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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
+          "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.3//EN"
+          "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+
+<!--
+
+    Checkstyle configurartion that checks the Google coding conventions from:
+    
+    -  Google Java Style
+       https://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn-history/r130/trunk/javaguide.html
+       
+    Checkstyle is very configurable. Be sure to read the documentation at
+    http://checkstyle.sf.net (or in your downloaded distribution).
+
+    Most Checks are configurable, be sure to consult the documentation.
+
+    To completely disable a check, just comment it out or delete it from the file.
+
+    Authors: Max Vetrenko, Ruslan Diachenko, Roman Ivanov.
+    
+ -->
+ 
+<module name = "Checker">
+    <property name="charset" value="UTF-8"/>
+    
+    <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
+    
+    <!-- Checks for whitespace                               -->
+    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_whitespace.html -->
+        <module name="FileTabCharacter">
+            <property name="eachLine" value="true"/>
+        </module>
+    
+    <module name="TreeWalker">
+        <module name="OuterTypeFilename"/>
+        <module name="IllegalTokenText">
+            <property name="tokens" value="STRING_LITERAL, CHAR_LITERAL"/>
+            <property name="format" value="\\u00(08|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="Avoid using corresponding octal or Unicode escape."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharacters">
+            <property name="allowEscapesForControlCharacters" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowByTailComment" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowNonPrintableEscapes" value="true"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="LineLength">
+            <property name="max" value="100"/>
+            <property name="ignorePattern" value="^package.*|^import.*|a href|href|http://|https://|ftp://"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="AvoidStarImport"/>
+        <module name="OneTopLevelClass"/>
+        <module name="NoLineWrap"/>
+        <module name="EmptyBlock">
+            <property name="option" value="TEXT"/>
+            <property name="tokens" value="LITERAL_TRY, LITERAL_CATCH, LITERAL_FINALLY, LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_ELSE, LITERAL_SWITCH"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="NeedBraces"/>
+        <module name="LeftCurly">
+            <property name="maxLineLength" value="100"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="RightCurly"/>
+        <module name="RightCurly">
+            <property name="option" value="alone"/>
+            <property name="tokens" value="CLASS_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF, LITERAL_FOR, LITERAL_WHILE, LITERAL_DO, STATIC_INIT, INSTANCE_INIT"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="WhitespaceAround">
+            <property name="allowEmptyConstructors" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowEmptyMethods" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowEmptyTypes" value="true"/>
+            <property name="allowEmptyLoops" value="true"/>
+            <message key="ws.notFollowed"
+             value="WhitespaceAround: ''{0}'' is not followed by whitespace."/>
+             <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="allowNoEmptyLineBetweenFields" value="true"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
+            <property name="tokens" value="DOT"/>
+            <property name="option" value="nl"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="SeparatorWrap">
+            <property name="tokens" value="COMMA"/>
+            <property name="option" value="EOL"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="PackageName">
+            <property name="format" value="^[a-z]+(\.[a-z][a-z0-9]*)*$"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Package name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="TypeName">
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="MemberName">
+            <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Member name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="ParameterName">
+            <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"/>
+            <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+             value="Parameter name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="LocalVariableName">
+            <property name="tokens" value="VARIABLE_DEF"/>
+            <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"/>
+            <property name="allowOneCharVarInForLoop" value="true"/>
+            <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]?)$|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*[T]$)"/>
+            <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="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="2"/> -->
+<!--             <property name="braceAdjustment" value="0"/> -->
+<!--             <property name="caseIndent" value="2"/> -->
+<!--             <property name="throwsIndent" value="2"/> -->
+<!--         </module> -->
+        <module name="AbbreviationAsWordInName">
+            <property name="ignoreFinal" value="false"/>
+            <property name="allowedAbbreviationLength" value="1"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="OverloadMethodsDeclarationOrder"/>
+        <module name="VariableDeclarationUsageDistance"/>
+        <module name="CustomImportOrder">
+            <property name="thirdPartyPackageRegExp" value=".*"/>
+            <property name="specialImportsRegExp" value="com.google"/>
+            <property name="sortImportsInGroupAlphabetically" value="true"/>
+            <property name="customImportOrderRules" value="STATIC###SPECIAL_IMPORTS###THIRD_PARTY_PACKAGE###STANDARD_JAVA_PACKAGE"/>
+        </module>
+        <module name="MethodParamPad"/>
+        <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 "/>
+        </module>
+    </module>
+</module>