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checkstyle-13.9.0

Checkstyle 13.9.0 - https://checkstyle.org/releasenotes.html#Release_13.9.0

Breaking backward compatibility:

#20610 - Remove JavadocStyle check, use SummaryJavadoc Check instead.

New:

#19146 - JavadocType: update Check to use AST of javadoc. #17554 - UnnecessaryParentheses not reported for array access, field access and method calls. #20822 - Javadoc new AST token LEADING_ASTERISKS. #19150 - update WriteTagCheck to use AST of javadoc. #17437 - NoLineWrap: new property skipAnnotations to avoid violations on target if there are annotations. #17695 - New check: MultilineCommentLeadingAsteriskPresence. #20209 - new Check: OpenjdkAnnotationLocation. #17715 - New Check: WhitespaceBeforeEmptyBody and enable it at goolge style config. #17393 - New check: TypeBodyPadding for blank line after type definitions. #15223 - New check UnnecessaryTypeArgumentsWithRecordPattern. #7176 - New check: AnnotatedDeclarationVisibility to demand all modifiers to be the same/consistent.

Bug fixes:

#20958 - JavadocLeadingAsteriskAlign reports false positives. #19821 - Add checks for Documentation Comments Style Guide - Format of a Doc Comment. #20922 - LEADING_ASTERISK column position is not parsed correctly. #20563 - google_checks.xml: false negatives in type variable names. #19346 - JavaDoc parser does not support non-ASCII (Unicode) characters in @link class references. #17725 - Google style: multiple spaces around reserved words not detected. #20812 - Add checks for Sun Style 3.1.1 - Beginning Comments. #17878 - False-Negative: NoTrailingWhitespace misses spaces after * in multi-line comments (Google Style). #20901 - Google style: use AnnotationLocation ANNOTATION_DEF, ANNOTATION_FIELD_DEF, ENUM_CONSTANT_DEF, PACKAGE_DEF. #20553 - ClassFanOutComplexityCheck: fan-out of implicit class not measured in JEP 512 compact source files. #19930 - Documentation Comments Style Guide - Template for package.html source file. #3744 - File definition for suppressions should ignore path separator. #18619 - Wrong error message while using check NewlineAtEndOfFile. #15260 - Indentation: unexpected violation on last parentheses of chained methods. #19750 - PatternVariableAssignment fails when variable used inside an assignment target expression. #18614 - False positive: indentation inside of constructor parameters inside try block. #20660 - Add checks for Openjdk style - CopyRight Notice. #20346 - fill SarifLogger result templates in a single pass. #18615 - False positive: indentation of text block inside annotation array parameters. #19707 - TextBlockGoogleStyleFormatting: opening """ preceded by ? is not flagged as violation. #10015 - Unnecessary violation by Indentation check. #14716 - Indentation: Unexpected violation when class declaration is wrapped after public and before static. #20505 - GenericWhitespace false positive for parameterized record pattern. #11741 - Indentation: false positives when switch expression is invocation target. #19147 - update JavadocVariable to use AST of javadoc. #20339 - False positive: Indentation on file with tabs. #20522 - PatternSyntaxException in UniqueProperties when duplicated property key has dash inside brackets.

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• 6104709 [maven-release-plugin] prepare release checkstyle-13.9.0
• b3662e9 doc: release notes for 13.9.0
• 9bff26d Issue #19934: add coverage for naming of doc images
• 81364cb Issue #19913: Add coverage for avoid latin
• 9cc2ba9 Issue #17695: Adding new check MultilineCommentLeadingAsteriskPresence
• b8eac92 Issue #20673: Renumber remaining ExampleX files after UseCaseX migration
• a5f2956 minor: Fix issue link for annotation
• a634ab2 Issue #20625: Added example to remove suppression for : regexponfilename/tran...
• 474c0d3 Issue #20209: Added new check OpenjdkAnnotationLocation
• 0500e09 Issue #5573: cover unmatched influence group
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