check_style.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
        "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.2//EN"
        "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_2.dtd"> <!--keep the file in project root although NetBeans 8.0.2 doesn't find it there and allow to add additional project files (don't skip a proper project structure in favour of IDE deficies)-->
<module name="Checker">
    <module name="TreeWalker">
        <!-- Checks the Javadoc of a method or constructor. -->
        <module name="JavadocMethod">
            <property name="scope" value="public"/>
            <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
        </module>
        <!-- Checks Javadoc comments for class and interface definitions. -->
        <module name="JavadocType">
            <property name="scope" value="public"/>
        </module>
        <!-- Checks for Naming Conventions.  -->
        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_naming.html -->
        <!-- Sun Naming Conventions -->
        <module name="ConstantName"/>
        <module name="LocalFinalVariableName"/>
        <module name="LocalVariableName"/>
        <module name="MemberName"/>
        <module name="MethodName"/>
        <module name="PackageName"/>
        <module name="ParameterName"/>
        <module name="StaticVariableName"/>
        <module name="TypeName"/>
        <module name="TypeName">
            <property name="format"
                      value="^I[a-zA-Z0-9]*$"/>
            <property name="tokens"
                      value="INTERFACE_DEF"/>
        </module>
        <module name="InterfaceTypeParameterName"/>
        <module name="MethodTypeParameterName"/>
        <module name="ClassTypeParameterName"/>
        <module name="AnonInnerLength">
            <property name="max" value="60"/>
        </module>
        <module name="ArrayTypeStyle"/>
        <module name="EmptyStatement"/>
        <module name="EqualsHashCode"/>
        <module name="HideUtilityClassConstructor"/>
        <module name="MethodLength"/>
        <module name="LineLength">
            <property name="max" value="200"/>
        </module>
        <module name="NestedIfDepth">
            <property name="max" value="6"/>
        </module>
        <module name="NestedTryDepth"/>
        <module name="StringLiteralEquality"/>
        <module name="TodoComment">
            <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
        </module>
        <module name="UncommentedMain">
            <property name="excludedClasses" value="StartStandalone$"/>
        </module>
        <!-- Specify method parameters code conventions -->
        <!--<module name="MethodParamPad">
             Whitespace is required after method name
            <property name="option" value="space" />
             Check only methods and constructors declarations
            <property name="tokens" value="METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF" />
        </module> -->
        <!-- Checks the policy on the padding of parentheses; i.e. whether a space is required after a left parenthesis and before a
        right parenthesis, or such spaces are forbidden. -->
        <!--<module name="ParenPad">
            Whitespace required before ')' and after ')'
            <property name="option" value="space"/>
        </module> -->
    </module>
    <module name="Translation"/>
    <module name="UniqueProperties"/>
    <module name="JavadocPackage"/>
</module>