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Simple name conflict of Checks from thirdparty checks will cause exception in run time. Author: Luolc, Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4414" class="externalLink">#4414</a>
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3rd party root modules not finding by simple name. Author: rnveach <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4417" class="externalLink">#4417</a>
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ASTs should be appended with comment nodes only when javadoc checks are present. ASTs shouldn't be walked if there are no corresponding types of checks. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4393" class="externalLink">#4393</a>
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SummaryJavadoc: no violation on javadoc where '.' is used not as end of sentence (fixes in javadoc files only). Author: sagar-shah94 <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3907" class="externalLink">#3907</a>
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Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in imports package. Author: Subbu Dantu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4437" class="externalLink">#4437</a>
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Unstable TreeWalkerTest during coverage execution. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4445" class="externalLink">#4445</a>
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spelling: fix spelling of name McConnell. Author: Ryan P.C. McQuen
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pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-utils profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4395" class="externalLink">#4395</a>
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Design a new format of suppression dtd schema to support XPath queries. Author: Timur <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4364" class="externalLink">#4364</a>
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Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in modifier package. Author: Subbu Dantu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4431" class="externalLink">#4431</a>
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pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-checkstyle-common profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4400" class="externalLink">#4400</a>
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pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-check-header profile to 100%. Author: vasilyeva <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4401" class="externalLink">#4401</a>
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<h1>Release 7.8.1</h1>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
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problem with usage of third-party Check libraries and checkstyle 7.8.
Author: rnveach, Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4387" class="externalLink">#4387</a>
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pitest: increase mutation coverage for pitest-check-annotation profile to 100%.
Author: vasilyeva
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4402" class="externalLink">#4402</a>
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pitest: create profile for non-checks code. Author: vasilyeva
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<p>New:</p>
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ImportControl: new strategyOnMismatch property to xml file structure. Author: Tima
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4274" class="externalLink">#4274</a>
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NoWhitespaceAfter: add support for method reference operator (new Acceptable token).
Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3950" class="externalLink">#3950</a>
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LocalFinalVariableName: not validating try-with-resource variables (new Acceptable
token). Author: vasilyeva
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3348" class="externalLink">#3348</a>
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IllegalImport: new property illegalClasses to let blacklist certain classes import.
Author: Tima
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3449" class="externalLink">#3449</a>
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ExplicitInitialization: new property 'onlyObjectReferences'. Author: Subbu Dantu
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2399" class="externalLink">#2399</a>
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<p>Bug fixes:</p>
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Javadoc parser: Package names should permit digits in their name. Author: Piyush Sharma
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4349" class="externalLink">#4349</a>
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Expand exception violation when haltOnException is off. Author: rnveach
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4350" class="externalLink">#4350</a>
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CacheFile: violation on external resource will invalidate entire cache even if no
changes are made. Author: rnveach
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4101" class="externalLink">#4101</a>
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RequireThis: False positive for lambda parameters. Author: Piyush Sharma
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4207" class="externalLink">#4207</a>
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<p>Notes:</p>
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<li>
bump version for sevntu-checkstyle. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
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publish all dtd schemas to sourceforge site automatically.
Author: Andrei Selkin, Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4341" class="externalLink">#4341</a>
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Use reflection to load Checks base on checkstyle_packages.xml. Author: Luolc
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3607" class="externalLink">#3607</a>
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upgrade maven-pmd-plugin to version 3.8. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4342" class="externalLink">#4342</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in coding package.
Author: slava ganyaev, Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4165" class="externalLink">#4165</a>
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ImportControl: blacklist mode. Author: Tima
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3451" class="externalLink">#3451</a>
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<li>
Localized UTs are not stable on Travis. Author: Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4316" class="externalLink">#4316</a>
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<li>
moved more variables inside if blocks to reduce execution. Author: rnveach
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4343" class="externalLink">#4343</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: Improve grammar of usage.distance.extend. Author: Jaron Thatcher
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in annotation package.
Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4313" class="externalLink">#4313</a>
</li>
<li>
Revert "Revert "config: bump maven-surefire-xxxxxx to 2.20" due to
unstable locale UTs #4316". Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
moved variables inside if blocks to reduce execution time. Author: rnveach
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4328" class="externalLink">#4328</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: add link to contributing instructions to CONTRIBUTING.md. Author: Nathan Naze
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in design package.
Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4314" class="externalLink">#4314</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3891" class="externalLink">#3891</a>
</li>
<li>
Wercker CI is unstable while cloning repositories. Author: Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4329" class="externalLink">#4329</a>
</li>
<li>
Revert "config: bump maven-surefire-xxxxxx to 2.20" due to unstable locale
UTs #4316. Author: Roman Ivanov
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for PackageName. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4172" class="externalLink">#4172</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for MemberName. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4151" class="externalLink">#4151</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for MethodName. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4158" class="externalLink">#4158</a>
</li>
<li>
move all dtd schemas to sourceforge site. Author: Andrei Selkin
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1571" class="externalLink">#1571</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section><a id="Release_7.7"></a>
<h1>Release 7.7</h1>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Ant: accept path in addition to fileset option. Author: Andrew Kuchev
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3312" class="externalLink">#3312</a>
</li>
<li>
SeparatorWrap: add support for method reference operator. Author: Luolc
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3951" class="externalLink">#3951</a>
</li>
<li>
NoWhitespaceBefore: add support for method reference operator. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3949" class="externalLink">#3949</a>
</li>
<li>
RightCurlyCheck: add support for lambda. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3546" class="externalLink">#3546</a>
</li>
<li>
ParenPad: thinks precedence parens are a METHOD_CALL instead of an EXPR, new token
TokenTypes.DOT should be supported. Author: Subbu Dantu
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3048" class="externalLink">#3048</a>
</li>
<li>
DefaultComesLast: new option skipIfLastAndSharedWithCase to raise violation if default
doesn't share case. Author: Sagar
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4078" class="externalLink">#4078</a>
</li>
<li>
ClassDataAbstractionCoupling and ClassFanOutComplexity: property to exclude packages.
Author: Andrew Kuchev
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3309" class="externalLink">#3309</a>
</li>
<li>
ClassDataAbstractionCoupling : Add a excludeClassesRegexps property . Author: Tima
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3234" class="externalLink">#3234</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
NPathComplexity ignores multi-part boolean expressions. Author: kazachka
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/56" class="externalLink">#56</a>
</li>
<li>
ArrayTrailingComma: Extra coma is required in multiline array value.
Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/1509" class="externalLink">#1509</a>
</li>
<li>
EmptyBlock should process LITERAL_DEFAULT. Author: Piyush Sharma
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4159" class="externalLink">#4159</a>
</li>
<li>
Take "break" into consideration in FinalLocalVariable. Author: Luolc
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4082" class="externalLink">#4082</a>
</li>
<li>
RequireThis treats local variables as properties. Author: Piyush Sharma
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3423" class="externalLink">#3423</a>
</li>
<li>
Exception message not informative enough for users on incorrect parent.
Author: Subbu Dantu
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2186" class="externalLink">#2186</a>
</li>
<li>
EmptyBlock: can't get violation from case token. Author: Piyush Sharma
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3839" class="externalLink">#3839</a>
</li>
<li>
RightCurly: False negative on multiblock tokens with ALONE_OR_SINGLELINE option.
Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4091" class="externalLink">#4091</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for InterfaceTypeParameterName.
Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4142" class="externalLink">#4142</a>
</li>
<li>
ReturnCount: enforce max=1 over checkstyle code. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3496" class="externalLink">#3496</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test in the blocks package.
Author: Subbu Dantu, Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4220" class="externalLink">#4220</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for ClassTypeParameterName.
Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4137" class="externalLink">#4137</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for CatchParameterName.
Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4136" class="externalLink">#4136</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for ConstantName. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4141" class="externalLink">#4141</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for checks in coding package.
Author: slava ganyaev, Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4165" class="externalLink">#4165</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for SingleSpaceSeparator. Author: Jun Lin
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4080" class="externalLink">#4080</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix new TeamCity violations. Author: Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4250" class="externalLink">#4250</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: unify THIRDPARTY_PACKAGE into THIRD_PARTY_PACKAGE. Author: Yusuke Matsubara
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for NoLineWrap. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3933" class="externalLink">#3933</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for OuterTypeNumber. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4043" class="externalLink">#4043</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for ParentPad. Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4062" class="externalLink">#4062</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for StaticVariableName. Author: Akshita
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4208" class="externalLink">#4208</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for NoWhitespaceAfter.
Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3931" class="externalLink">#3931</a>
</li>
<li>
Expand missing testing for PropertyCacheFile tests. Author: Andrei Selkin
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3650" class="externalLink">#3650</a>
</li>
<li>
Adding IDEA project files to gitignore and excluding them from checkstyle list.
Author: Tima
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4209" class="externalLink">#4209</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for MethodTypeParameterName.
Author: Janine Freitas
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4168" class="externalLink">#4168</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for ParameterName. Author: Shubham Kumar
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4191" class="externalLink">#4191</a>
</li>
<li>
Add suppression of .DS_Store for NewlineAtEndOfFile. Author: Luolc
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4176" class="externalLink">#4176</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for WhitespaceAround.
Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3898" class="externalLink">#3898</a>
</li>
<li>
Verifying tokens in checkstyle config handles default tokens wrong.
Author: rnveach
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4119" class="externalLink">#4119</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: fix grammar in messages.properties for indentation package.
Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
</li>
<li>
Javadoc for try-with-resources tokens is not good enough. Author: Subbu Dantu
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/2899" class="externalLink">#2899</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for FileTabCharacter.
Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3959" class="externalLink">#3959</a>
</li>
<li>
Fix new TeamCity violations. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3616" class="externalLink">#3616</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for LocalVariableName.
Author: Dmytro Kytsmen
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4150" class="externalLink">#4150</a>
</li>
<li>
Formatting issue in documentation. Author: sagar shah
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3902" class="externalLink">#3902</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: fix documentation for METHOD_REF token. Author: Subbu Dantu
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for LocalFinalVariableName. Author: kurileo
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4144" class="externalLink">#4144</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for NoWhitespaceBefore. Author: Subbu Dantu
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3930" class="externalLink">#3930</a>
</li>
<li>
Enforce EndOfLine symbols at the end of all files in checkstyle repository.
Author: Vikramaditya Kukreja
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3072" class="externalLink">#3072</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test. Author: slava ganyaev
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3891" class="externalLink">#3891</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for ParameterNumber. Author: GabrielBercaru
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4090" class="externalLink">#4090</a>
</li>
<li>
RightCurly: update documentation for singleline statements with SAME option.
Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4085" class="externalLink">#4085</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: fix typos in tests. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
</li>
<li>
spelling: fix typos in xdocs. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
</li>
<li>
Fix typo in @serialField javadoc tag validation. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4126" class="externalLink">#4126</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: fix some typos in code/javadoc/comments. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for AbstractClassName. Author: vasilyeva
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4106" class="externalLink">#4106</a>
</li>
<li>
pitest: skip Uts execution as pitest do this for without mutation mode.
Author: Roman Ivanov
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4104" class="externalLink">#4104</a>
</li>
<li>
changed loops to end execution early. Author: rnveach
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4102" class="externalLink">#4102</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for LineLength. Author: MikhailovOlegM
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4013" class="externalLink">#4013</a>
</li>
<li>
Grammar mistakes in PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md. Author: unrealwork
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4098" class="externalLink">#4098</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section><a id="Release_7.6.1"></a>
<h1>Release 7.6.1</h1>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
NoLineWrap: add support for static imports. Author: Vikramaditya Kukreja<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3892" class="externalLink"> #3892</a>
</li>
<li>
PackageDeclaration: new property matchDirectoryStructure to match the package name to directory name of source file. Author: Vikramaditya Kukreja<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3437" class="externalLink"> #3437</a>
</li>
<li>
ParenPad: add LAMBDA token support. Author: Andrew<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3329" class="externalLink"> #3329</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
SummaryJavadoc: need special processing of inheritDoc tag. Author: Sagar<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3908" class="externalLink"> #3908</a>
</li>
<li>
Indentation check fails for Line Wrapped Anonymous Inner Class with LCurly on newline. Author: Andrew Kuchev<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3612" class="externalLink"> #3612</a>
</li>
<li>
Regression false-positive FinalLocalVariable. Author: Luolc<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3172" class="externalLink"> #3172</a>
</li>
<li>
ImportControlLoader does not close InputStream and leaks filehandles when xml is malformed. Author: Giorgos Gaganis<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3962" class="externalLink"> #3962</a>
</li>
<li>
RightCurly: ALONE option doesn't work for a singleline IF. Author: Andrei Selkin<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4044" class="externalLink"> #4044</a>
</li>
<li>
Test failed due to locale message settings. (with non-English locale settings). Author: Luolc<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3896" class="externalLink"> #3896</a>
</li>
<li>
Control Characters are not skipped with google_checks config. Author: Luolc<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3700" class="externalLink"> #3700</a>
</li>
<li>
WhitespaceAfterCheck: problem with multiline typecast. Author: Andrew Kuchev<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3850" class="externalLink"> #3850</a>
</li>
<li>
try to avoid non jdk runtime exceptions in code. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3763" class="externalLink"> #3763</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>
README: broken link. Author: unrealwork<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4093" class="externalLink"> #4093</a>
</li>
<li>
Wrong German translation of declaration.order.access in messages_de.properties. Author: sirdis<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4081" class="externalLink"> #4081</a>
</li>
<li>
Perform refactoring of AnnotationLocationCheck to increase code readability. Author: Andrei Selkin<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4055" class="externalLink"> #4055</a>
</li>
<li>
google_checks: update to most recent version of style guide ( Feb 28, 2017 ). Author: Roman Ivanov<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3888" class="externalLink"> #3888</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: fix spelling and punctuation in comments (RightCurly). Author: Andrei Selkin
</li>
<li>
google_checks: update to most recent version of style guide (3 November 2016). Author: Andrei Selkin<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3755" class="externalLink"> #3755</a>
</li>
<li>
NPath for empty block is 1. Author: Roman Ivanov<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4045" class="externalLink"> #4045</a>
</li>
<li>
Add new setting in Beginning Development for IDEA docs. Author: Vikramaditya Kukreja<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4030" class="externalLink"> #4030</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: fix typos in Travis PR validation messages. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii
</li>
<li>
UTs should not use ROOT locale when they test violation/error message. Author: Luolc<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3989" class="externalLink"> #3989</a>
</li>
<li>
wercker ci should have most of testing launches on real code to shorten time of Travis execution. Author: Roman Ivanov<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3798" class="externalLink"> #3798</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for SeparatorWrap. Author: Sagar<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3904" class="externalLink"> #3904</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: update documentation for usage of "period" property at SummaryJavadoc. Author: Sagar<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3906" class="externalLink"> #3906</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: corrected sentence. Author: Sagar
</li>
<li>
EmptyLineSeparator check not enforcing empty line after class def, enum def or interface def tokens. Author: Roman Ivanov<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3089" class="externalLink"> #3089</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: change 'suite' to 'suit'. Author: ljacqu
</li>
<li>
WritingChecks: add documentation on java grammar. Author: Sagar<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3883" class="externalLink"> #3883</a>
</li>
<li>
expand documentation on METHOD_REF token. Author: Luolc<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3731" class="externalLink"> #3731</a>
</li>
<li>
circleci: provide ability to skip CI executions base on commit files. Author: Vladislav Lisetskii<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3869" class="externalLink"> #3869</a>
</li>
<li>
RequireThisCheck is not fully covered with UTs. Author: Andrei Selkin<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3848" class="externalLink"> #3848</a>
</li>
<li>
spelling: fix typo in documentation. Author: Craig P. Motlin
</li>
<li>
Code coverage is not working for certain classes in checkstyle. Author: Andrei Selkin<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3843" class="externalLink"> #3843</a>
</li>
<li>
Travis failure: "sonatype-nexus-staging not found" during release. Author: Roman Ivanov<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3868" class="externalLink"> #3868</a>
</li>
<li>
DetailAst class unclear logic in addChild method. Author: Abulfaz Ahmadov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3491" class="externalLink"> #3491</a>
</li>
<li>
make code coverage for MainFrameModel 100%. Author: Xiao Pu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3648" class="externalLink"> #3648</a>
</li>
<li>
Refactoring for RightCurlyCheck.java. Author: sagar shah <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3685" class="externalLink"> #3685</a>
</li>
<li>
Travis failure: "sonatype-nexus-staging not found" during release. Author: Roman Ivanov <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3868" class="externalLink"> #3868</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for WhitespaceAfterCheck. Author: Pedro Portela <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3897" class="externalLink"> #3897</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for TypecastParenPad. Author: Piyush Sharma <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3900" class="externalLink"> #3900</a>
</li>
<li>
CommitValidationTest: add character limit to line. Author: sagar shah <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3910" class="externalLink"> #3910</a>
</li>
<li>
doc: add examples for xdoc for ArrayTrailingComma. Author: Pedro Portela <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3943" class="externalLink"> #3943</a>
</li>
<li>
DetailASTTest: 'checkTree' failing on deep AST tree. Author: LoLo <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3961" class="externalLink"> #3961</a>
</li>
<li>
remove from Input files "Compilable with Java8". Author: LoLo <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3965" class="externalLink"> #3965</a>
</li>
<li>
Indentation UTs should not use ROOT locale when they test violation/error message. Author: LoLo <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4003" class="externalLink"> #4003</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for OperatorWrap. Author: Nikhil Gupta <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3929" class="externalLink"> #3929</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for MethodParamPad. Author: Nikhil Gupta <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3954" class="externalLink"> #3954</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for GenericWhitespace. Author: subkrish <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3958" class="externalLink"> #3958</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for EmptyForInitializerPadCheck. Author: samuel-gu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3970" class="externalLink"> #3970</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for EmptyForIteratorPad. Author: shivanshsoni <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3976" class="externalLink"> #3976</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for EmptyLineSeparator. Author: anudeepti2004 <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3985" class="externalLink"> #3985</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for AnonInnerLength. Author: samuel-gu <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3986" class="externalLink"> #3986</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for ExecutableStatementCount. Author: GabrielBercaru <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3991" class="externalLink"> #3991</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for FileLength. Author: Grigorii Shevchenko <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3999" class="externalLink"> #3999</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for MethodCount. Author: timurt <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4014" class="externalLink"> #4014</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for MethodLength. Author: GabrielBercaru <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4042" class="externalLink"> #4042</a>
</li>
<li>
Split and Organize Checkstyle inputs by Test for AbbreviationAsWordInName. Author: Igor Shmagrinskiy <a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4095" class="externalLink"> #4095</a>
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</ul>
</section>
<section><a id="Release_7.6"></a>
<h1>Release 7.6</h1>
<p>New:</p>
<ul>
<li>
add allowEmptyCatches parameter to WhitespaceAroundCheck. Author: liscju<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3841" class="externalLink"> #3841</a>
</li>
<li>
NoWhitespaceBefore: Add support for varargs. Author: Robert Painsi<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3718" class="externalLink"> #3718</a>
</li>
<li>
Google style: allow single character variables. Author: Andrei Selkin<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3702" class="externalLink"> #3702</a>
</li>
<li>
NPathComplexityCheck: set of tokens should not be customizable by user. Author: kazachka<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/3797" class="externalLink"> #3797</a>