Bump Checkstyle from 10.22.0 to 10.23.0

Bump Exec from 1.0.4 to 1.0.5
Bump PMD from 1.2.1 to 1.2.2

.github/workflows/bld.yml

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 name: bld-ci
 
-on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
+on: [ push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch ]
 
 jobs:
   build-bld-project:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java-version: [17, 21, 22]
+        java-version: [ 17, 21, 24 ]
+        kotlin-version: [ 1.9.25, 2.0.21, 2.1.20 ]
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest ]
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source repository
@@ -22,11 +24,16 @@ jobs:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
 
-      - name: Grant execute permission for bld
-        run: chmod +x bld
-
-      - name: Download the dependencies
+      - name: Download dependencies [examples]
+        working-directory: examples
         run: ./bld download
 
-      - name: Run tests with bld
+      - name: Compile and Run Checkstyle [examples]
+        working-directory: examples
+        run: ./bld compile checkstyle-custom
+
+      - name: Download dependencies
+        run: ./bld download
+
+      - name: Run tests
         run: ./bld compile test

.github/workflows/pages.yml

@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/configure-pages@v3
 
       - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v1
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
         with:
           # Upload generated Javadocs repository
           path: "build/javadoc/"
 
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         id: deployment
-        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v1
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4

.idea/bld.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="BldConfiguration">
+    <events />
+  </component>
+</project>

.idea/codeStyles/codeStyleConfig.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<component name="ProjectCodeStyleConfiguration">
+  <state>
+    <option name="PREFERRED_PROJECT_CODE_STYLE" value="Erik's Code Style" />
+  </state>
+</component>

.idea/icon.svg

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
+<svg width="100%" height="100%" viewBox="0 0 179 108" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:space="preserve" xmlns:serif="http://www.serif.com/" style="fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:2;">
+    <g transform="matrix(1,0,0,1,-210.511,-96.3382)">
+        <g transform="matrix(1,0,0,1,-23.3386,-649.816)">
+            <g transform="matrix(0.221288,0,0,0.24,73.9536,390.254)">
+                <path d="M722.568,1482.92L722.568,1921.1L808.968,1921.1L808.968,1888.7C822.168,1907.9 846.168,1930.1 893.568,1930.1C933.168,1930.1 961.968,1917.5 985.368,1893.5C1012.97,1865.9 1027.37,1827.5 1027.37,1786.1C1027.37,1741.7 1011.17,1705.1 985.368,1680.5C961.968,1658.3 928.968,1644.5 892.368,1644.5C862.968,1644.5 830.568,1654.1 808.968,1683.5L808.968,1482.92L722.568,1482.92ZM871.368,1718.9C888.768,1718.9 903.768,1723.7 917.568,1736.9C930.168,1748.9 938.568,1766.3 938.568,1787.9C938.568,1807.7 930.168,1825.1 917.568,1837.1C904.368,1849.7 887.568,1855.7 872.568,1855.7C856.368,1855.7 837.168,1849.1 823.368,1835.9C813.168,1826.3 803.568,1810.1 803.568,1787.9C803.568,1765.1 812.568,1749.5 822.768,1738.7C836.568,1724.3 852.768,1718.9 871.368,1718.9Z" style="fill:rgb(35,146,255);fill-rule:nonzero;"/>
+                <rect x="1083.77" y="1482.92" width="86.4" height="438.182" style="fill:rgb(250,144,82);fill-rule:nonzero;"/>
+                <path d="M1531.37,1482.92L1444.97,1482.92L1444.97,1683.5C1423.37,1654.1 1390.97,1644.5 1361.57,1644.5C1324.97,1644.5 1291.97,1658.3 1268.57,1680.5C1242.77,1705.1 1226.57,1741.7 1226.57,1786.1C1226.57,1827.5 1240.97,1865.9 1268.57,1893.5C1291.97,1917.5 1320.77,1930.1 1360.37,1930.1C1407.77,1930.1 1431.77,1907.9 1444.97,1888.7L1444.97,1921.1L1531.37,1921.1L1531.37,1482.92ZM1382.57,1718.9C1401.17,1718.9 1417.37,1724.3 1431.17,1738.7C1441.37,1749.5 1450.37,1765.1 1450.37,1787.9C1450.37,1810.1 1440.77,1826.3 1430.57,1835.9C1416.77,1849.1 1397.57,1855.7 1381.37,1855.7C1366.37,1855.7 1349.57,1849.7 1336.37,1837.1C1323.77,1825.1 1315.37,1807.7 1315.37,1787.9C1315.37,1766.3 1323.77,1748.9 1336.37,1736.9C1350.17,1723.7 1365.17,1718.9 1382.57,1718.9Z" style="fill:rgb(35,146,255);fill-rule:nonzero;"/>
+            </g>
+        </g>
+    </g>
+</svg>

.idea/libraries/bld.xml

@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
   <library name="bld">
     <CLASSES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.9.1.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-2.2.1.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.9.1-sources.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-2.2.1-sources.jar!/" />
     </SOURCES>
     <excluded>
       <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar!/" />

.idea/libraries/compile.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <SOURCES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" />
     </SOURCES>
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="false" />
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="true" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="true" type="SOURCES" />
   </library>
 </component>

.idea/libraries/runtime.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <SOURCES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" />
     </SOURCES>
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="false" />
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="true" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="true" type="SOURCES" />
   </library>
 </component>

.idea/libraries/test.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <SOURCES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" />
     </SOURCES>
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="false" />
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="true" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="true" type="SOURCES" />
   </library>
 </component>

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     ],
     "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "automatic",
     "java.project.referencedLibraries": [
-        "${HOME}/.bld/dist/bld-1.9.1.jar",
+        "${HOME}/.bld/dist/bld-2.2.1.jar",
         "lib/**/*.jar"
     ],
     "java.compile.nullAnalysis.mode": "automatic"

README.md

@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
-# [Checkstyle](https://checkstyle.sourceforge.io/) Extension for [b<span style="color:orange">l</span>d](https://rife2.com/bldb)
+# [Checkstyle](https://checkstyle.sourceforge.io/) Extension for [b<span style="color:orange">l</span>d](https://rife2.com/bld)
 
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%20License%202.0-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
 [![Java](https://img.shields.io/badge/java-17%2B-blue)](https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/jdk17-archive-downloads.html)
-[![bld](https://img.shields.io/badge/1.9.1-FA9052?label=bld&labelColor=2392FF)](https://rife2.com/bld)
+[![bld](https://img.shields.io/badge/2.2.1-FA9052?label=bld&labelColor=2392FF)](https://rife2.com/bld)
 [![Release](https://flat.badgen.net/maven/v/metadata-url/repo.rife2.com/releases/com/uwyn/rife2/bld-checkstyle/maven-metadata.xml?color=blue)](https://repo.rife2.com/#/releases/com/uwyn/rife2/bld-checkstyle)
 [![Snapshot](https://flat.badgen.net/maven/v/metadata-url/repo.rife2.com/snapshots/com/uwyn/rife2/bld-checkstyle/maven-metadata.xml?label=snapshot)](https://repo.rife2.com/#/snapshots/com/uwyn/rife2/bld-checkstyle)
 [![GitHub CI](https://github.com/rife2/bld-checkstyle/actions/workflows/bld.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/rife2/bld-checkstyle/actions/workflows/bld.yml)
 
-To install, please refer to the [extensions documentation](https://github.com/rife2/bld/wiki/Extensions).
+To install the latest version, add the following to the `lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties` file:
+
+```properties
+bld.extension-checkstyle=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-checkstyle
+```
+
+For more information, please refer to the [extensions](https://github.com/rife2/bld/wiki/Extensions) documentation.
+
+## Check Source Code with Checkstyle
 
 To check your code with Chesktyle, include the following in your build file:
 
@@ -37,5 +45,5 @@ not provided by the extension. For example:
 
 ```java
 repositories = List.of(MAVEN_CENTRAL);
-scope(test).include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 17, 0)));
+scope(test).include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 23, 0)));
 ```

checkcliargs.sh

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-MAIN="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Main"
-TMPNEW=/tmp/checkcliargs-new
-TMPOLD=/tmp/checkcliargs-old
-
-java -cp "lib/test/*" $MAIN --help >$TMPNEW
-java -cp "examples/lib/test/*" $MAIN --help >$TMPOLD
-
-if [ "$1" == "-v" ]; then
-	code --wait --diff $TMPOLD $TMPNEW
-else
-	diff $TMPOLD $TMPNEW
-fi
-
-rm -rf $TMPNEW $TMPOLD

config/pmd.xml

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
     <!-- BEST PRACTICES -->
     <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml">
         <exclude name="AvoidPrintStackTrace"/>
-        <exclude name="JUnit4TestShouldUseTestAnnotation"/>
-        <exclude name="JUnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts"/>
         <exclude name="GuardLogStatement"/>
+        <exclude name="UnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts"/>
+        <exclude name="UnitTestShouldUseTestAnnotation"/>
     </rule>
 
     <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/MissingOverride">

examples/.idea/libraries/bld.xml

@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
   <library name="bld">
     <CLASSES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.9.1.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-2.2.1.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.9.1-sources.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-2.2.1-sources.jar!/" />
     </SOURCES>
     <excluded>
       <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar!/" />

examples/.idea/libraries/compile.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <SOURCES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" />
     </SOURCES>
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="false" />
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="true" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="true" type="SOURCES" />
   </library>
 </component>

examples/.idea/libraries/runtime.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <SOURCES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" />
     </SOURCES>
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="false" />
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="true" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="true" type="SOURCES" />
   </library>
 </component>

examples/.idea/libraries/test.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <SOURCES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" />
     </SOURCES>
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="false" />
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="true" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="true" type="SOURCES" />
   </library>
 </component>

examples/.idea/misc.xml

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 <project version="4">
+  <component name="EntryPointsManager">
+    <pattern value="com.example.ExamplesBuild" method="checkstyle" />
+    <pattern value="com.example.ExamplesBuild" />
+  </component>
   <component name="PDMPlugin">
     <option name="customRuleSets">
       <list>

examples/.vscode/settings.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     ],
     "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "automatic",
     "java.project.referencedLibraries": [
-        "${HOME}/.bld/dist/bld-1.9.1.jar",
+        "${HOME}/.bld/dist/bld-2.2.1.jar",
         "lib/**/*.jar"
     ]
 }

examples/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 bld.downloadExtensionJavadoc=false
 bld.downloadExtensionSources=true
-bld.extensions=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-checkstyle:1.0.1
-bld.repositories=MAVEN_LOCAL,MAVEN_CENTRAL,RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS,RIFE2_RELEASES
 bld.downloadLocation=
+bld.extension-checkstyle=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-checkstyle:1.0.14
+bld.repositories=MAVEN_LOCAL,MAVEN_CENTRAL,RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS,RIFE2_RELEASES
 bld.sourceDirectories=
-bld.version=1.9.1
+bld.version=2.2.1

examples/src/bld/java/com/example/ExamplesBuild.java

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import rife.bld.BuildCommand;
 import rife.bld.extension.CheckstyleOperation;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import static rife.bld.dependencies.Repository.MAVEN_CENTRAL;
 import static rife.bld.dependencies.Scope.*;
@@ -23,16 +26,26 @@ public class ExamplesBuild extends BaseProject {
 
         repositories = List.of(MAVEN_CENTRAL);
 
-        scope(test).include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 17, 0)));
+        scope(test).include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 23, 0)));
 
         testOperation().mainClass("com.example.ExamplesTest");
     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
+        // Enable detailed logging for the extensions
+        var level = Level.ALL;
+        var logger = Logger.getLogger("rife.bld.extension");
+        var consoleHandler = new ConsoleHandler();
+
+        consoleHandler.setLevel(level);
+        logger.addHandler(consoleHandler);
+        logger.setLevel(level);
+        logger.setUseParentHandlers(false);
+
         new ExamplesBuild().start(args);
     }
 
-    @BuildCommand(summary = "Check code style")
+    @BuildCommand(summary = "Check code style using Sun coding conventions")
     public void checkstyle() throws Exception {
         new CheckstyleOperation()
                 .fromProject(this)
@@ -40,4 +53,11 @@ public class ExamplesBuild extends BaseProject {
                 .execute();
     }
 
+    @BuildCommand(value = "checkstyle-custom", summary = "Check code style using custom coding conventions")
+    public void checkstyleCustom() throws Exception {
+        new CheckstyleOperation()
+                .fromProject(this)
+                .configurationFile("src/test/resources/checkstyle.xml")
+                .execute();
+    }
 }

examples/src/test/resources/checkstyle.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
+  "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.3//EN"
+  "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+<module name="Checker">
+    <module name="TreeWalker">
+        <module name="AvoidStarImport">
+            <property name="severity" value="warning" />
+        </module>
+    </module>
+</module>

lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 bld.downloadExtensionJavadoc=false
 bld.downloadExtensionSources=true
-bld.extension-pmd=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-pmd:0.9.9
-bld.extension-jacoco=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-jacoco-report:0.9.5
-bld.repositories=MAVEN_CENTRAL,MAVEN_LOCAL,RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS,RIFE2_RELEASES
 bld.downloadLocation=
+bld.extension-exec=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-exec:1.0.5
+bld.extension-pmd=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-pmd:1.2.2
+bld.repositories=MAVEN_CENTRAL,MAVEN_LOCAL,RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS,RIFE2_RELEASES
 bld.sourceDirectories=
-bld.version=1.9.1
+bld.version=2.2.1

scripts/checkcliargs.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+main="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Main"
+new=/tmp/checkcliargs-new
+old=/tmp/checkcliargs-old
+
+java -cp "lib/test/*" $main --help >$new
+java -cp "examples/lib/test/*" $main --help >$old
+
+if [ "$1" == "-v" ]; then
+	code --wait --diff $old $new
+else
+	diff $old $new
+fi
+
+rm -rf $new $old

scripts/cliargs.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+java -cp "lib/test/*" com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Main --help |\
+grep "^  -.*" |\
+sed -e "s/  -/-/" -e "s/[,=].*//" -e '/-V/d' -e '/-h/d' |\
+sort > "src/test/resources/checkstyle-args.txt"

src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperationBuild.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2023-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2023-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@ import rife.bld.publish.PublishDeveloper;
 import rife.bld.publish.PublishLicense;
 import rife.bld.publish.PublishScm;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 
-import static rife.bld.dependencies.Repository.MAVEN_CENTRAL;
-import static rife.bld.dependencies.Repository.RIFE2_RELEASES;
+import static rife.bld.dependencies.Repository.*;
 import static rife.bld.dependencies.Scope.compile;
 import static rife.bld.dependencies.Scope.test;
 import static rife.bld.operations.JavadocOptions.DocLinkOption.NO_MISSING;
@@ -35,20 +34,23 @@ public class CheckstyleOperationBuild extends Project {
     public CheckstyleOperationBuild() {
         pkg = "rife.bld.extension";
         name = "CheckstyleOperation";
-        version = version(1, 0, 1);
+        version = version(1, 0, 15, "SNAPSHOT");
 
         javaRelease = 17;
+
         downloadSources = true;
         autoDownloadPurge = true;
-        repositories = List.of(MAVEN_CENTRAL, RIFE2_RELEASES);
+
+        repositories = List.of(MAVEN_LOCAL, MAVEN_CENTRAL, RIFE2_RELEASES, RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS);
 
         scope(compile)
-                .include(dependency("com.uwyn.rife2", "bld", version(1, 9, 1)));
+                .include(dependency("com.uwyn.rife2", "bld", version(2, 2, 1)));
         scope(test)
-                .include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 17, 0)))
-                .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 10, 2)))
-                .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1, 10, 2)))
-                .include(dependency("org.assertj", "assertj-core", version(3, 26, 0)));
+                .include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 23, 0)))
+                .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 12, 1)))
+                .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1, 12, 1)))
+                .include(dependency("org.assertj", "assertj-core", version(3, 27, 3)));
+
         javadocOperation()
                 .javadocOptions()
                 .author()
@@ -58,25 +60,23 @@ public class CheckstyleOperationBuild extends Project {
 
         publishOperation()
                 .repository(version.isSnapshot() ? repository("rife2-snapshot") : repository("rife2"))
+                .repository(repository("github"))
                 .info()
                 .groupId("com.uwyn.rife2")
                 .artifactId("bld-checkstyle")
                 .description("bld Checkstyle Extension")
                 .url("https://github.com/rife2/bld-checkstyle")
-                .developer(
-                        new PublishDeveloper()
+                .developer(new PublishDeveloper()
                         .id("ethauvin")
                         .name("Erik C. Thauvin")
                         .email("erik@thauvin.net")
                         .url("https://erik.thauvin.net/")
                 )
-                .license(
-                        new PublishLicense()
+                .license(new PublishLicense()
                         .name("The Apache License, Version 2.0")
                         .url("https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt")
                 )
-                .scm(
-                        new PublishScm()
+                .scm(new PublishScm()
                         .connection("scm:git:https://github.com/rife2/bld-checkstyle.git")
                         .developerConnection("scm:git:git@github.com:rife2/bld-checkstyle.git")
                         .url("https://github.com/rife2/bld-checkstyle")
@@ -89,19 +89,24 @@ public class CheckstyleOperationBuild extends Project {
         new CheckstyleOperationBuild().start(args);
     }
 
-    @BuildCommand(summary = "Generates JaCoCo Reports")
-    public void jacoco() throws IOException {
-        new JacocoReportOperation()
-                .fromProject(this)
-                .execute();
-    }
-
     @BuildCommand(summary = "Runs PMD analysis")
-    public void pmd() {
+    public void pmd() throws Exception {
         new PmdOperation()
                 .fromProject(this)
                 .failOnViolation(true)
                 .ruleSets("config/pmd.xml")
                 .execute();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void test() throws Exception {
+        var os = System.getProperty("os.name");
+        if (os != null && os.toLowerCase(Locale.US).contains("linux")) {
+            new ExecOperation()
+                    .fromProject(this)
+                    .command("scripts/cliargs.sh")
+                    .execute();
+        }
+        super.test();
+    }
 }

src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperation.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2023-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2023-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,11 +17,16 @@
 package rife.bld.extension;
 
 import rife.bld.BaseProject;
+import rife.bld.extension.checkstyle.OutputFormat;
 import rife.bld.operations.AbstractProcessOperation;
+import rife.bld.operations.exceptions.ExitStatusException;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 /**
@@ -32,16 +37,11 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
  */
 public class CheckstyleOperation extends AbstractProcessOperation<CheckstyleOperation> {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(CheckstyleOperation.class.getName());
-    protected final List<String> exclude = new ArrayList<>();
-    protected final List<String> excludeRegex = new ArrayList<>();
-    /**
-     * The command line options.
-     */
-    protected final Map<String, String> options = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-    /**
-     * The source files(s) or folder(s).
-     */
-    protected final Set<String> sourceDirs = new TreeSet<>();
+    private final Collection<String> excludeRegex_ = new ArrayList<>();
+    private final Collection<File> exclude_ = new ArrayList<>();
+    private final Map<String, String> options_ = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    private final Set<File> sourceDir_ = new TreeSet<>();
+
     private BaseProject project_;
 
     /**
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class CheckstyleOperation extends AbstractProcessOperation<CheckstyleOper
      */
     public CheckstyleOperation branchMatchingXpath(String xPathQuery) {
         if (isNotBlank(xPathQuery)) {
-            options.put("-b", xPathQuery);
+            options_.put("-b", xPathQuery);
         }
         return this;
     }
@@ -67,92 +67,156 @@ public class CheckstyleOperation extends AbstractProcessOperation<CheckstyleOper
      */
     public CheckstyleOperation configurationFile(String file) {
         if (isNotBlank(file)) {
-            options.put("-c", file);
+            options_.put("-c", file);
         }
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Prints all debug logging of CheckStyle utility.
+     * Specifies the location of the file that defines the configuration modules. The location can either be a
+     * filesystem location, or a name passed to the {@link ClassLoader#getResource(String) ClassLoader.getResource() }
+     * method. A configuration file is required.
+     *
+     * @param file the file
+     * @return the checkstyle operation
+     */
+    public CheckstyleOperation configurationFile(File file) {
+        return configurationFile(file.getAbsolutePath());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies the location of the file that defines the configuration modules. The location can either be a
+     * filesystem location, or a name passed to the {@link ClassLoader#getResource(String) ClassLoader.getResource() }
+     * method. A configuration file is required.
+     *
+     * @param file the file
+     * @return the checkstyle operation
+     */
+    public CheckstyleOperation configurationFile(Path file) {
+        return configurationFile(file.toFile().getAbsolutePath());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Prints all debug logging of Checkstyle utility.
      *
      * @param isDebug {@code true} or {@code false}
      * @return the checkstyle operation
      */
     public CheckstyleOperation debug(boolean isDebug) {
         if (isDebug) {
-            options.put("-d", "");
+            options_.put("-d", "");
         } else {
-            options.remove("-d");
+            options_.remove("-d");
         }
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Directory/file to exclude from CheckStyle. The path can be the full, absolute path, or relative to the current
+     * Directory/file to exclude from Checkstyle. The path can be the full, absolute path, or relative to the current
      * path. Multiple excludes are allowed.
      *
      * @param path one or more paths
      * @return the checkstyle operation
-     * @see #sourceDir(Collection)
+     * @see #excludeStrings(Collection)
      */
     public CheckstyleOperation exclude(String... path) {
-        for (var p : path) {
-            if (isNotBlank(p)) {
-                exclude.add(p);
-            }
-        }
-        return this;
+        return excludeStrings(List.of(path));
     }
 
     /**
-     * Directory/file to exclude from CheckStyle. The path can be the full, absolute path, or relative to the current
+     * Directory/file to exclude from Checkstyle. The path can be the full, absolute path, or relative to the current
+     * path. Multiple excludes are allowed.
+     *
+     * @param path one or more paths
+     * @return the checkstyle operation
+     * @see #exclude(Collection)
+     */
+    public CheckstyleOperation exclude(File... path) {
+        return exclude(List.of(path));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Directory/file to exclude from Checkstyle. The path can be the full, absolute path, or relative to the current
+     * path. Multiple excludes are allowed.
+     *
+     * @param path one or more paths
+     * @return the checkstyle operation
+     * @see #excludePaths(Collection)
+     */
+    public CheckstyleOperation exclude(Path... path) {
+        return excludePaths(List.of(path));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Directory/file to exclude from Checkstyle. The path can be the full, absolute path, or relative to the current
      * path. Multiple excludes are allowed.
      *
      * @param paths the paths
      * @return the checkstyle operation
-     * @see #exclude(String...)
+     * @see #exclude(File...)
      */
-    public CheckstyleOperation exclude(Collection<String> paths) {
-        for (var p : paths) {
-            if (isNotBlank(p)) {
-                exclude.add(p);
-            }
-        }
+    public CheckstyleOperation exclude(Collection<File> paths) {
+        exclude_.addAll(paths);
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Directory/file pattern to exclude from CheckStyle. Multiple exclude are allowed.
+     * Directory/file to exclude from Checkstyle. The path can be the full, absolute path, or relative to the current
+     * path. Multiple excludes are allowed.
+     *
+     * @param paths the paths
+     * @return the checkstyle operation
+     * @see #exclude(Path...)
+     */
+    public CheckstyleOperation excludePaths(Collection<Path> paths) {
+        return exclude(paths.stream().map(Path::toFile).toList());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Directory/file pattern to exclude from Checkstyle. Multiple exclude are allowed.
      *
      * @param regex the pattern to exclude
      * @return the checkstyle operation
      * @see #excludeRegex(Collection)
      */
     public CheckstyleOperation excludeRegex(String... regex) {
-        for (var r : regex) {
-            if (isNotBlank(r)) {
-                excludeRegex.add(r);
-            }
-        }
-
-        return this;
+        return excludeRegex(List.of(regex));
     }
 
     /**
-     * Directory/file pattern to exclude from CheckStyle. Multiple exclude are allowed.
+     * Directory/file pattern to exclude from Checkstyle. Multiple exclude are allowed.
      *
      * @param regex the patterns to exclude
      * @return the checkstyle operation
      * @see #excludeRegex(String...)
      */
     public CheckstyleOperation excludeRegex(Collection<String> regex) {
-        for (var r : regex) {
-            if (isNotBlank(r)) {
-                excludeRegex.add(r);
-            }
+        excludeRegex_.addAll(regex);
+        return this;
     }
 
-        return this;
+    /**
+     * Directory/file to exclude from Checkstyle. The path can be the full, absolute path, or relative to the current
+     * path. Multiple excludes are allowed.
+     *
+     * @param paths the paths
+     * @return the checkstyle operation
+     * @see #exclude(String...)
+     */
+    public CheckstyleOperation excludeStrings(Collection<String> paths) {
+        return exclude(paths.stream().map(File::new).toList());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void execute() throws IOException, InterruptedException, ExitStatusException {
+        if (project_ == null) {
+            if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.SEVERE) && !silent()) {
+                LOGGER.severe("A project must be specified.");
+            }
+            throw new ExitStatusException(ExitStatusException.EXIT_FAILURE);
+        } else {
+            super.execute();
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -161,46 +225,52 @@ public class CheckstyleOperation extends AbstractProcessOperation<CheckstyleOper
      */
     @Override
     protected List<String> executeConstructProcessCommandList() {
-        if (project_ == null) {
-            LOGGER.severe("A project must be specified.");
-        } else if (sourceDirs.isEmpty()) {
-            sourceDirs.add(project_.srcMainJavaDirectory().getPath());
-            sourceDirs.add(project_.srcTestJavaDirectory().getPath());
-        }
-
         final List<String> args = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        if (project_ != null) {
+            if (sourceDir_.isEmpty()) {
+                sourceDir_.add(project_.srcMainJavaDirectory());
+                sourceDir_.add(project_.srcTestJavaDirectory());
+            }
             args.add(javaTool());
 
             args.add("-cp");
-        args.add(String.format("%s:%s:%s:%s", Path.of(project_.libTestDirectory().getPath(), "*"),
-                Path.of(project_.libCompileDirectory().getPath(), "*"), project_.buildMainDirectory(),
-                project_.buildTestDirectory()));
+            args.add(String.format("%s%s%s%s%s%s%s", new File(project_.libTestDirectory(), "*"),
+                    File.pathSeparator, new File(project_.libCompileDirectory(), "*"), File.pathSeparator,
+                    project_.buildMainDirectory(), File.pathSeparator, project_.buildTestDirectory()));
             args.add("com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Main");
 
-        options.forEach((k, v) -> {
+            options_.forEach((k, v) -> {
                 args.add(k);
                 if (!v.isEmpty()) {
                     args.add(v);
                 }
             });
 
-        if (!exclude.isEmpty()) {
-            for (var e : exclude) {
-                if (isNotBlank(e)) {
-                    args.add("-e " + e);
+            if (!exclude_.isEmpty()) {
+                for (var e : exclude_) {
+                    if (e.exists()) {
+                        args.add("-e");
+                        args.add(e.getAbsolutePath());
                     }
                 }
             }
 
-        if (!excludeRegex.isEmpty()) {
-            for (var e : excludeRegex) {
+            if (!excludeRegex_.isEmpty()) {
+                for (var e : excludeRegex_) {
                     if (isNotBlank(e)) {
-                    args.add("-x " + e);
+                        args.add("-x");
+                        args.add(e);
                     }
                 }
             }
 
-        args.addAll(sourceDirs);
+            args.addAll(sourceDir_.stream().map(File::getAbsolutePath).toList());
+
+            if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.FINE)) {
+                LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, String.join(" ", args));
+            }
+        }
 
         return args;
     }
@@ -222,25 +292,25 @@ public class CheckstyleOperation extends AbstractProcessOperation<CheckstyleOper
      */
     public CheckstyleOperation executeIgnoredModules(boolean isAllowIgnoreModules) {
         if (isAllowIgnoreModules) {
-            options.put("-E", "");
+            options_.put("-E", "");
         } else {
-            options.remove("-E");
+            options_.remove("-E");
         }
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Specifies the output format. Valid values: {@link CheckstyleFormatOption#XML},
-     * {@link CheckstyleFormatOption#SARIF}, {@link CheckstyleFormatOption#PLAIN} for the XML, sarif and default logger
+     * Specifies the output format. Valid values: {@link OutputFormat#XML},
+     * {@link OutputFormat#SARIF}, {@link OutputFormat#PLAIN} for the XML, sarif and default logger
      * respectively.
      * <p>
-     * Defaults to {@link CheckstyleFormatOption#PLAIN}.
+     * Defaults to {@link OutputFormat#PLAIN}.
      *
      * @param format the output format
      * @return the checkstyle operation
      */
-    public CheckstyleOperation format(CheckstyleFormatOption format) {
-        options.put("-f", format.label.toLowerCase());
+    public CheckstyleOperation format(OutputFormat format) {
+        options_.put("-f", format.label.toLowerCase());
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -255,9 +325,9 @@ public class CheckstyleOperation extends AbstractProcessOperation<CheckstyleOper
      */
     public CheckstyleOperation generateXpathSuppression(boolean xPathSuppression) {
         if (xPathSuppression) {
-            options.put("-g", "");
+            options_.put("-g", "");
         } else {
-            options.remove("-g");
+            options_.remove("-g");
         }
         return this;
     }
@@ -279,13 +349,22 @@ public class CheckstyleOperation extends AbstractProcessOperation<CheckstyleOper
      */
     public CheckstyleOperation javadocTree(boolean isTree) {
         if (isTree) {
-            options.put("-j", "");
+            options_.put("-j", "");
         } else {
-            options.remove("-j");
+            options_.remove("-j");
         }
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the command line options.
+     *
+     * @return the command line options
+     */
+    public Map<String, String> options() {
+        return options_;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the output file.
      * <p>
@@ -296,11 +375,35 @@ public class CheckstyleOperation extends AbstractProcessOperation<CheckstyleOper
      */
     public CheckstyleOperation outputPath(String file) {
         if (isNotBlank(file)) {
-            options.put("-o", file);
+            options_.put("-o", file);
         }
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the output file.
+     * <p>
+     * Defaults to stdout.
+     *
+     * @param file the output file
+     * @return the checkstyle operation
+     */
+    public CheckstyleOperation outputPath(File file) {
+        return outputPath(file.getAbsolutePath());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the output file.
+     * <p>
+     * Defaults to stdout.
+     *
+     * @param file the output file
+     * @return the checkstyle operation
+     */
+    public CheckstyleOperation outputPath(Path file) {
+        return outputPath(file.toFile().getAbsolutePath());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the property files to load.
      *
@@ -309,33 +412,105 @@ public class CheckstyleOperation extends AbstractProcessOperation<CheckstyleOper
      */
     public CheckstyleOperation propertiesFile(String file) {
         if (isNotBlank(file)) {
-            options.put("-p", file);
+            options_.put("-p", file);
         }
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Specified the file(s) or folder(s) containing the source files to check.
+     * Sets the property files to load.
+     *
+     * @param file the file
+     * @return the checkstyle operation
+     */
+    public CheckstyleOperation propertiesFile(File file) {
+        return propertiesFile(file.getAbsolutePath());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the property files to load.
+     *
+     * @param file the file
+     * @return the checkstyle operation
+     */
+    public CheckstyleOperation propertiesFile(Path file) {
+        return propertiesFile(file.toFile().getAbsolutePath());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies the file(s) or folder(s) containing the source files to check.
+     *
+     * @param dir one or more directories
+     * @return the checkstyle operation
+     * @see #sourceDirStrings(Collection)
+     */
+    public CheckstyleOperation sourceDir(String... dir) {
+        return sourceDirStrings(List.of(dir));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies the file(s) or folder(s) containing the source files to check.
      *
      * @param dir one or more directories
      * @return the checkstyle operation
      * @see #sourceDir(Collection)
      */
-    public CheckstyleOperation sourceDir(String... dir) {
-        sourceDirs.addAll(Arrays.stream(dir).filter(this::isNotBlank).toList());
+    public CheckstyleOperation sourceDir(File... dir) {
+        return sourceDir(List.of(dir));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies the file(s) or folder(s) containing the source files to check.
+     *
+     * @param dir one or more directories
+     * @return the checkstyle operation
+     * @see #sourceDirPaths(Collection)
+     */
+    public CheckstyleOperation sourceDir(Path... dir) {
+        return sourceDirPaths(List.of(dir));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies the file(s) or folder(s) containing the source files to check.
+     *
+     * @param dirs the directories
+     * @return the checkstyle operation
+     * @see #sourceDir(File...)
+     */
+    public CheckstyleOperation sourceDir(Collection<File> dirs) {
+        sourceDir_.addAll(dirs);
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Specified the file(s) or folder(s) containing the source files to check.
+     * Returns the file(s) or folders(s) containing the sources files to check
+     *
+     * @return the files or directories
+     */
+    public Set<File> sourceDir() {
+        return sourceDir_;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies the file(s) or folder(s) containing the source files to check.
+     *
+     * @param dirs the directories
+     * @return the checkstyle operation
+     * @see #sourceDir(Path...)
+     */
+    public CheckstyleOperation sourceDirPaths(Collection<Path> dirs) {
+        return sourceDir(dirs.stream().map(Path::toFile).toList());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies the file(s) or folder(s) containing the source files to check.
      *
      * @param dirs the directories
      * @return the checkstyle operation
      * @see #sourceDir(String...)
      */
-    public CheckstyleOperation sourceDir(Collection<String> dirs) {
-        sourceDirs.addAll(dirs.stream().filter(this::isNotBlank).toList());
-        return this;
+    public CheckstyleOperation sourceDirStrings(Collection<String> dirs) {
+        return sourceDir(dirs.stream().map(File::new).toList());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -352,7 +527,7 @@ public class CheckstyleOperation extends AbstractProcessOperation<CheckstyleOper
      */
     public CheckstyleOperation suppressionLineColumnNumber(String lineColumnNumber) {
         if (isNotBlank(lineColumnNumber)) {
-            options.put("-s", lineColumnNumber);
+            options_.put("-s", lineColumnNumber);
         }
         return this;
     }
@@ -367,7 +542,7 @@ public class CheckstyleOperation extends AbstractProcessOperation<CheckstyleOper
      * @return the checkstyle operation
      */
     public CheckstyleOperation tabWith(int length) {
-        options.put("-w", String.valueOf(length));
+        options_.put("-w", String.valueOf(length));
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -380,9 +555,9 @@ public class CheckstyleOperation extends AbstractProcessOperation<CheckstyleOper
      */
     public CheckstyleOperation tree(boolean isTree) {
         if (isTree) {
-            options.put("-t", "");
+            options_.put("-t", "");
         } else {
-            options.remove("-t");
+            options_.remove("-t");
         }
         return this;
     }
@@ -396,9 +571,9 @@ public class CheckstyleOperation extends AbstractProcessOperation<CheckstyleOper
      */
     public CheckstyleOperation treeWithComments(boolean isTree) {
         if (isTree) {
-            options.put("-T", "");
+            options_.put("-T", "");
         } else {
-            options.remove("-T");
+            options_.remove("-T");
         }
         return this;
     }
@@ -412,9 +587,9 @@ public class CheckstyleOperation extends AbstractProcessOperation<CheckstyleOper
      */
     public CheckstyleOperation treeWithJavadoc(boolean isTree) {
         if (isTree) {
-            options.put("-J", "");
+            options_.put("-J", "");
         } else {
-            options.remove("-J");
+            options_.remove("-J");
         }
         return this;
     }

src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/checkstyle/OutputFormat.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2023-2004 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2023-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,19 +14,22 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package rife.bld.extension;
+package rife.bld.extension.checkstyle;
 
 /**
- * The Checkstyle output format for XML, sarif and default (plaib) logger.
+ * The Checkstyle output format for XML, sarif and default (plain) logger.
  */
-public enum CheckstyleFormatOption {
+public enum OutputFormat {
     XML("xml"),
     SARIF("sarif"),
     PLAIN("plain");
 
     public final String label;
 
-    CheckstyleFormatOption(String label) {
+    /**
+     * Sets the label of this output format.
+     */
+    OutputFormat(String label) {
         this.label = label;
     }
 }

src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperationTest.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2023-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2023-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,66 +16,76 @@
 
 package rife.bld.extension;
 
+import org.assertj.core.api.AutoCloseableSoftAssertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledOnOs;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.OS;
 import rife.bld.BaseProject;
 import rife.bld.Project;
 import rife.bld.WebProject;
+import rife.bld.extension.checkstyle.OutputFormat;
 import rife.bld.operations.exceptions.ExitStatusException;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatCode;
 
-
 class CheckstyleOperationTest {
+    public static final String SRC_MAIN_JAVA = "src/main/java";
+    public static final String SRC_TEST_JAVA = "src/test/java";
     private static final String ADD = "add";
     private static final String BAR = "bar";
     private static final String FOO = "foo";
     private static final String REMOVE = "remove";
 
+    @BeforeAll
+    static void beforeAll() {
+        var level = Level.ALL;
+        var logger = Logger.getLogger("rife.bld.extension");
+        var consoleHandler = new ConsoleHandler();
+        consoleHandler.setLevel(level);
+        logger.addHandler(consoleHandler);
+        logger.setLevel(level);
+        logger.setUseParentHandlers(false);
+    }
+
+
     @Test
     void branchMatchingXpath() {
         var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).branchMatchingXpath(FOO);
-        assertThat(op.options.get("-b")).isEqualTo(FOO);
+        assertThat(op.options().get("-b")).isEqualTo(FOO);
     }
 
     @Test
-    void checkAllParameters() {
-        var params = List.of(
-                "-b",
-                "-c",
-                "-d",
-                "-e",
-                "-E",
-                "-f",
-                "-g",
-                "-j",
-                "-J",
-                "-o",
-                "-p",
-                "-s",
-                "-t",
-                "-T",
-                "-w",
-                "-x"
-        );
+    @EnabledOnOs(OS.LINUX)
+    void checkAllParameters() throws IOException {
+        var args = Files.readAllLines(Paths.get("src", "test", "resources", "checkstyle-args.txt"));
 
-        var args = new CheckstyleOperation()
+        assertThat(args).isNotEmpty();
+
+        var params = new CheckstyleOperation()
                 .fromProject(new Project())
                 .branchMatchingXpath("xpath")
-                .configurationFile("config")
                 .debug(true)
-                .exclude("path")
+                .configurationFile(new File("config"))
+                .exclude(SRC_MAIN_JAVA)
                 .excludeRegex("regex")
                 .executeIgnoredModules(true)
-                .format(CheckstyleFormatOption.XML)
+                .format(OutputFormat.XML)
                 .generateXpathSuppression(true)
                 .javadocTree(true)
-                .outputPath("optionPath")
-                .propertiesFile("properties")
+                .outputPath(new File("optionPath"))
+                .propertiesFile(new File("properties"))
                 .suppressionLineColumnNumber("12")
                 .tabWith(1)
                 .tree(true)
@@ -83,50 +93,73 @@ class CheckstyleOperationTest {
                 .treeWithJavadoc(true)
                 .executeConstructProcessCommandList();
 
-        for (var p : params) {
+        try (var softly = new AutoCloseableSoftAssertions()) {
+            for (var p : args) {
                 var found = false;
-            for (var a : args) {
+                for (var a : params) {
                     if (a.startsWith(p)) {
                         found = true;
                         break;
                     }
                 }
-            assertThat(found).as(p + " not found.").isTrue();
+                softly.assertThat(found).as(p + " not found.").isTrue();
+            }
         }
     }
 
     @Test
     void configurationFile() {
         var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).configurationFile(FOO);
-        assertThat(op.options.get("-c")).isEqualTo(FOO);
+        assertThat(op.options().get("-c")).isEqualTo(FOO);
     }
 
     @Test
     void debug() {
         var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).debug(true);
-        assertThat(op.options.containsKey("-d")).as(ADD).isTrue();
+        assertThat(op.options().containsKey("-d")).as(ADD).isTrue();
         op = op.debug(false);
-        assertThat(op.options.containsKey("-d")).as(REMOVE).isFalse();
+        assertThat(op.options().containsKey("-d")).as(REMOVE).isFalse();
     }
 
     @Test
     void exclude() {
-        var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).exclude(FOO, BAR);
+        var foo = new File(SRC_MAIN_JAVA);
+        var bar = new File(SRC_TEST_JAVA);
         var e = "-e ";
-        assertThat(op.executeConstructProcessCommandList()).contains(e + FOO, e + BAR);
 
-        op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).exclude(List.of(FOO, BAR));
-        assertThat(op.executeConstructProcessCommandList()).as("as list").contains(e + FOO, e + BAR);
+        var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).exclude(SRC_MAIN_JAVA, SRC_TEST_JAVA);
+        assertThat(String.join(" ", op.executeConstructProcessCommandList())).as("String...")
+                .contains(e + foo.getAbsolutePath()).contains(e + bar.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).excludeStrings(List.of(SRC_MAIN_JAVA, SRC_TEST_JAVA));
+        assertThat(String.join(" ", op.executeConstructProcessCommandList())).as("List(String...)")
+                .contains(e + foo.getAbsolutePath()).contains(e + bar.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).exclude(foo, bar);
+        assertThat(String.join(" ", op.executeConstructProcessCommandList())).as("File...")
+                .contains(e + foo.getAbsolutePath()).contains(e + bar.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).exclude(List.of(foo, bar));
+        assertThat(String.join(" ", op.executeConstructProcessCommandList())).as("List(File...)")
+                .contains(e + foo.getAbsolutePath()).contains(e + bar.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).exclude(foo.toPath(), bar.toPath());
+        assertThat(String.join(" ", op.executeConstructProcessCommandList())).as("Path...")
+                .contains(e + foo.getAbsolutePath()).contains(e + bar.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).excludePaths(List.of(foo.toPath(), bar.toPath()));
+        assertThat(String.join(" ", op.executeConstructProcessCommandList())).as("List(Path...)")
+                .contains(e + foo.getAbsolutePath()).contains(e + bar.getAbsolutePath());
     }
 
     @Test
     void excludeRegex() {
         var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).excludeRegex(FOO, BAR);
         var x = "-x ";
-        assertThat(op.executeConstructProcessCommandList()).contains(x + FOO, x + BAR);
+        assertThat(String.join(" ", op.executeConstructProcessCommandList())).contains(x + FOO, x + BAR);
 
         op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).excludeRegex(List.of(FOO, BAR));
-        assertThat(op.executeConstructProcessCommandList()).as("as list").contains(x + FOO, x + BAR);
+        assertThat(String.join(" ", op.executeConstructProcessCommandList())).as("as list").contains(x + FOO, x + BAR);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -135,9 +168,9 @@ class CheckstyleOperationTest {
         tmpFile.deleteOnExit();
         var op = new CheckstyleOperation()
                 .fromProject(new WebProject())
-                .sourceDir("src/main/java", "src/test/java")
-                .configurationFile("src/test/resources/google_checks.xml")
-                .outputPath(tmpFile.getAbsolutePath());
+                .sourceDir(SRC_MAIN_JAVA, SRC_TEST_JAVA)
+                .configurationFile(Path.of("src/test/resources/google_checks.xml"))
+                .outputPath(tmpFile.toPath());
         op.execute();
         assertThat(tmpFile).exists();
     }
@@ -150,7 +183,7 @@ class CheckstyleOperationTest {
                 .propertiesFile("config/checkstyle.properties")
                 .debug(true)
                 .executeIgnoredModules(true)
-                .sourceDir("src/main/java", "src/test/java");
+                .sourceDir(SRC_MAIN_JAVA, SRC_TEST_JAVA);
         assertThat(String.join(" ", op.executeConstructProcessCommandList()))
                 .startsWith("java -cp ")
                 .endsWith(
@@ -159,15 +192,22 @@ class CheckstyleOperationTest {
                                 "-b xpath " +
                                 "-c config/checkstyle.xml " +
                                 "-d -E " +
-                                "src/main/java src/test/java");
+                                new File(SRC_MAIN_JAVA).getAbsolutePath() + " " +
+                                new File(SRC_TEST_JAVA).getAbsolutePath());
     }
 
     @Test
     void executeIgnoredModules() {
         var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).executeIgnoredModules(true);
-        assertThat(op.options.containsKey("-E")).as(ADD).isTrue();
+        assertThat(op.options().containsKey("-E")).as(ADD).isTrue();
         op = op.executeIgnoredModules(false);
-        assertThat(op.options.containsKey("-E")).as(REMOVE).isFalse();
+        assertThat(op.options().containsKey("-E")).as(REMOVE).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void executeNoProject() {
+        var op = new CheckstyleOperation();
+        assertThatCode(op::execute).isInstanceOf(ExitStatusException.class);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -176,7 +216,7 @@ class CheckstyleOperationTest {
         tmpFile.deleteOnExit();
         var op = new CheckstyleOperation()
                 .fromProject(new WebProject())
-                .sourceDir(List.of("src/main/java", "src/test/java"))
+                .sourceDir(SRC_MAIN_JAVA, SRC_TEST_JAVA)
                 .configurationFile("src/test/resources/sun_checks.xml")
                 .outputPath(tmpFile.getAbsolutePath());
         assertThatCode(op::execute).isInstanceOf(ExitStatusException.class);
@@ -185,79 +225,106 @@ class CheckstyleOperationTest {
 
     @Test
     void format() {
-        var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).format(CheckstyleFormatOption.XML);
-        assertThat(op.options.get("-f")).isEqualTo("xml");
+        var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).format(OutputFormat.XML);
+        assertThat(op.options().get("-f")).isEqualTo("xml");
     }
 
     @Test
     void generateXpathSuppression() {
         var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).generateXpathSuppression(true);
-        assertThat(op.options.containsKey("-g")).as(ADD).isTrue();
+        assertThat(op.options().containsKey("-g")).as(ADD).isTrue();
         op = op.generateXpathSuppression(false);
-        assertThat(op.options.containsKey("-g")).as(REMOVE).isFalse();
+        assertThat(op.options().containsKey("-g")).as(REMOVE).isFalse();
     }
 
     @Test
     void javadocTree() {
         var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).javadocTree(true);
-        assertThat(op.options.containsKey("-j")).as(ADD).isTrue();
+        assertThat(op.options().containsKey("-j")).as(ADD).isTrue();
         op = op.javadocTree(false);
-        assertThat(op.options.containsKey("-j")).as(REMOVE).isFalse();
+        assertThat(op.options().containsKey("-j")).as(REMOVE).isFalse();
     }
 
     @Test
     void outputPath() {
         var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).outputPath(FOO);
-        assertThat(op.options.get("-o")).isEqualTo(FOO);
+        assertThat(op.options().get("-o")).isEqualTo(FOO);
     }
 
     @Test
     void propertiesFile() {
         var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).propertiesFile(FOO);
-        assertThat(op.options.get("-p")).isEqualTo(FOO);
+        assertThat(op.options().get("-p")).isEqualTo(FOO);
+
+        var fooPath = Path.of(FOO);
+        op = op.propertiesFile(fooPath);
+        assertThat(op.options().get("-p")).isEqualTo(fooPath.toFile().getAbsolutePath());
     }
 
     @Test
     void sourceDir() {
-        var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).sourceDir(FOO);
-        assertThat(op.sourceDirs).contains(FOO);
-        op = op.sourceDir(FOO, BAR);
-        assertThat(op.sourceDirs).as("foo, bar").hasSize(2).contains(FOO).contains(BAR);
+        var foo = new File(FOO);
+        var bar = new File(BAR);
+
+        var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).sourceDir(FOO, BAR);
+        assertThat(op.sourceDir()).as("String...").hasSize(2).contains(foo, bar);
+        op.sourceDir().clear();
+
+        op = op.sourceDirStrings(List.of(FOO, BAR));
+        assertThat(op.sourceDir()).as("List(String...)").hasSize(2).contains(foo, bar);
+        op.sourceDir().clear();
+
+        op = op.sourceDir(foo, bar);
+        assertThat(op.sourceDir()).as("File...").hasSize(2).contains(foo, bar);
+        op.sourceDir().clear();
+
+        op = op.sourceDir(List.of(foo, bar));
+        assertThat(op.sourceDir()).as("List(File...)").hasSize(2).contains(foo, bar);
+        op.sourceDir().clear();
+
+        op = op.sourceDir(foo.toPath(), bar.toPath());
+        assertThat(op.sourceDir()).as("Path...").hasSize(2).contains(foo, bar);
+        op.sourceDir().clear();
+
+        op = op.sourceDirPaths(List.of(foo.toPath(), bar.toPath()));
+        assertThat(op.sourceDir()).as("List(Path...)").hasSize(2).contains(foo, bar);
+        op.sourceDir().clear();
     }
 
+
     @Test
     void suppressionLineColumnNumber() {
         var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).suppressionLineColumnNumber(FOO + ':' + BAR);
-        assertThat(op.options.get("-s")).isEqualTo(FOO + ':' + BAR);
+        assertThat(op.options().get("-s")).isEqualTo(FOO + ':' + BAR);
     }
 
     @Test
     void tabWith() {
         var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).tabWith(9);
-        assertThat(op.options.get("-w")).isEqualTo("9");
+        assertThat(op.options().get("-w")).isEqualTo("9");
     }
 
     @Test
     void tree() {
         var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).tree(true);
-        assertThat(op.options.containsKey("-t")).as(ADD).isTrue();
+        assertThat(op.options().containsKey("-t")).as(ADD).isTrue();
         op = op.tree(false);
-        assertThat(op.options.containsKey("-t")).as(REMOVE).isFalse();
+        assertThat(op.options().containsKey("-t")).as(REMOVE).isFalse();
     }
 
     @Test
     void treeWithComments() {
         var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).treeWithComments(true);
-        assertThat(op.options.containsKey("-T")).as(ADD).isTrue();
+        assertThat(op.options().containsKey("-T")).as(ADD).isTrue();
         op = op.treeWithComments(false);
-        assertThat(op.options.containsKey("-T")).as(REMOVE).isFalse();
+        assertThat(op.options().containsKey("-T")).as(REMOVE).isFalse();
     }
 
     @Test
     void treeWithJavadoc() {
         var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new Project()).treeWithJavadoc(true);
-        assertThat(op.options.containsKey("-J")).as(ADD).isTrue();
+        assertThat(op.options().containsKey("-J")).as(ADD).isTrue();
         op = op.treeWithJavadoc(false);
-        assertThat(op.options.containsKey("-J")).as(REMOVE).isFalse();
+        assertThat(op.options().containsKey("-J")).as(REMOVE).isFalse();
     }
 }

src/test/resources/checkstyle-args.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+-b
+-c
+-d
+-e
+-E
+-f
+-g
+-j
+-J
+-o
+-p
+-s
+-t
+-T
+-w
+-x