maven-checkstyle-plugin failed to parse Java 'record'

Question

I'm trying to setup checkstyle in our project - but seems like Maven (v3.8.3) or maven-checkstyle-plugin (v3.1.1) itself are not aware of Java 14's record (we use Java 17).

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: /Users/dmitry.adonin/IdeaProjects/raap/src/main/java/com/xxx/web/dto/Request.java:3:8: unexpected token: record
    at com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.JavaParser$1.reportError (JavaParser.java:93)
    at com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.grammar.GeneratedJavaRecognizer.typeDefinition (GeneratedJavaRecognizer.java:411)
    at com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.grammar.GeneratedJavaRecognizer.compilationUnit (GeneratedJavaRecognizer.java:202)
    at com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.JavaParser.parse (JavaParser.java:99)
    at com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TreeWalker.processFiltered (TreeWalker.java:159)
    at com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractFileSetCheck.process (AbstractFileSetCheck.java:85)
    at com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Checker.processFile (Checker.java:329)
    at com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Checker.processFiles (Checker.java:291)
    at com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Checker.process (Checker.java:216)
    at org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle.exec.DefaultCheckstyleExecutor.executeCheckstyle (DefaultCheckstyleExecutor.java:202)
    at org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle.CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo.execute (CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo.java:545)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo (DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:137)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:210)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:156)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:148)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:117)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:81)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build (SingleThreadedBuilder.java:56)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute (LifecycleStarter.java:128)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:305)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:192)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute (DefaultMaven.java:105)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute (MavenCli.java:972)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain (MavenCli.java:293)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main (MavenCli.java:196)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0 (Native Method)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:566)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced (Launcher.java:282)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch (Launcher.java:225)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode (Launcher.java:406)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main (Launcher.java:347)
Caused by: antlr.NoViableAltException: unexpected token: record
    at com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.grammar.GeneratedJavaRecognizer.typeDefinitionInternal (GeneratedJavaRecognizer.java:584)
    at com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.grammar.GeneratedJavaRecognizer.typeDefinition (GeneratedJavaRecognizer.java:389)
    at com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.grammar.GeneratedJavaRecognizer.compilationUnit (GeneratedJavaRecognizer.java:202)
    at com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.JavaParser.parse (JavaParser.java:99)
    at com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TreeWalker.processFiltered (TreeWalker.java:159)
    at com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractFileSetCheck.process (AbstractFileSetCheck.java:85)
    at com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Checker.processFile (Checker.java:329)
    at com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Checker.processFiles (Checker.java:291)
    at com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Checker.process (Checker.java:216)
    at org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle.exec.DefaultCheckstyleExecutor.executeCheckstyle (DefaultCheckstyleExecutor.java:202)
    at org.apache.maven.plugins.checkstyle.CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo.execute (CheckstyleViolationCheckMojo.java:545)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo (DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:137)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:210)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:156)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:148)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:117)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:81)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build (SingleThreadedBuilder.java:56)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute (LifecycleStarter.java:128)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:305)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:192)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute (DefaultMaven.java:105)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute (MavenCli.java:972)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain (MavenCli.java:293)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main (MavenCli.java:196)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0 (Native Method)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:566)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced (Launcher.java:282)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch (Launcher.java:225)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode (Launcher.java:406)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main (Launcher.java:347)

There are the following configs:

pom.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>2.6.2</version>
        <relativePath/>
    </parent>

    <groupId>...</groupId>
    <artifactId>...</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>...</name>

    <properties>
        <java.version>17</java.version>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
    ...
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <excludes>
                        <exclude>
                            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
                            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
                        </exclude>
                    </excludes>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.1.1</version>
                <configuration>
                    <configLocation>project-checks.xml</configLocation>
                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                    <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
                    <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
                    <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
                    <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>
                </configuration>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>checkstyle-validation</id>
                        <phase>validate</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>check</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>

project-checks.xml:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
        "-//Checkstyle//DTD Checkstyle Configuration 1.3//EN"
        "https://checkstyle.org/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">

<!--
    Checkstyle configuration that checks the Google coding conventions from Google Java Style
    that can be found at https://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html
    Checkstyle is very configurable. Be sure to read the documentation at
    https://checkstyle.org (or in your downloaded distribution).
    To completely disable a check, just comment it out or delete it from the file.
    To suppress certain violations please review suppression filters.
    Authors: Max Vetrenko, Ruslan Diachenko, Roman Ivanov.
 -->

<module name = "Checker">
    <property name="charset" value="UTF-8"/>

    <property name="severity" value="error"/>

    <property name="fileExtensions" value="java, properties, xml"/>
    <!-- Excludes all 'module-info.java' files              -->
    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_filefilters.html -->
    <module name="BeforeExecutionExclusionFileFilter">
        <property name="fileNamePattern" value="module\-info\.java$"/>
    </module>
    <!-- Checks new line at end of file is required                     -->
    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_misc.html#NewlineAtEndOfFile -->
    <module name="NewlineAtEndOfFile">
        <property name="lineSeparator" value="lf"/>
        <property name="fileExtensions" value="java, xml, yml, yaml"/>
    </module>

    <!-- Checks for whitespace                            -->
    <!-- See http://checkstyle.org/config_whitespace.html -->
    <module name="FileTabCharacter">
        <property name="eachLine" value="true"/>
    </module>

    <module name="LineLength">
        <property name="fileExtensions" value="java"/>
        <property name="max" value="200"/>
        <property name="ignorePattern" value="^package.*|^import.*|a href|href|http://|https://|ftp://"/>
    </module>

    <module name="TreeWalker">
        <module name="OuterTypeFilename"/>
        <module name="IllegalTokenText">
            <property name="tokens" value="STRING_LITERAL, CHAR_LITERAL"/>
            <property name="format"
                      value="\\u00(09|0(a|A)|0(c|C)|0(d|D)|22|27|5(C|c))|\\(0(10|11|12|14|15|42|47)|134)"/>
            <property name="message"
                      value="Consider using special escape sequence instead of octal value or Unicode escaped value."/>
        </module>
        <module name="AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharacters">
            <property name="allowEscapesForControlCharacters" value="true"/>
            <property name="allowByTailComment" value="true"/>
            <property name="allowNonPrintableEscapes" value="true"/>
        </module>
        <module name="AvoidStarImport"/>
        <module name="UnusedImports"/>
        <module name="OneTopLevelClass"/>
        <module name="NoLineWrap">
            <property name="tokens" value="PACKAGE_DEF, IMPORT, STATIC_IMPORT"/>
        </module>
        <module name="EmptyBlock">
            <property name="option" value="TEXT"/>
            <property name="tokens"
                      value="LITERAL_TRY, LITERAL_FINALLY, LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_ELSE, LITERAL_SWITCH"/>
        </module>
        <module name="NeedBraces">
            <property name="tokens"
                      value="LITERAL_DO, LITERAL_ELSE, LITERAL_FOR, LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_WHILE"/>
        </module>
        <module name="LeftCurly">
            <property name="tokens"
                      value="ANNOTATION_DEF, CLASS_DEF, CTOR_DEF, ENUM_CONSTANT_DEF, ENUM_DEF,
                    INTERFACE_DEF, LAMBDA, LITERAL_CASE, LITERAL_CATCH, LITERAL_DEFAULT,
                    LITERAL_DO, LITERAL_ELSE, LITERAL_FINALLY, LITERAL_FOR, LITERAL_IF,
                    LITERAL_SWITCH, LITERAL_SYNCHRONIZED, LITERAL_TRY, LITERAL_WHILE, METHOD_DEF,
                    OBJBLOCK, STATIC_INIT"/>
        </module>
        <module name="RightCurly">
            <property name="id" value="RightCurlySame"/>
            <property name="tokens"
                      value="LITERAL_TRY, LITERAL_CATCH, LITERAL_FINALLY, LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_ELSE,
                    LITERAL_DO"/>
        </module>
        <module name="RightCurly">
            <property name="id" value="RightCurlyAlone"/>
            <property name="option" value="alone"/>
            <property name="tokens"
                      value="CLASS_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF, LITERAL_FOR, LITERAL_WHILE, STATIC_INIT,
                    INSTANCE_INIT, ANNOTATION_DEF, ENUM_DEF"/>
        </module>
        <module name="SuppressionXpathSingleFilter">
            <!-- suppresion is required till https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/7541 -->
            <property name="id" value="RightCurlyAlone"/>
            <property name="query" value="//RCURLY[parent::SLIST[count(./*)=1]
                                                 or preceding-sibling::*[last()][self::LCURLY]]"/>
        </module>
        <module name="WhitespaceAround">
            <property name="allowEmptyConstructors" value="true"/>
            <property name="allowEmptyLambdas" value="true"/>
            <property name="allowEmptyMethods" value="true"/>
            <property name="allowEmptyTypes" value="true"/>
            <property name="allowEmptyLoops" value="true"/>
            <property name="tokens"
                      value="ASSIGN, BAND, BAND_ASSIGN, BOR, BOR_ASSIGN, BSR, BSR_ASSIGN, BXOR,
                    BXOR_ASSIGN, COLON, DIV, DIV_ASSIGN, DO_WHILE, EQUAL, GE, GT, LAMBDA, LAND,
                    LCURLY, LE, LITERAL_CATCH, LITERAL_DO, LITERAL_ELSE, LITERAL_FINALLY,
                    LITERAL_FOR, LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_RETURN, LITERAL_SWITCH, LITERAL_SYNCHRONIZED,
                     LITERAL_TRY, LITERAL_WHILE, LOR, LT, MINUS, MINUS_ASSIGN, MOD, MOD_ASSIGN,
                     NOT_EQUAL, PLUS, PLUS_ASSIGN, QUESTION, RCURLY, SL, SLIST, SL_ASSIGN, SR,
                     SR_ASSIGN, STAR, STAR_ASSIGN, LITERAL_ASSERT, TYPE_EXTENSION_AND"/>
            <message key="ws.notFollowed"
                     value="WhitespaceAround: ''{0}'' is not followed by whitespace. Empty blocks may only be represented as '{}' when not part of a multi-block statement (4.1.3)"/>
            <message key="ws.notPreceded"
                     value="WhitespaceAround: ''{0}'' is not preceded with whitespace."/>
        </module>
        <module name="OneStatementPerLine"/>
        <module name="MultipleVariableDeclarations"/>
        <module name="ArrayTypeStyle"/>
        <module name="MissingSwitchDefault"/>
        <module name="FallThrough"/>
        <module name="UpperEll"/>
        <module name="ModifierOrder"/>
        <module name="EmptyLineSeparator">
            <property name="tokens"
                      value="PACKAGE_DEF, IMPORT, STATIC_IMPORT, CLASS_DEF, INTERFACE_DEF, ENUM_DEF,
                    STATIC_INIT, INSTANCE_INIT, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF, VARIABLE_DEF"/>
            <property name="allowNoEmptyLineBetweenFields" value="true"/>
            <property name="allowMultipleEmptyLines" value="false"/>
            <property name="allowMultipleEmptyLinesInsideClassMembers" value="false"/>
        </module>
        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
            <property name="id" value="SeparatorWrapDot"/>
            <property name="tokens" value="DOT"/>
            <property name="option" value="nl"/>
        </module>
        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
            <property name="id" value="SeparatorWrapComma"/>
            <property name="tokens" value="COMMA"/>
            <property name="option" value="EOL"/>
        </module>
        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
            <!-- ELLIPSIS is EOL until https://github.com/google/styleguide/issues/258 -->
            <property name="id" value="SeparatorWrapEllipsis"/>
            <property name="tokens" value="ELLIPSIS"/>
            <property name="option" value="EOL"/>
        </module>
        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
            <!-- ARRAY_DECLARATOR is EOL until https://github.com/google/styleguide/issues/259 -->
            <property name="id" value="SeparatorWrapArrayDeclarator"/>
            <property name="tokens" value="ARRAY_DECLARATOR"/>
            <property name="option" value="EOL"/>
        </module>
        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
            <property name="id" value="SeparatorWrapMethodRef"/>
            <property name="tokens" value="METHOD_REF"/>
            <property name="option" value="nl"/>
        </module>
        <module name="PackageName">
            <property name="format" value="^[a-z]+(\.[a-z][a-z0-9]*)*$"/>
            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
                     value="Package name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
        </module>
        <module name="TypeName">
            <property name="tokens" value="CLASS_DEF, INTERFACE_DEF, ENUM_DEF, ANNOTATION_DEF"/>
            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
                     value="Type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
        </module>
        <module name="MemberName">
            <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"/>
            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
                     value="Member name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
        </module>
        <module name="ParameterName">
            <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"/>
            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
                     value="Parameter name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
        </module>
        <module name="LambdaParameterName">
            <property name="format" value="^[a-z]([a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*)?$"/>
            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
                     value="Lambda parameter name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
        </module>
        <module name="CatchParameterName">
            <property name="format" value="^[a-z]([a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*)?$"/>
            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
                     value="Catch parameter name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
        </module>
        <module name="LocalVariableName">
            <property name="format" value="^[a-z]([a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*)?$"/>
            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
                     value="Local variable name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
        </module>
        <module name="ClassTypeParameterName">
            <property name="format" value="(^[A-Z][0-9]?)$|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*[T]$)|(^[A-Z]{1,2})$"/>
            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
                     value="Class type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
        </module>
        <module name="MethodTypeParameterName">
            <property name="format" value="(^[A-Z][0-9]?)$|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*[T]$)"/>
            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
                     value="Method type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
        </module>
        <module name="InterfaceTypeParameterName">
            <property name="format" value="(^[A-Z][0-9]?)$|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*[T]$)|(^[A-Z]{1,2})$"/>
            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
                     value="Interface type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
        </module>
        <module name="MethodName">
            <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$"/>
            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
                     value="Method name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
        </module>
        <module name="NoFinalizer"/>
        <module name="GenericWhitespace">
            <message key="ws.followed"
                     value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' is followed by whitespace."/>
            <message key="ws.preceded"
                     value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' is preceded with whitespace."/>
            <message key="ws.illegalFollow"
                     value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' should followed by whitespace."/>
            <message key="ws.notPreceded"
                     value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' is not preceded with whitespace."/>
        </module>
        <module name="Indentation">
            <property name="basicOffset" value="4"/>
            <property name="braceAdjustment" value="0"/>
            <property name="caseIndent" value="4"/>
            <property name="throwsIndent" value="4"/>
            <property name="lineWrappingIndentation" value="4"/>
            <property name="arrayInitIndent" value="4"/>
        </module>
        <module name="AbbreviationAsWordInName">
            <property name="ignoreFinal" value="false"/>
            <property name="allowedAbbreviationLength" value="3"/>
            <property name="tokens"
                      value="CLASS_DEF, INTERFACE_DEF, ENUM_DEF, ANNOTATION_DEF, ANNOTATION_FIELD_DEF,
                    PARAMETER_DEF, VARIABLE_DEF, METHOD_DEF"/>
        </module>
        <module name="OverloadMethodsDeclarationOrder"/>
        <module name="VariableDeclarationUsageDistance"/>
        <module name="CustomImportOrder">
            <property name="customImportOrderRules" value="THIRD_PARTY_PACKAGE###SPECIAL_IMPORTS###STANDARD_JAVA_PACKAGE###STATIC"/>
            <property name="specialImportsRegExp" value="^javax\."/>
            <property name="standardPackageRegExp" value="^java\."/>
            <property name="separateLineBetweenGroups" value="false"/>
            <property name="sortImportsInGroupAlphabetically" value="true"/>
            <property name="tokens" value="IMPORT, STATIC_IMPORT, PACKAGE_DEF"/>
        </module>
        <module name="MethodParamPad">
            <property name="tokens"
                      value="CTOR_DEF, LITERAL_NEW, METHOD_CALL, METHOD_DEF,
                    SUPER_CTOR_CALL, ENUM_CONSTANT_DEF"/>
        </module>
        <module name="NoWhitespaceBefore">
            <property name="tokens"
                      value="COMMA, SEMI, POST_INC, POST_DEC, DOT, ELLIPSIS, METHOD_REF"/>
            <property name="allowLineBreaks" value="true"/>
        </module>
        <module name="ParenPad">
            <property name="tokens"
                      value="ANNOTATION, ANNOTATION_FIELD_DEF, CTOR_CALL, CTOR_DEF, DOT, ENUM_CONSTANT_DEF,
                    EXPR, LITERAL_CATCH, LITERAL_DO, LITERAL_FOR, LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_NEW,
                    LITERAL_SWITCH, LITERAL_SYNCHRONIZED, LITERAL_WHILE, METHOD_CALL,
                    METHOD_DEF, QUESTION, RESOURCE_SPECIFICATION, SUPER_CTOR_CALL, LAMBDA"/>
        </module>
        <module name="OperatorWrap">
            <property name="option" value="NL"/>
            <property name="tokens"
                      value="BAND, BOR, BSR, BXOR, DIV, EQUAL, GE, GT, LAND, LE, LITERAL_INSTANCEOF, LOR,
                    LT, MINUS, MOD, NOT_EQUAL, PLUS, QUESTION, SL, SR, STAR, METHOD_REF "/>
        </module>
        <module name="AnnotationLocation">
            <property name="id" value="AnnotationLocationMostCases"/>
            <property name="tokens"
                      value="CLASS_DEF, INTERFACE_DEF, ENUM_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF"/>
        </module>
        <module name="AnnotationLocation">
            <property name="id" value="AnnotationLocationVariables"/>
            <property name="tokens" value="VARIABLE_DEF"/>
            <property name="allowSamelineMultipleAnnotations" value="true"/>
        </module>
        <module name="NonEmptyAtclauseDescription"/>
        <module name="InvalidJavadocPosition"/>
        <module name="JavadocTagContinuationIndentation"/>
        <module name="SummaryJavadoc">
            <property name="forbiddenSummaryFragments"
                      value="^@return the *|^This method returns |^A [{]@code [a-zA-Z0-9]+[}]( is a )"/>
        </module>
        <module name="JavadocParagraph"/>
        <module name="AtclauseOrder">
            <property name="tagOrder" value="@param, @return, @throws, @deprecated"/>
            <property name="target"
                      value="CLASS_DEF, INTERFACE_DEF, ENUM_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF, VARIABLE_DEF"/>
        </module>
        <module name="JavadocMethod">
            <property name="scope" value="public"/>
            <property name="allowMissingParamTags" value="true"/>
            <property name="allowMissingReturnTag" value="true"/>
            <property name="allowedAnnotations" value="Override, Test"/>
            <property name="tokens" value="METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF, ANNOTATION_FIELD_DEF"/>
        </module>
        <module name="SingleLineJavadoc">
            <property name="ignoreInlineTags" value="false"/>
        </module>
        <module name="EmptyCatchBlock">
            <property name="exceptionVariableName" value="expected"/>
        </module>
        <module name="CommentsIndentation">
            <property name="tokens" value="SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT, BLOCK_COMMENT_BEGIN"/>
        </module>
        <!-- https://checkstyle.org/config_filters.html#SuppressionXpathFilter -->
        <module name="SuppressionXpathFilter">
            <property name="file" value="checkstyle-xpath-suppressions.xml"/>
            <property name="optional" value="true"/>
        </module>
    </module>
</module>

Could someone please suggest what should be adjusted to make it work?

Thank you!

Deluge

Answer 1

The plugin by default comes with Checkstyle version 8.29. Try explicitly defining the CheckStyle version (plus a small version bump to 3.1.2). For example, with version 9.2:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>3.1.2</version>
    <configuration>
       ...
    </configuration>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
            <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
            <version>9.2</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
    <executions>
        ...
    </executions>
</plugin>

Spongin

Thank you, it helped - I see the check result. You saved my day :) – Deluge

This does not work if checkstyle is executed from the sonar-maven-plugin by SonarSource. Do you possibly know how to enforce the version there? Since the plugin itself does not depend (directly or transitively) on any checkstyle library, there's no point in overriding the dependency. I was unable to find out, how they execute checkstyle without referencing it anywhere. – Rolfrolfe

@Rolfrolfe perhaps the sonar-maven-plugin defines its own checkstyle configuration. You could try adding the same dependency to that plugin. – Spongin