Enhanced the naming checks ConstantName, MemberName, MethodName and StaticVariableName to utilise the access control tuning features of AbstractAccessControlNameCheck. Thanks to Steve McKay for patch #2893581.

src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ConstantNameCheck.java

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class ConstantNameCheck
         final boolean isFinal = (modifiersAST != null)
             && modifiersAST.branchContains(TokenTypes.FINAL);
 
-        if ((isStatic  && isFinal)
+        if ((isStatic  && isFinal && shouldCheckInScope(modifiersAST))
             || ScopeUtils.inInterfaceOrAnnotationBlock(aAST))
         {
             // Handle the serialVersionUID and serialPersistentFields  constants

src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/MemberNameCheck.java

@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ public class MemberNameCheck
 
         return (!isStatic && !ScopeUtils.inInterfaceOrAnnotationBlock(aAST)
             && !ScopeUtils.isLocalVariableDef(aAST))
-            && (modifiersAST != null)
             && shouldCheckInScope(modifiersAST);
     }
 

src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/MethodNameCheck.java

@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
  * @author Travis Schneeberger
  * @version 1.1
  */
-public class MethodNameCheck extends AbstractNameCheck
+public class MethodNameCheck
+    extends AbstractAccessControlNameCheck
 {
     /**
      * for allowing method name to be the same as the class name.

src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/StaticVariableNameCheck.java

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ public class StaticVariableNameCheck
 
         return (isStatic
                 && !isFinal
+                && shouldCheckInScope(modifiersAST)
                 && !ScopeUtils.inInterfaceOrAnnotationBlock(aAST));
     }
 }

src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputMethNameEqualClsName.java

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle;
 
 /**
- * Test input for MethodNameCheck specifically 
+ * Test input for MethodNameCheck specifically
  * whether the method name equals the class name.
- * 
+ *
  * @author Travis Schneeberger
  */
 public class InputMethNameEqualClsName {
@@ -12,22 +12,27 @@ public class InputMethNameEqualClsName {
     public int InputMethNameEqualClsName() {
         return 0;
     }
-	
-	class Inner {
+
+    //illegal name
+    private int PRIVATEInputMethNameEqualClsName() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    class Inner {
 		//illegal name
         public int Inner() {
 			return 0;
 		}
-		
+
 		//OK name - name of the outter class's ctor
         public int InputMethNameEqualClsName() {
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 	public void anotherMethod() {
 		new InputMethNameEqualClsName() {
-			
+
 			//illegal name
             public int InputMethNameEqualClsName() {
 				return 1;

src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ConstantNameCheckTest.java

@@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ public class ConstantNameCheckTest
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputSimple.java"), expected);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testAccessControlTuning()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig =
+            createCheckConfig(ConstantNameCheck.class);
+        checkConfig.addAttribute("applyToPublic", "false");
+        checkConfig.addAttribute("applyToProtected", "false");
+        checkConfig.addAttribute("applyToPackage", "false");
+        final String[] expected = {
+            "142:30: Name 'BAD__NAME' must match pattern '^[A-Z][A-Z0-9]*(_[A-Z0-9]+)*$'."
+        };
+        verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputSimple.java"), expected);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testInterfaceAndAnnotation()
         throws Exception

src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/MethodNameCheckTest.java

@@ -28,15 +28,16 @@ public class MethodNameCheckTest
          final String[] expected = {
                  "12:16: Method Name 'InputMethNameEqualClsName' must not equal the enclosing class name.",
                  "12:16: Name 'InputMethNameEqualClsName' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
-                 "18:20: Method Name 'Inner' must not equal the enclosing class name.",
-                 "18:20: Name 'Inner' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
-                 "23:20: Name 'InputMethNameEqualClsName' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
-                 "32:24: Method Name 'InputMethNameEqualClsName' must not equal the enclosing class name.",
-                 "32:24: Name 'InputMethNameEqualClsName' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
-                 "42:9: Method Name 'SweetInterface' must not equal the enclosing class name.",
-                 "42:9: Name 'SweetInterface' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
-                 "48:17: Method Name 'Outter' must not equal the enclosing class name.",
-                 "48:17: Name 'Outter' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
+                 "17:17: Name 'PRIVATEInputMethNameEqualClsName' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
+                 "23:20: Method Name 'Inner' must not equal the enclosing class name.",
+                 "23:20: Name 'Inner' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
+                 "28:20: Name 'InputMethNameEqualClsName' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
+                 "37:24: Method Name 'InputMethNameEqualClsName' must not equal the enclosing class name.",
+                 "37:24: Name 'InputMethNameEqualClsName' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
+                 "47:9: Method Name 'SweetInterface' must not equal the enclosing class name.",
+                 "47:9: Name 'SweetInterface' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
+                 "53:17: Method Name 'Outter' must not equal the enclosing class name.",
+                 "53:17: Name 'Outter' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
          };
 
          verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputMethNameEqualClsName.java"), expected);
@@ -51,11 +52,31 @@ public class MethodNameCheckTest
 
          final String[] expected = {
                  "12:16: Name 'InputMethNameEqualClsName' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
-                 "18:20: Name 'Inner' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
-                 "23:20: Name 'InputMethNameEqualClsName' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
-                 "32:24: Name 'InputMethNameEqualClsName' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
-                 "42:9: Name 'SweetInterface' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
-                 "48:17: Name 'Outter' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
+                 "17:17: Name 'PRIVATEInputMethNameEqualClsName' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
+                 "23:20: Name 'Inner' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
+                 "28:20: Name 'InputMethNameEqualClsName' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
+                 "37:24: Name 'InputMethNameEqualClsName' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
+                 "47:9: Name 'SweetInterface' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
+                 "53:17: Name 'Outter' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
+         };
+
+         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputMethNameEqualClsName.java"), expected);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAccessTuning() throws Exception
+    {
+         final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig =
+             createCheckConfig(MethodNameCheck.class);
+         checkConfig.addAttribute("allowClassName", "true"); //allow method names and class names to equal
+         checkConfig.addAttribute("applyToPrivate", "false"); //allow method names and class names to equal
+         final String[] expected = {
+                 "12:16: Name 'InputMethNameEqualClsName' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
+                 "23:20: Name 'Inner' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
+                 "28:20: Name 'InputMethNameEqualClsName' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
+                 "37:24: Name 'InputMethNameEqualClsName' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
+                 "47:9: Name 'SweetInterface' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
+                 "53:17: Name 'Outter' must match pattern '^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
          };
 
          verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputMethNameEqualClsName.java"), expected);

src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/StaticVariableNameCheckTest.java

@@ -19,5 +19,18 @@ public class StaticVariableNameCheckTest
         };
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputSimple.java"), expected);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAccessTuning()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig =
+            createCheckConfig(StaticVariableNameCheck.class);
+        checkConfig.addAttribute("format", "^s[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$");
+        checkConfig.addAttribute("applyToPrivate", "false"); // allow method names and class names to equal
+        final String[] expected = {
+        };
+        verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputSimple.java"), expected);
+    }
 }
 

src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml

@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@
     <section name="Release 5.1">
       <p>New features:</p>
       <ul>
-        <li></li>
+        <li>
+          Enhanced the naming checks ConstantName, MemberName, MethodName
+          and StaticVariableName to utilise the access control tuning features
+          of AbstractAccessControlNameCheck. Thanks to Steve McKay for patch
+          #2893581.
+        </li>
       </ul>
       <p>Bug fixes:</p>
       <ul>