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Asked: 2026-05-27T15:06:28+00:00

I have a maven-multi project, when I create a new eclipse project from it

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I have a maven-multi project, when I create a new eclipse project from it (by M2E 1.0 “Checkout Maven Project from SCM) I want that the eclipse checkstyle plugin is configured for that project automatically.

So I added the maven-eclipse-plugin in parent pom’s <pluginManagement> section and configured it to generate .checkstyle file as well as the additional project nature CheckstyleNature. In the modul poms I added the name of the maven-eclipse-plugin in the build section. But when I checkout the project nothing happend, the file is not generated and the nature is not added.

So I think I am doing something completely wrong, but how is it done correct?

Parent pom – plugin management section:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.8</version>
    <configuration>
        <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
        <downloadJavadocs>false</downloadJavadocs>
        <wtpversion>2.0</wtpversion>
        <additionalBuildcommands>
            <buildCommand>
                <name>org.eclipse.ajdt.core.ajbuilder</name>
                <arguments>
                    <aspectPath>org.springframework.aspects</aspectPath>
                </arguments>
            </buildCommand>
            <buildCommand>
                <name>org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springbuilder</name>
            </buildCommand>
        </additionalBuildcommands>
        <additionalProjectnatures>
            <projectnature>org.eclipse.ajdt.ui.ajnature</projectnature>
            <projectnature>org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springnature</projectnature>
            <projectnature>com.atlassw.tools.eclipse.checkstyle.CheckstyleNature</projectnature>
        </additionalProjectnatures>
        <additionalConfig>
            <file>
                <name>.checkstyle</name>
                <content>
<![CDATA[
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<fileset-config file-format-version="1.2.0" simple-config="true" sync-formatter="false">
  <fileset name="all" enabled="true" check-config-name="My Checkstyle rules" local="false">
    <file-match-pattern match-pattern="." include-pattern="true"/>
  </fileset>
  <filter name="FilesFromPackage" enabled="true">
    <filter-data value="target" />
    <filter-data value="src/main/resources"/>
    <filter-data value="src/test/java"/>
    <filter-data value="src/test/resources"/>
    <filter-data value="src/main/webapp" />
  </filter>
</fileset-config>
]]>
                </content>
            </file>
        </additionalConfig>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

Module pom – plugins section:

<plugin>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
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  1. Editorial Team

    There are detailed answers to this topic in Can I Configure m2eclipse through pom.xml?:

    Completely automatic configuration of the Eclipse Checkstyle Plugin can only be achieved with a ProjectConfigurator, e.g. m2e-code-quality or m2e-extensions.

    For m2e as of version 1.0, you can install them via the m2e marketplace under Preferences->Maven->Discovery->”Open Catalog”. For details see the bug tracking for integration of m2e-code-quality into the m2e marketplace.

    There is a also solution based on AntRun and XMLTask even for FindBugs and Sonar. It needs manual triggering only once after checkout.

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