Checkstyle 7.0

[Roman Ivanov]

Checkstyle 7.0 - http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/releasenotes.html#Release_7.0

Breaking backward compatibility:

  update checkstyle to jdk8 as runtime jdk.

  Modules and XDocs: changed setter methods to recieve similar types with field type for easier xdoc validation.

New:

  VisibilityModifier: allow public final fields.

Bug fixes:

  Ability to differentiate annotation placement in for each loop from variable declaration..

  Java 8 Grammar: Parsing of explicit receiver parameters.

  Java 8 Grammar: annotation on throws types.

  Java 8 Grammar: annotation on generic type.

  CommentsIndentation : Check incorrect work with subsequent comments.

  CommentsIndentation : allow upper comments for following block at multi-block structures.

  CommentsIndentation : false-positive in empty array declarations.

  CommentsIndentation: false-positive when a singleline comment follows a block comment.

  RightCurly rule should properly enforce same rule for LITERAL_DO.

  Proper support for generics in visibility modifier check.

  Indentation: incorrect validation for imports and package.

  Indentation: remove requirement right curlies to be first on line.

Notes:

  doc: fixed checkstyle download url.

  Reduce the number of tasks performed by Travis CI.

  Cut down on Checkstyle's dependencies on Guava.

  doc: update for AnnotationLocation examples to be more exact.

  6 tests in Checkstyle master branch fail at clean Ubuntu 14.04 Docker container (Java 8, Maven 3).

  Avoid catching of InvalidPathException and AccessDeniedException in PropertyCacheFile#persist.

  Review all French translations.

  Improve French translation for annotations warnings.

  Create web-page with instructions: how to create Javadoc Check.

  corrected alphabetical order of the checks.

  CommitValidationTest.testCommitMessageHasSingleLine to support github default format.

  XDoc Config: create unit test to verify property types and default values.