<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
"-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.2//EN"
"http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_2.dtd">
-
<module name="Checker">
+
+<!--
+ ======================================================================
+ Please do not add new Checkstyle check modules here anymore:
+
+ 1. https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/#/c/39797/ has aligned
+ odl-parent's common Checkstyle rule set to include these.
+
+ 2. As a next step, perhaps you would like to accept odl-parent's
+ Checkstyle definition as errors instead of warnings for Controller?
+ This is possible via violationSeverity=error as documented on
+ https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/BestPractices/Coding_Guidelines#Checkstyle
+
+ Please contact odlparent-dev@lists.opendaylight.org if you feel
+ a Checkstyle rule is too strict in general and should be reviewed.
+
+ 3. Ultimately this entire project (org.opendaylight.controller:checkstyle)
+ should then be deleted, and dependencies to it removed.
+ ======================================================================
+ -->
+
<module name="FileTabCharacter">
<property name="eachLine" value="true"/>
</module>