We are pleased to announce the Maven Checkstyle Plugin 3.0 release! 

http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/checkstyle/


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Changes in this version include:

  New Features:

o Added new summary report as front page. 
o Added properties maven.checkstyle.output.xml and 
  maven.checkstyle.output.txt 
o Ability to check test sources using property maven.checkstyle.check.tests 
  Fixes MPCHECKSTYLE-30. 
o Generate reports filtered by severity 

  Fixed bugs:

o Do not assert ASF copyright in checkstyle.rss. Fixes MPCHECKSTYLE-39. 
o Fixed MemberName rule in Turbine checkstyle rules Fixes MPCHECKSTYLE-29. 

  Changes:

o Upgraded to checkstyle 4.1. 
o Moved reports under the checkstyle folder and renamed. 
o Added maven.checkstyle.dir and move output files there. 
o The checkstyle plugin use the maven.xdoc.locale.default to generate the 
  report. Fixes MPCHECKSTYLE-39. 
o Support for Java5  

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To automatically install the plugin, type the following on a single line:

maven plugin:download
  -Dmaven.repo.remote=http://www.ibiblio.org/maven,http://people.apache.org/repo/m1-snapshot-repository/
  -DgroupId=maven
  -DartifactId=maven-checkstyle-plugin
  -Dversion=3.0

For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin-3.0.jar
 

Have fun!
-The Maven Checkstyle Plugin development team