diff --git a/config/intellij-idea-inspections.xml b/config/intellij-idea-inspections.xml
index 4b9ffd7f8..bc23000fb 100644
--- a/config/intellij-idea-inspections.xml
+++ b/config/intellij-idea-inspections.xml
@@ -1738,7 +1738,9 @@
         <option name="ignorePrivateMethods" value="true" />
     </inspection_tool>
     <inspection_tool class="ReturnOfDateField" enabled="true" level="WARNING" enabled_by_default="true" />
-    <inspection_tool class="ReturnOfInnerClass" enabled="true" level="WARNING" enabled_by_default="true" />
+    <inspection_tool class="ReturnOfInnerClass" enabled="true" level="WARNING" enabled_by_default="true" >
+        <option name="ignoreNonPublic" value="true" />
+    </inspection_tool>
     <inspection_tool class="ReturnThis" enabled="false" level="ERROR" enabled_by_default="false" />
     <inspection_tool class="ReuseOfLocalVariable" enabled="true" level="ERROR" enabled_by_default="true" />
     <inspection_tool class="ReuseOfLocalVariableJS" enabled="true" level="ERROR" enabled_by_default="true" />
diff --git a/config/pmd.xml b/config/pmd.xml
index da6fc7d81..cb6018588 100644
--- a/config/pmd.xml
+++ b/config/pmd.xml
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@
     <property name="violationSuppressXPath" value="//ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration[@Image='XMLLogger']//MethodDeclarator[@Image='isReference'] | //ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration[@Image='DetailAST']//MethodDeclarator[@Image='addPreviousSibling'] | //ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration[@Image='AnnotationLocationCheck']//MethodDeclarator[@Image='checkAnnotations'] | //ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration[@Image='PkgControl']//MethodDeclarator[@Image='checkAccess'] | //ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration[@Image='HandlerFactory']//MethodDeclarator[@Image='getHandler']"/>
     </properties>
   </rule>
+  <rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml/AccessorClassGeneration">
+    <properties>
+      <!-- We do instantiation by way of private constructors from outside of the constructor’s
+      class in DetectorOptions intentionally as it is a whole idea of Builder pattern. -->
+      <property name="violationSuppressXPath" value="//ClassOrInterfaceDeclaration[@Image='DetectorOptions']"/>
+    </properties>
+  </rule>
   <rule ref="rulesets/java/design.xml/PreserveStackTrace">
     <properties>
      <!-- yes we swallow one exception and try to do another attempt, second attempt does not hide cause -->
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/regexp/DetectorOptions.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/regexp/DetectorOptions.java
index 33d56f93f..0220f24da 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/regexp/DetectorOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/regexp/DetectorOptions.java
@@ -21,25 +21,26 @@ package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.regexp;
 
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.ObjectUtils;
+
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractViolationReporter;
 
 /**
  * Options for a detector.
  * @author Oliver Burn
  */
-class DetectorOptions {
+final class DetectorOptions {
     /**
      * Flags to compile a regular expression with.
      * See {@link Pattern#flags()}.
      */
-    private final int compileFlags;
+    private int compileFlags;
     /** Used for reporting violations. */
-    private final AbstractViolationReporter reporter;
+    private AbstractViolationReporter reporter;
     /**
-     * Format of the regular expression to check for. Default value is pattern that never matches
-     * any string.
+     * Format of the regular expression to check for.
      */
-    private String format = "$.";
+    private String format;
     /** The message to report on detection. If blank, then use the format. */
     private String message = "";
     /** Minimum number of times regular expression should occur in a file. */
@@ -49,82 +50,12 @@ class DetectorOptions {
     /** Whether to ignore case when matching. */
     private boolean ignoreCase;
     /** Used to determine whether to suppress a detected match. */
-    private MatchSuppressor suppressor = NeverSuppress.INSTANCE;
+    private MatchSuppressor suppressor;
     /** Pattern created from format. Lazily initialized. */
     private Pattern pattern;
 
-    /**
-     * Creates an instance.
-     * @param compileFlags the flags to create the regular expression with.
-     * @param reporter used to report violations.
-     */
-    DetectorOptions(int compileFlags,
-            AbstractViolationReporter reporter) {
-        this.compileFlags = compileFlags;
-        this.reporter = reporter;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * The format to use when matching lines.
-     * @param format the format to use when matching lines.
-     * @return current instance
-     */
-    public DetectorOptions setFormat(String format) {
-        this.format = format;
-        pattern = null;
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Message to use when reporting a match.
-     * @param message message to use when reporting a match.
-     * @return current instance.
-     */
-    public DetectorOptions setMessage(String message) {
-        this.message = message;
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Set the minimum allowed number of detections.
-     * @param minimum the minimum allowed number of detections.
-     * @return current instance
-     */
-    public DetectorOptions setMinimum(int minimum) {
-        this.minimum = minimum;
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Set the maximum allowed number of detections.
-     * @param maximum the maximum allowed number of detections.
-     * @return current instance
-     */
-    public DetectorOptions setMaximum(int maximum) {
-        this.maximum = maximum;
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Set the suppressor to use.
-     * @param sup the suppressor to use.
-     * @return current instance
-     */
-    public DetectorOptions setSuppressor(MatchSuppressor sup) {
-        suppressor = sup;
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Set whether to ignore case when matching.
-     * @param ignore whether to ignore case when matching.
-     * @return current instance
-     */
-    public DetectorOptions setIgnoreCase(boolean ignore) {
-        ignoreCase = ignore;
-        pattern = null;
-        return this;
-    }
+    /** Default constructor.*/
+    private DetectorOptions() { }
 
     /**
      * Format of the regular expression.
@@ -190,4 +121,107 @@ class DetectorOptions {
         pattern = Pattern.compile(format, options);
         return pattern;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns new Builder object.
+     * @return Builder object.
+     */
+    static Builder newBuilder() {
+        return new DetectorOptions().new Builder();
+    }
+
+    /** Class which implements Builder pattern to build DetectorOptions instance. */
+    public final class Builder {
+
+        /**
+         * Specifies the violation reporter and returns Builder object.
+         * @param val for reporting violations.
+         * @return Builder object.
+         */
+        Builder reporter(AbstractViolationReporter val) {
+            reporter = val;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Specifies the compile flags to compile a regular expression with
+         * and returns Builder object.
+         * @param val the format to use when matching lines.
+         * @return Builder object.
+         */
+        Builder compileFlags(int val) {
+            compileFlags = val;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Specifies the format to use when matching lines and returns Builder object.
+         * @param val the format to use when matching lines.
+         * @return Builder object.
+         */
+        Builder format(String val) {
+            format = val;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Specifies message to use when reporting a match and returns Builder object.
+         * @param val message to use when reporting a match.
+         * @return Builder object.
+         */
+        Builder message(String val) {
+            message = val;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Specifies the minimum allowed number of detections and returns Builder object.
+         * @param val the minimum allowed number of detections.
+         * @return Builder object.
+         */
+        Builder minimum(int val) {
+            minimum = val;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Specifies the maximum allowed number of detections and returns Builder object.
+         * @param val the maximum allowed number of detections.
+         * @return Builder object.
+         */
+        Builder maximum(int val) {
+            maximum = val;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Specifies whether to ignore case when matching and returns Builder object.
+         * @param val whether to ignore case when matching.
+         * @return Builder object.
+         */
+        Builder ignoreCase(boolean val) {
+            ignoreCase = val;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Specifies the suppressor to use and returns Builder object.
+         * @param val the suppressor to use.
+         * @return current instance
+         */
+        Builder suppressor(MatchSuppressor val) {
+            suppressor = val;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns new DetectorOptions instance.
+         * @return DetectorOptions instance.
+         */
+        DetectorOptions build() {
+            message = ObjectUtils.defaultIfNull(message, "");
+            suppressor = ObjectUtils.defaultIfNull(suppressor, NeverSuppress.INSTANCE);
+            return DetectorOptions.this;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/regexp/RegexpMultilineCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/regexp/RegexpMultilineCheck.java
index b713f2e79..55531fee2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/regexp/RegexpMultilineCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/regexp/RegexpMultilineCheck.java
@@ -32,15 +32,33 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.FileText;
  * @author Oliver Burn
  */
 public class RegexpMultilineCheck extends AbstractFileSetCheck {
-    /** The detection options to use. */
-    private final DetectorOptions options = new DetectorOptions(Pattern.MULTILINE,
-            this);
+
+    /** The format of the regular expression to match. */
+    private String format = "$.";
+    /** The message to report for a match. */
+    private String message;
+    /** The minimum number of matches required per file. */
+    private int minimum;
+    /** The maximum number of matches required per file. */
+    private int maximum;
+    /** Whether to ignore case when matching. */
+    private boolean ignoreCase;
+
     /** The detector to use. */
     private MultilineDetector detector;
 
     @Override
     public void beginProcessing(String charset) {
         super.beginProcessing(charset);
+        final DetectorOptions options = DetectorOptions.newBuilder()
+            .reporter(this)
+            .compileFlags(Pattern.MULTILINE)
+            .format(format)
+            .message(message)
+            .minimum(minimum)
+            .maximum(maximum)
+            .ignoreCase(ignoreCase)
+            .build();
         detector = new MultilineDetector(options);
     }
 
@@ -50,42 +68,42 @@ public class RegexpMultilineCheck extends AbstractFileSetCheck {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Set the format of the regular expression to match.
+     * Sets the format of the regular expression to match.
      * @param format the format of the regular expression to match.
      */
     public void setFormat(String format) {
-        options.setFormat(format);
+        this.format = format;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Set the message to report for a match.
+     * Sets the message to report for a match.
      * @param message the message to report for a match.
      */
     public void setMessage(String message) {
-        options.setMessage(message);
+        this.message = message;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Set the minimum number of matches required per file.
+     * Sets the minimum number of matches required per file.
      * @param minimum the minimum number of matches required per file.
      */
     public void setMinimum(int minimum) {
-        options.setMinimum(minimum);
+        this.minimum = minimum;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Set the maximum number of matches required per file.
+     * Sets the maximum number of matches required per file.
      * @param maximum the maximum number of matches required per file.
      */
     public void setMaximum(int maximum) {
-        options.setMaximum(maximum);
+        this.maximum = maximum;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Set whether to ignore case when matching.
-     * @param ignore whether to ignore case when matching.
+     * Sets whether to ignore case when matching.
+     * @param ignoreCase whether to ignore case when matching.
      */
-    public void setIgnoreCase(boolean ignore) {
-        options.setIgnoreCase(ignore);
+    public void setIgnoreCase(boolean ignoreCase) {
+        this.ignoreCase = ignoreCase;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/regexp/RegexpSinglelineCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/regexp/RegexpSinglelineCheck.java
index 8669c44ee..677c19d89 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/regexp/RegexpSinglelineCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/regexp/RegexpSinglelineCheck.java
@@ -29,14 +29,33 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractFileSetCheck;
  * @author Oliver Burn
  */
 public class RegexpSinglelineCheck extends AbstractFileSetCheck {
-    /** The detection options to use. */
-    private final DetectorOptions options = new DetectorOptions(0, this);
+
+    /** The format of the regular expression to match. */
+    private String format = "$.";
+    /** The message to report for a match. */
+    private String message;
+    /** The minimum number of matches required per file. */
+    private int minimum;
+    /** The maximum number of matches required per file. */
+    private int maximum;
+    /** Whether to ignore case when matching. */
+    private boolean ignoreCase;
+
     /** The detector to use. */
     private SinglelineDetector detector;
 
     @Override
     public void beginProcessing(String charset) {
         super.beginProcessing(charset);
+        final DetectorOptions options = DetectorOptions.newBuilder()
+            .reporter(this)
+            .compileFlags(0)
+            .format(format)
+            .message(message)
+            .minimum(minimum)
+            .maximum(maximum)
+            .ignoreCase(ignoreCase)
+            .build();
         detector = new SinglelineDetector(options);
     }
 
@@ -50,7 +69,7 @@ public class RegexpSinglelineCheck extends AbstractFileSetCheck {
      * @param format the format of the regular expression to match.
      */
     public void setFormat(String format) {
-        options.setFormat(format);
+        this.format = format;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -58,7 +77,7 @@ public class RegexpSinglelineCheck extends AbstractFileSetCheck {
      * @param message the message to report for a match.
      */
     public void setMessage(String message) {
-        options.setMessage(message);
+        this.message = message;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -66,7 +85,7 @@ public class RegexpSinglelineCheck extends AbstractFileSetCheck {
      * @param minimum the minimum number of matches required per file.
      */
     public void setMinimum(int minimum) {
-        options.setMinimum(minimum);
+        this.minimum = minimum;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -74,14 +93,14 @@ public class RegexpSinglelineCheck extends AbstractFileSetCheck {
      * @param maximum the maximum number of matches required per file.
      */
     public void setMaximum(int maximum) {
-        options.setMaximum(maximum);
+        this.maximum = maximum;
     }
 
     /**
      * Set whether to ignore case when matching.
-     * @param ignore whether to ignore case when matching.
+     * @param ignoreCase whether to ignore case when matching.
      */
-    public void setIgnoreCase(boolean ignore) {
-        options.setIgnoreCase(ignore);
+    public void setIgnoreCase(boolean ignoreCase) {
+        this.ignoreCase = ignoreCase;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/regexp/RegexpSinglelineJavaCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/regexp/RegexpSinglelineJavaCheck.java
index dda7542a2..337a74c31 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/regexp/RegexpSinglelineJavaCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/regexp/RegexpSinglelineJavaCheck.java
@@ -32,10 +32,17 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailAST;
  * @author Oliver Burn
  */
 public class RegexpSinglelineJavaCheck extends Check {
-    /** The detection options to use. */
-    private final DetectorOptions options = new DetectorOptions(0, this);
-    /** The detector to use. */
-    private SinglelineDetector detector;
+
+    /** The format of the regular expression to match. */
+    private String format = "$.";
+    /** The message to report for a match. */
+    private String message;
+    /** The minimum number of matches required per file. */
+    private int minimum;
+    /** The maximum number of matches required per file. */
+    private int maximum;
+    /** Whether to ignore case when matching. */
+    private boolean ignoreCase;
     /** Suppress comments. **/
     private boolean ignoreComments;
 
@@ -54,22 +61,24 @@ public class RegexpSinglelineJavaCheck extends Check {
         return getAcceptableTokens();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void init() {
-        super.init();
-        detector = new SinglelineDetector(options);
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void beginTree(DetailAST rootAST) {
-
+        MatchSuppressor supressor = null;
         if (ignoreComments) {
-            options.setSuppressor(new CommentSuppressor(getFileContents()));
-        }
-        else {
-            options.setSuppressor(NeverSuppress.INSTANCE);
+            supressor = new CommentSuppressor(getFileContents());
         }
 
+        final DetectorOptions options = DetectorOptions.newBuilder()
+            .reporter(this)
+            .compileFlags(0)
+            .suppressor(supressor)
+            .format(format)
+            .message(message)
+            .minimum(minimum)
+            .maximum(maximum)
+            .ignoreCase(ignoreCase)
+            .build();
+        final SinglelineDetector detector = new SinglelineDetector(options);
         detector.processLines(Arrays.asList(getLines()));
     }
 
@@ -78,7 +87,7 @@ public class RegexpSinglelineJavaCheck extends Check {
      * @param format the format of the regular expression to match.
      */
     public void setFormat(String format) {
-        options.setFormat(format);
+        this.format = format;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -86,7 +95,7 @@ public class RegexpSinglelineJavaCheck extends Check {
      * @param message the message to report for a match.
      */
     public void setMessage(String message) {
-        options.setMessage(message);
+        this.message = message;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -94,7 +103,7 @@ public class RegexpSinglelineJavaCheck extends Check {
      * @param minimum the minimum number of matches required per file.
      */
     public void setMinimum(int minimum) {
-        options.setMinimum(minimum);
+        this.minimum = minimum;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -102,15 +111,15 @@ public class RegexpSinglelineJavaCheck extends Check {
      * @param maximum the maximum number of matches required per file.
      */
     public void setMaximum(int maximum) {
-        options.setMaximum(maximum);
+        this.maximum = maximum;
     }
 
     /**
      * Set whether to ignore case when matching.
-     * @param ignore whether to ignore case when matching.
+     * @param ignoreCase whether to ignore case when matching.
      */
-    public void setIgnoreCase(boolean ignore) {
-        options.setIgnoreCase(ignore);
+    public void setIgnoreCase(boolean ignoreCase) {
+        this.ignoreCase = ignoreCase;
     }
 
     /**