[jira] [Created] (MCHECKSTYLE-356) print the checkstyle violations in descending order of line number

["Jagadish Prasath Ramu (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Jagadish Prasath Ramu created MCHECKSTYLE-356:
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             Summary: print the checkstyle violations in descending order of line number
                 Key: MCHECKSTYLE-356
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCHECKSTYLE-356
             Project: Maven Checkstyle Plugin
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: checkstyle:checkstyle
            Reporter: Jagadish Prasath Ramu


By default, the report form checkstyle prints the errors as it is found from beginning to end of file i.e.,

 

e.g:

Line 5: Unused import

Line 10: Missing space etc.,

 

Instead, it would be better if the report is printed in the reverse order 

e.g:

Line 10: Missing space etc.,

Line 5: Unused import.

 

As we fix the issues one by one, we end up changing the code and the line number changes It results in missing the exact line number in which the remaining errors has occurred. So, we end up running the checkstyle multiple times. Instead, if there is an option to print the results in descending order (of a file's line number), it might help to avoid this inconvenience. 



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