External coding style file can be loaded into your Eclipse workspace via a URL.
The following example shows how set Maven code style format to a workspace under your current directory.
mvn eclipse:eclipse -Declipse.projectDir=. -Declipse.workspaceCodeStyleURL=http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/plugins/trunk/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/optional/eclipse-config/maven-styles.xml
or in your pom.xml:
<project> [...] <build> [...] <plugins> [...] <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.10</version> <configuration> <workspace>${basedir}</workspace> <workspaceCodeStylesURL>http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/plugins/trunk/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/optional/eclipse-config/maven-styles.xml</workspaceCodeStylesURL> </configuration> </plugin> [...] </plugins> [...] </build> [...] </project>