Release History

Version 2.0.0

Visible changes

• Config file is now .settings/de.mvmsoft.checkclipse.prefs
• File filtering now controlled via project property dialog.
• Contributions to the context menu of the project, packages and java files in the package explorer.
  • Check Project
  • Check Files(s)
  • Remove Markers
• Contributions to the context menu of JavaEditor:
  • Check File
  • Check Open Files
  • Remove Markers
• Added one custom Checkstyle check: EclipseJavadocMethodCheck
• Configuration files are now stored with a project-relative path, if they are inside the current project. Files outside the current project are stored with a absolute path (absolut in the current workspace). With this the current project can be renamed and the configuration is still valid.
• Custom default configuration via fragment plugin.
• Directory for custom checks jars renamed from custom-checks to extension-lib.
• Release history is now a HTML file and part of the online help.

Internal changes

• Reorganisation of the source tree. New directory structure, removed unused files, etc.
• Refactoring to reduce code complexity. Most important: CheckerConfiguration
• Own plugin log class.
• Jakarta Commons Logging implementation logging to the workbench log, to log messages from checkclipse.
• Centralized marker handling in class MarkerHandler.
• Centralized running Checkclipse builder in class CheckclipseBuildRunner

Version 1.7.0

• now uses Checkstyle 4.0
• If the Checkstyle checker can't be created (most likely because of a invalid configuration) set a marker to the project to inform the user.
• Preferences: Use a own file selector for configuration files, that can only select files from the workspace.
• Support the use of custom checks:
  1. By providing a directory "custom-checks" in the plugins directory. Jars placed in this directory are automatically picked up at runtime and the contained checks are available to checkstyle.
  2. Jars with additional checks can be configured on the preferences page.
• New builder: Now handle all files (*.java, *.properties) to checkstyle in one batch.

Version 1.6.0

• now uses Checkstyle 3.5
• reworked help to explain check violation suppression
• This version is a patch supplied by Ralf Schandl, which contains lot of small improvements, making life easier. Thanks Ralf !
• PROBLEM: Project Classloader
  • Set classloader directly after creating the checker
  • Handle error while creating project classloader (popup)
  • Don't prepend workspace path to classpath elements that have a absolute path
  • Different way to get the Java build path from the project.
  • When adding the checkclipse builder to the build commands of the project, add it at the end of the list.
  • Don't use a Hashmap to store the classpath URLs. This speeds up the creation of the project classloader. (I guess the initial problem was, that the prefix "file://" was used instead of "file:/")
• PROBLEM: Bug 1000366 "Checkstyle runs when turned off" When the properties dialog is closed, only run a checkstyle build, if checkclipse is still enabled.
• PROBLEM: Bug 1096650 "Setting preferences reports invalid configuration" Add a check for null (Also Patch 1070319 by mungoknotwise)
• PROBLEM: All message of the severity ERROR where handled as WARNING. Also use the level ERROR.
  Note: To use a default error level of WARNING in checkstyle start the config of "Checker" like this:

        <module name="Checker">
        <!-- default severity is "warning" -->
        <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
        <module name="TreeWalker">
        ....
        

• ENHANCEMENTS:
  • do a rebuild-all if a config file was changed.
  • Option to append the the name of the rule to the Checkstyle error message.
  • Full eclipse 3 plugin (removed deprecated stuff)
  • Standard configuration now supports check suppression comments like

     /**
      * @return some interesting int
      */
     // CSOFF: LeftCurlyCheck
     public int suppressIt()
     { // this should be suppressed because of CSOFF
     int A = 0; // this should not be suppressed, because only LeftCurlyCheck is suppressed
     }
     // CSON: LeftCurlyCheck  
     

• CLEANUPS:
  • Replaced catching of Throwable and Exception with the dedicated exceptions.
  • There where a few places, where exceptions could be avoided by enhancing parameter checking.
  • Replaced a few .printStackTrace() with CheckclipsePlugin.log().
  • Added some Checkstyle suppression comments (CSOFF / CSON).

Version 1.5.0

• works on Eclipse 3.0 release
• option to set/remove Checkstyle basedir. Fixes several problems related to user-defined checks and handling of suppression filters.
• support for checkstyle suppression filters: suppressions.xml file
• removed unneeded output to log
• fixed a bug in activating/deactivating checkclipse with write-protected files

Version 1.4.0

• works on Eclipse 2.x and 3.0 development stream (tested with 3.0M7)
• uses checkstyle 3.4
• included checkstyle-optional.jar as standard
• fixed bug setting null project dir if configuration file is configured in preferences, not project settings
• added website-faq on using own checks, filters etc. with Checkclipse

Version 1.3.0

• works on Eclipse 2.x and 3.0 development stream (tested with 3.0M7)
• uses checkstyle 3.2

Version 1.1.1

• experimental classloader now works (at least in the cases I tested :-))

Version 1.1.0

• added experimental enable classloader feature to make project classpath available to Checkstyle

• improved error handling if .project or .checkclipse is read-only
• removed System.out messages produced by checkclipse
• if errors occur in project properties check, project properties now keep their original value

Version 1.0.0

• Autobuild after configuration changes can be en/disabled in preferences
• $SAMEDIR variable can be used in properties to enable team-shared file paths (e.g. java.header)
• fixed Eclipse 2.0 incompatibility
• supports now relative and absolute paths for project-specific files
• default properties file adapted to make checkstyle-delivered example files work without further change
• improved error messages for invalid configurations
• rebuild all now ensures to read the latest configuration information
• severity level support

• if you change a configuration file, Checkstyle does not notice. You must manually rebuild all projects for checkstyle configuration changes to take effect.
• same is true in a team environment. To reflect style configuration updates, rebuild all after synchronizing with repository.
• severity error is mapped to warning. This is to maintain compatibility with existing files.

Version 0.9.0

• Checkstyle 3.1 support
• project-specific configuration files are now project-relative. This means, they can be shared in teams with different physical workspace locations.
• checkclipse nature added. Now enabling/disabling of checkclipse is inherited in team environments from repository.

Version 0.6.0

• file filters now implemented. Check the example file filter *.flt in the plugin/resources dir. Apache regexp are used
• project settings are now saved in a .checkclipse file in the workspace
• improved error reporting in log

• now works with JDK 1.3
• now works with Eclipse 2.0