project: Maven Checkstyle Plugin
          Issue Type: Improvement
    Affects Versions: 2.12.1
            Reporter: Andreas Sewe


CHECKSTYLE-182 is now addressed in 2.12 and produces nice-looking outputs on the console. :-)

Alas, {{logViolationsToConsole}} only does so if the output in question is indeed a violation, i.e., something that you normally would like to fail the build ({{failOnViolation}} is true by default). This is typically not the case for things that Checkstyle considers warnings ({{violationSeverity}} defaults to {{error}}).

As far as I can see, there is no way to configure the {{maven-checkstyle-plugin}} to log things that are not considered violations ({{consoleOutput}} only prints meaningless "Starting audit" messages, so that parameter doesn't offer a workaround).

As far as I can see, a more flexible way would be to have the following three properties:

* {{failOnViolation}}
* {{violationSeverity}} (one of {{error}}, {{warning}}, {{info}})
* {{logSeverity}} (one of {{error}}, {{warning}}, {{info}}, {{none}})

This would allow one to drop {{logViolationsToConsole}} (can be emulated by setting {{logSeverity}} equal to or lower than {{violationSeverity}}) while at the same time enabling the logging of, e.g., non-violation warnings.

What do you think?



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