Re: ANT - Checkstyle with custom check

You guys are great.
Got an exception - java.lang.ClassCastException: antlr.CommonAST
cannot be cast to com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailAST
Thomas Suckow



On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Oliver Burn <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is because it has
> http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/5.x/config_javadoc.html#JavadocPackage
> replaces this check. Just change to use this one.
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 10:02, Thomas Suckow <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Well I removed the one in the classpath. This would explain why i had
>> problems in command line.
>> Now however I get the error:  Unable to create a Checker: cannot
>> initialize module PackageHtml - Unable to instantiate PackageHtml
>>
>> Thomas Suckow
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Oliver Burn <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > This is the "classic" classpath issue. Be sure that you do not have
>> > Checkstyle anywhere else in your classpath. Look in $ANT_HOME/lib.
>> >
>> > Also test using the declaration:
>> >
>> > <taskdef resource="checkstyletask.properties">
>> >         <classpath>
>> >                 <pathelement location="lib/Defcon1Checks.jar"/>
>> >         </classpath>
>> > </taskdef>
>> >
>> > If this gives the same results, it means that you have another version
>> > of
>> > Checkstyle in your classpath.
>> >
>> > Running ANT with the "-debug" flag can show where it is being found.
>> >
>> > On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 01:32, Bhavana <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I had a similar issue for some time. The target would work only on my
>> >> machine.
>> >>
>> >> I had to fix and try out some of the following to get my target to
>> >> work:
>> >>
>> >> Adding the custom checkstyle jar to java's extensions java\lib\ext
>> >> Using ant 1.7
>> >> Making sure there isn't some other jar for checkstyle library being
>> >> used
>> >> from some other location
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >> Bhavana
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Thomas Suckow <[email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I started using checkstyle with ant about a week ago. It went smooth.
>> >>> Trying to add custom checks is kicking my butt.
>> >>>
>> >>> I have a check TabOnlyForIndent extends Check
>> >>> in package org.hopto.defcon1.checks;
>> >>> I packaged as a jar from eclipse, it has an empty manifest (besides
>> >>> version).
>> >>>
>> >>> in ant i load checkstyle and put my jar in the classpath:
>> >>> <taskdef resource="checkstyletask.properties">
>> >>>        <classpath>
>> >>>                <pathelement
>> >>> location="lib/checkstyle-5.0-beta01/checkstyle-all-5.0-beta01.jar"/>
>> >>>                <pathelement location="lib/Defcon1Checks.jar"/>
>> >>>        </classpath>
>> >>> </taskdef>
>> >>>
>> >>> I add my check to the config
>> >>>
>> >>>  <!-- <module name="TabCharacter"/> Viva La \t -->
>> >>>  <module name="org.hopto.defcon1.checks.TabOnlyForIndent"/>
>> >>>  <module name="WhitespaceAfter"/>
>> >>>
>> >>> Have my checkstyle target in ant
>> >>>
>> >>> <target name="checkstyle" depends="compile"
>> >>>  description="Checks that we are using consistant well formed style.">
>> >>>        <checkstyle config="config_checkstyle.xml"
>> >>> failOnViolation="false">
>> >>>                <fileset dir="src" includes="**/*.java"/>
>> >>>                <formatter type="xml" toFile="checkstyle-result.xml"/>
>> >>>        </checkstyle>
>> >>> </target>
>> >>>
>> >>> And kaboom:
>> >>> Unable to create a Checker: cannot initialize module TreeWalker -
>> >>> Unable to instantiate org.hopto.defcon1.checks.TabOnlyForIndent
>> >>>
>> >>> I've tried compiling my check under java 6 and specifying target 1.4
>> >>> Tryed various ways of including in classpath
>> >>>
>> >>> Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations?
>> >>>
>> >>> Thomas Suckow
>> >>>
>> >>>
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>> >>
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