diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/AbstractNestedDepthCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/AbstractNestedDepthCheck.java
index 6a64d3859..89a46fb8f 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/AbstractNestedDepthCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/AbstractNestedDepthCheck.java
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractNestedDepthCheck extends Check
     protected final void nestIn(DetailAST aAST, String aMessageId)
     {
         if (mDepth > mMax) {
-            log(aAST.getLineNo(), aAST.getColumnNo(), aMessageId,
-                new Integer(mDepth), new Integer(mMax));
+            log(aAST, aMessageId, new Integer(mDepth), new Integer(mMax));
         }
         ++mDepth;
     }
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/ExplicitInitializationCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/ExplicitInitializationCheck.java
index 8f61e4b61..879edb1bb 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/ExplicitInitializationCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/ExplicitInitializationCheck.java
@@ -90,27 +90,23 @@ public class ExplicitInitializationCheck extends Check
         if (isObjectType(type)
             && exprStart.getType() == TokenTypes.LITERAL_NULL)
         {
-            log(ident.getLineNo(), ident.getColumnNo(),
-                "explicit.init", ident.getText(), "null");
+            log(ident, "explicit.init", ident.getText(), "null");
         }
         int primitiveType = type.getFirstChild().getType();
         if (primitiveType == TokenTypes.LITERAL_BOOLEAN
             && exprStart.getType() == TokenTypes.LITERAL_FALSE)
         {
-            log(ident.getLineNo(), ident.getColumnNo(),
-                "explicit.init", ident.getText(), "false");
+            log(ident, "explicit.init", ident.getText(), "false");
         }
         if (isNumericType(primitiveType) && isZero(exprStart)) {
-            log(ident.getLineNo(), ident.getColumnNo(),
-                "explicit.init", ident.getText(), "0");
+            log(ident, "explicit.init", ident.getText(), "0");
         }
         if (primitiveType == TokenTypes.LITERAL_CHAR
             && (isZero(exprStart)
                 || exprStart.getType() == TokenTypes.CHAR_LITERAL
                 && "'\\0'".equals(exprStart.getText())))
         {
-            log(ident.getLineNo(), ident.getColumnNo(),
-                "explicit.init", ident.getText(), "\\0");
+            log(ident, "explicit.init", ident.getText(), "\\0");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/IllegalCatchCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/IllegalCatchCheck.java
index eff31eaf3..d844b3895 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/IllegalCatchCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/IllegalCatchCheck.java
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ public final class IllegalCatchCheck extends Check
         FullIdent ident = CheckUtils.createFullType(excType);
 
         if (isIllegalClassName(ident.getText())) {
-            log(aDetailAST.getLineNo(),
-                aDetailAST.getColumnNo(),
-                "illegal.catch", ident.getText());
+            log(aDetailAST, "illegal.catch", ident.getText());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/JUnitTestCaseCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/JUnitTestCaseCheck.java
index 1ccd99698..aa2123ad3 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/JUnitTestCaseCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/JUnitTestCaseCheck.java
@@ -95,13 +95,11 @@ public final class JUnitTestCaseCheck extends Check
     private void checkSuiteMethod(DetailAST aAST, String aActualName)
     {
         if (!aActualName.equals(SUITE_METHOD_NAME)) {
-            log(aAST.getLineNo(), aAST.getColumnNo(),
-                "junit.method.name", SUITE_METHOD_NAME);
+            log(aAST, "junit.method.name", SUITE_METHOD_NAME);
         }
 
         if (!isPublicAndStatic(aAST)) {
-            log(aAST.getLineNo(), aAST.getColumnNo(),
-                "junit.method.public.and.static", SUITE_METHOD_NAME);
+            log(aAST, "junit.method.public.and.static", SUITE_METHOD_NAME);
         }
 
         // let's check return type
@@ -113,9 +111,8 @@ public final class JUnitTestCaseCheck extends Check
             || !"Test".equals(type)
             && !"junit.framework.Test".equals(type))
         {
-            log(aAST.getLineNo(),  aAST.getColumnNo(),
-                "junit.method.return.type", SUITE_METHOD_NAME,
-                "junit.framework.Test");
+            log(aAST, "junit.method.return.type",
+                SUITE_METHOD_NAME, "junit.framework.Test");
         }
         checkParameters(aAST, SUITE_METHOD_NAME);
     }
@@ -130,18 +127,15 @@ public final class JUnitTestCaseCheck extends Check
                                           String aExpectedName)
     {
         if (!aActualName.equals(aExpectedName)) {
-            log(aAST.getLineNo(), aAST.getColumnNo(),
-                "junit.method.name", aActualName, aExpectedName);
+            log(aAST, "junit.method.name", aActualName, aExpectedName);
         }
 
         if (!isPublicOrProtected(aAST)) {
-            log(aAST.getLineNo(), aAST.getColumnNo(),
-                "junit.method.protected.or.public", aExpectedName);
+            log(aAST, "junit.method.protected.or.public", aExpectedName);
         }
 
         if (isStatic(aAST)) {
-            log(aAST.getLineNo(), aAST.getColumnNo(),
-                "junit.method.static", aExpectedName);
+            log(aAST, "junit.method.static", aExpectedName);
         }
 
         checkReturnValue(aAST, TEAR_DOWN_METHOD_NAME);
@@ -158,8 +152,7 @@ public final class JUnitTestCaseCheck extends Check
         DetailAST returnValueAST = aAST.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.TYPE);
 
         if (returnValueAST.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.LITERAL_VOID) == null) {
-            log(aAST.getLineNo(),  aAST.getColumnNo(),
-                "junit.method.return.type", aName, "void");
+            log(aAST, "junit.method.return.type", aName, "void");
         }
     }
 
@@ -173,8 +166,7 @@ public final class JUnitTestCaseCheck extends Check
         DetailAST parametersAST = aAST.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.PARAMETERS);
 
         if (parametersAST.getChildCount() != 0) {
-            log (aAST.getLineNo(),  aAST.getColumnNo(),
-                 "junit.method.parameters", aName);
+            log(aAST, "junit.method.parameters", aName);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocMethodCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocMethodCheck.java
index f6fbb9e17..a7ca1fec5 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocMethodCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocMethodCheck.java
@@ -288,9 +288,7 @@ public class JavadocMethodCheck
                     contents.getJavadocBefore(aAST.getLineNo());
 
                 if (cmt == null) {
-                    log(aAST.getLineNo(),
-                        aAST.getColumnNo(),
-                        "javadoc.missing");
+                    log(aAST, "javadoc.missing");
                 }
                 else {
                     checkComment(aAST, cmt);
@@ -508,8 +506,7 @@ public class JavadocMethodCheck
             final Iterator paramIt = aParams.iterator();
             while (paramIt.hasNext()) {
                 final DetailAST param = (DetailAST) paramIt.next();
-                log(param.getLineNo(), param.getColumnNo(),
-                    "javadoc.expectedTag", "@param", param.getText());
+                log(param, "javadoc.expectedTag", "@param", param.getText());
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocVariableCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocVariableCheck.java
index 7252ecbaa..9abdb99df 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocVariableCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/javadoc/JavadocVariableCheck.java
@@ -91,9 +91,7 @@ public class JavadocVariableCheck
                         contents.getJavadocBefore(aAST.getLineNo());
 
                     if (cmt == null) {
-                        log(aAST.getLineNo(),
-                            aAST.getColumnNo(),
-                            "javadoc.missing");
+                        log(aAST, "javadoc.missing");
                     }
                 }
             }