Working with the Checkstyle plugin
This section covers the Checkstyle static analysis tool and how to configure Eclipse with Checkstyle. Checkstyle verifies the following rules:
- Missing Javadoc comments
- The use of magic numbers
- Naming conventions of variables and methods
- Method's argument length and line lengths
- The use of imports
- The spaces between some characters
- The good practices of class construction
- Duplicated code
The Checkstyle plugin can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/projects/eclipse-cs/, or you can install it through Eclipse Marketplace. Just search for Checkstyle.
Perform the following steps to configure the Checkstyle Eclipse plugin:
- Click on the Install New Software menu; Eclipse will open a new wizard.
- Click on the Add button and a new Add Repository pop up will appear.
- Click on the Archive... button and browse to the downloaded ZIP file's location.
- Select defaults, finish installation, and restart Eclipse.
The following screenshot shows the Checkstyle components to...
