From: gmungoc <g.m.carstairs@dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 11:31:34 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: JAL-1854 tweaks to rules and README
X-Git-Tag: Release_2_10_0~68
X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ddd696878955d609d942c4173dd66a0da9572741;p=jalview.git

JAL-1854 tweaks to rules and README
---

diff --git a/utils/checkstyle/README.txt b/utils/checkstyle/README.txt
index 119c68e..e38064e 100644
--- a/utils/checkstyle/README.txt
+++ b/utils/checkstyle/README.txt
@@ -79,4 +79,7 @@ Tips
 	If a rule doesn't behave as you expected, read its documentation carefully, including
 	the use and default value of any properties.
 	
-	To highlight a single rule's findings, you could temporarily raise its severity to error.
+	To highlight a single rule's findings, you can 'Configure Contents' of the Problems view
+	and filter on Text Contains <rule name> (case-sensitive). 
+	Here you should select 'Use item limits' with a	value of, say, 500,	or Eclipse may 
+	labour to display all warnings.
diff --git a/utils/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/utils/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index 7ca2d26..8a5f14f 100644
--- a/utils/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/utils/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -27,14 +27,6 @@
 		<property name="checkFormat" value="$1"/>
 	</module>
 
-	<!--
-		Maximum line count for source files
-	-->
-	<module name="FileLength">
-		<property name="max" value="1200"/>
-		<property name="fileExtensions" value="java"/>
-	</module>
-
 	<!-- 
 		Check language bundles have the same keys and no duplicates
 		(ensure Checkstyle is configured to scan non-source files)
@@ -47,6 +39,15 @@
 	    <property name="fileExtensions" value="properties" />
 		<property name="severity" value="error"/>
 	</module>
+
+	<!--
+		Maximum line count for source files
+		(note this can't be inside TreeWalker)
+	-->
+	<module name="FileLength">
+		<property name="max" value="1200"/>
+		<property name="fileExtensions" value="java"/>
+	</module>
 	
 	<module name="TreeWalker">
 
@@ -429,12 +430,20 @@
 		<module name="HiddenField"/> 
 
 		<!-- 
-			Check that proper logging is used and never printing to System.out.
+			Check that proper logging is used.
 			This may be suppressed in the class that provides logging functions.
 		-->
 		<module name="RegexpSinglelineJava">
+			<property name="id" value="NoSysout" />
 			<property name="format" value="System\.out\.println"/>
 			<property name="ignoreComments" value="true"/>
+			<message key="regexp.exceeded" value="Should use jalview.bin.Cache.log for logging"/>
+		</module>
+		<module name="RegexpSinglelineJava">
+			<property name="id" value="NoSyserr" />
+			<property name="format" value="System\.err\.println"/>
+			<property name="ignoreComments" value="true"/>
+			<message key="regexp.exceeded" value="Should use jalview.bin.Cache.log for logging"/>
 		</module>
 
 		<!--