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+  <title>Checks for usage</title>
+  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="mystyle.css"/>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+<!-- The header -->
+<table border="0" width="100%" summary="header layout">
+  <tr>
+    <td><h1>Checks for usage</h1></td>
+    <td align="right"><img src="logo.png" alt="Checkstyle Logo"/></td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<!-- content -->
+<table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" summary="body layout">
+  <tr>
+    <!--Left menu-->
+    <td class="menu" valign="top">
+      <ul>
+        <li>
+          <a href="#OneMethodPrivateField">OneMethodPrivateField</a>
+        </li>
+        <li>
+          <a href="#UnusedLocalVariable">UnusedLocalVariable</a>
+        </li>
+        <li>
+          <a href="#UnusedParameter">UnusedParameter</a>
+        </li>
+        <li>
+          <a href="#UnusedPrivateField">UnusedPrivateField</a>
+        </li>
+        <li>
+          <a href="#UnusedPrivateMethod">UnusedPrivateMethod</a>
+        </li>
+      </ul>
+    </td>
+    <!--Content-->
+    <td class="content" valign="top" align="left">
+    
+      <a name="OneMethodPrivateField"></a> <h2>OneMethodPrivateField</h2> <h4>Description</h4>
+
+      <p class="body">
+      Checks that a private field is used in more than one method, constructor, or initializer.
+      </p>
+      <p class="body">
+      Rationale: a private field used in only one method, constructor, or
+      initializer should be replaced by a local variable.
+      </p>
+      <h4>Properties</h4>
+      <table width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="5" class="body">
+        <tr class="header">
+          <th>name</th>
+          <th>description</th>
+          <th>type</th>
+          <th>default value</th>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>ignoreFormat</td>
+          <td>pattern for field names that should be ignored</td>
+          <td><a href="property_types.html#regexp">regular expression</a></td>
+          <td><span class="default">^$</span> (empty)</td>
+        </tr>
+      </table>
+
+      <h4>Examples</h4>
+      <p class="body">
+      To configure the check:
+      </p>
+      <pre class="body">
+&lt;module name=&quot;OneMethodPrivateField&quot;/&gt;
+      </pre>
+      <p class="body">
+      To configure the check to ignore fields whose name ends in <span class="code">Temp</span>:
+      </p>
+      <pre class="body">
+&lt;module name=&quot;OneMethodPrivateField&quot;&gt;
+    &lt;property name=&quot;ignoreFormat&quot; value=&quot;Temp$&quot;/&gt;
+&lt;/module&gt;
+      </pre>
+      <h4>Package</h4>
+      <p class="body">
+      com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.usage
+      </p>
+
+      <h4>Parent Module</h4>
+      <p class="body">
+      <a href="config.html#treewalker">TreeWalker</a>
+      </p>
+
+
+      <a name="UnusedLocalVariable"></a> <h2>UnusedLocalVariable</h2> <h4>Description</h4>
+
+      <p class="body">
+      Checks that a local variable is used after its declaration.
+      </p>
+      </p>
+      <h4>Properties</h4>
+      <table width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="5" class="body">
+        <tr class="header">
+          <th>name</th>
+          <th>description</th>
+          <th>type</th>
+          <th>default value</th>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>ignoreFormat</td>
+          <td>pattern for variable names that should be ignored</td>
+          <td><a href="property_types.html#regexp">regular expression</a></td>
+          <td><span class="default">^$</span> (empty)</td>
+        </tr>
+      </table>
+
+      <h4>Examples</h4>
+      <p class="body">
+      To configure the check:
+      </p>
+      <pre class="body">
+&lt;module name=&quot;UnusedLocalVariable&quot;/&gt;
+      </pre>
+      <p class="body">
+      To configure the check to ignore variables whose name ends in <span class="code">Temp</span>:
+      </p>
+      <pre class="body">
+&lt;module name=&quot;UnusedLocalVariable&quot;&gt;
+    &lt;property name=&quot;ignoreFormat&quot; value=&quot;Temp$&quot;/&gt;
+&lt;/module&gt;
+      </pre>
+      <h4>Package</h4>
+      <p class="body">
+      com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.usage
+      </p>
+
+      <h4>Parent Module</h4>
+      <p class="body">
+      <a href="config.html#treewalker">TreeWalker</a>
+      </p>
+
+
+      <a name="UnusedParameter"></a> <h2>UnusedParameter</h2> <h4>Description</h4>
+
+      <p class="body">
+      Checks that a parameter is used.
+      </p>
+      </p>
+      <h4>Properties</h4>
+      <table width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="5" class="body">
+        <tr class="header">
+          <th>name</th>
+          <th>description</th>
+          <th>type</th>
+          <th>default value</th>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>ignoreFormat</td>
+          <td>pattern for parameter names that should be ignored</td>
+          <td><a href="property_types.html#regexp">regular expression</a></td>
+          <td><span class="default">^$</span> (empty)</td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>ignoreCatch</td>
+          <td>controls whether <span class="code">catch</span> parameters should be ignored</td>
+          <td><a href="property_types.html#boolean">boolean</a></td>
+          <td><span class="default">true</span></td>
+        </tr>
+      </table>
+
+      <h4>Examples</h4>
+      <p class="body">
+      To configure the check:
+      </p>
+      <pre class="body">
+&lt;module name=&quot;UnusedParameter&quot;/&gt;
+      </pre>
+      <p class="body">
+      To configure the check to ignore parameters whose name ends in <span class="code">Temp</span>:
+      </p>
+      <pre class="body">
+&lt;module name=&quot;UnusedParameter&quot;&gt;
+    &lt;property name=&quot;ignoreFormat&quot; value=&quot;Temp$&quot;/&gt;
+&lt;/module&gt;
+      </pre>
+      <p class="body">
+      To configure the check to report unused <span class="code">catch</span> parameters:
+      </p>
+      <pre class="body">
+&lt;module name=&quot;UnusedParameter&quot;&gt;
+    &lt;property name=&quot;ignoreCatch&quot; value=&quot;false&quot;/&gt;
+&lt;/module&gt;
+      </pre>
+      <h4>Package</h4>
+      <p class="body">
+      com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.usage
+      </p>
+
+      <h4>Parent Module</h4>
+      <p class="body">
+      <a href="config.html#treewalker">TreeWalker</a>
+      </p>
+
+      <a name="UnusedPrivateField"></a> <h2>UnusedPrivateField</h2> <h4>Description</h4>
+
+      <p class="body">
+      Checks that a private field is used.
+      </p>
+      </p>
+      <h4>Properties</h4>
+      <table width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="5" class="body">
+        <tr class="header">
+          <th>name</th>
+          <th>description</th>
+          <th>type</th>
+          <th>default value</th>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>ignoreFormat</td>
+          <td>pattern for field names that should be ignored</td>
+          <td><a href="property_types.html#regexp">regular expression</a></td>
+          <td><span class="default">^$</span> (empty)</td>
+        </tr>
+      </table>
+
+      <h4>Examples</h4>
+      <p class="body">
+      To configure the check:
+      </p>
+      <pre class="body">
+&lt;module name=&quot;UnusedPrivateField&quot;/&gt;
+      </pre>
+      <p class="body">
+      To configure the check to ignore fields whose name ends in <span class="code">Temp</span>:
+      </p>
+      <pre class="body">
+&lt;module name=&quot;UnusedPrivateField&quot;&gt;
+    &lt;property name=&quot;ignoreFormat&quot; value=&quot;Temp$&quot;/&gt;
+&lt;/module&gt;
+      </pre>
+      <h4>Package</h4>
+      <p class="body">
+      com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.usage
+      </p>
+
+      <h4>Parent Module</h4>
+      <p class="body">
+      <a href="config.html#treewalker">TreeWalker</a>
+      </p>
+
+
+      <a name="UnusedPrivateMethod"></a> <h2>UnusedPrivateMethod</h2> <h4>Description</h4>
+
+      <p class="body">
+      Checks that a private method is used.
+      </p>
+      </p>
+      <h4>Properties</h4>
+      <table width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="5" class="body">
+        <tr class="header">
+          <th>name</th>
+          <th>description</th>
+          <th>type</th>
+          <th>default value</th>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>ignoreFormat</td>
+          <td>pattern for method names that should be ignored</td>
+          <td><a href="property_types.html#regexp">regular expression</a></td>
+          <td><span class="default">^$</span> (empty)</td>
+        </tr>
+      </table>
+
+      <h4>Examples</h4>
+      <p class="body">
+      To configure the check:
+      </p>
+      <pre class="body">
+&lt;module name=&quot;UnusedPrivateMethod&quot;/&gt;
+      </pre>
+      <p class="body">
+      To configure the check to ignore methods whose name ends in <span class="code">Temp</span>:
+      </p>
+      <pre class="body">
+&lt;module name=&quot;UnusedPrivateMethod&quot;&gt;
+    &lt;property name=&quot;ignoreFormat&quot; value=&quot;Temp$&quot;/&gt;
+&lt;/module&gt;
+      </pre>
+      <h4>Package</h4>
+      <p class="body">
+      com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.usage
+      </p>
+
+      <h4>Parent Module</h4>
+      <p class="body">
+      <a href="config.html#treewalker">TreeWalker</a>
+      </p>
+
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
+<hr />
+<div><a href="index.html">Back to the Checkstyle Home Page</a></div>
+<p class="copyright">
+Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 Oliver Burn. All rights Reserved.
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         <li class="body"><a href="config_blocks.html">Blocks</a></li>
         <li class="body"><a href="config_coding.html">Coding Problems</a></li>
         <li class="body"><a href="config_design.html">Class Design</a></li>
+        <li class="body"><a href="config_usage.html">Usage</a></li>
         <li class="body"><a href="config_j2ee.html">J2EE Requirements</a></li>
         <li class="body"><a href="config_misc.html">Miscellaneous Checks</a></li>
       </ul>
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         <li class="body">Added a check that an overriding finalize() method invokes
           super.finalize().</li>
 
+        <li class="body">Added usage checks OneMethodPrivateFieldCheck, UnusedLocalVariableCheck,
+          UnusedParameterCheck, UnusedPrivateFieldCheck, UnusedPrivateMethodCheck.</li>
+
       </ul>
 
       <p class="body">
