Ignoring few classes from import control check

[Anku]

Hello,

I am using ImportControl check in project which checks for few unwanted imports in my source code. I want to exclude few .java files from this check.

For eg: I have a package - com.myapp.ui which contains 3 classes i.e FirstClass.java, SecondClass.java & ThirdClass.java. Here, I want to apply import control check on the complete package but excluding SecondClass.java, so that SecondClass.java will not be checked for import control.

Could someone help me in getting solution for this?

Thanks!

[Roman Ivanov]

Hi Anku,

there is not such ability in Check right now, there is no issue on this too in our issue tracker.

as want to completely turn off certain Check on certain classes, please use suppressions/filters

http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_filters.html

http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_filters.html#SuppressionFilter should do what you need.

​thanks,

Roman Ivanov

[Anku]

Thanks Roman for a quick reply on this. Your suggestion has worked for me :)

Here is my code snippet:

<module name="SuppressionFilter">
    <property name="file" value="config/checkstyle/suppression.xml"/>

</module>

suppression.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE suppressions PUBLIC
    "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Suppressions 1.1//EN"
    "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/suppressions_1_1.dtd">

<suppressions>
    <suppress checks="."  files="[\\/]DatabaseHelper\.java$"/>

</suppressions> 

Thanks!

[Roman Ivanov]

Hi Anku,

​> suppress checks="."

it is recommended to use name of Check(ImportControl) instead of "." (all Checks)

Example: https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/blob/master/config/suppressions.xml#L13

but it is up to you.

[Anku]

Yes, I have got to this know later. Thanks for looking into this & providing your suggestion.