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[MCHECKSTYLE-396] Add feature to generate Xpath suppressions as a goal

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java

Research direction

Start by comparing the requested Maven plugin goal with Checkstyle's CLI -g command and review the linked MCHECKSTYLE-382 duplicate for the current direction. Done means the plugin exposes a goal that generates XPath suppressions with behavior equivalent to the CLI option, with the expected output verified.

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Description

enhancement priority:major

Linus Fernandes opened MCHECKSTYLE-396 and commented

It would be nice to have an additional goal added to

the plugin to generate Xpath suppressions as currently possible through the CLI using the -g switch.

 

https://checkstyle.sourceforge.io/cmdline.html#Command_line_usage

 


Affects: 3.1.1

Issue Links:

  • MCHECKSTYLE-382 Add option to generate suppression xml file
    ("duplicates")
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