diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Verifier.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Verifier.java
index 1659a72f6..5b84054ed 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Verifier.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Verifier.java
@@ -170,4 +170,10 @@ interface Verifier
      * constructor.
      **/
     void reportEndMethodBlock();
+
+    /**
+     * Report the location of a reference to an identifier
+     * @param aAST details of the identifier
+     */
+    void reportIdentifier(MyCommonAST aAST);
 }
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/VerifierImpl.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/VerifierImpl.java
index e06d21d53..60a60466c 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/VerifierImpl.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/VerifierImpl.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.apache.regexp.RESyntaxException;
 class VerifierImpl
     implements Verifier
 {
+    // {{{ Data declarations
     /** the pattern to match Javadoc tags that take an argument **/
     private static final String MATCH_JAVADOC_ARG_PAT
         = "@(throws|exception|param)\\s+(\\S+)\\s+\\S";
@@ -92,6 +93,9 @@ class VerifierImpl
     /** configuration for checking **/
     private final Configuration mConfig;
 
+    // }}}
+
+    // {{{ Constructors
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // Constructor methods
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -105,6 +109,9 @@ class VerifierImpl
         mConfig = aConfig;
     }
 
+    // }}}
+
+    // {{{ Interface verifier methods
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // Interface Verifier methods
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -256,6 +263,12 @@ class VerifierImpl
         }
         else {
             final MyModifierSet mods = aVar.getModifierSet();
+
+            if (mods.containsPrivate()) {
+                System.out.println("Need to check for " + aVar.getText());
+            }
+
+            // Checks for Javadoc
             if (mods.containsStatic()) {
                 if (mods.containsFinal()) {
                     // Handle the serialVersionUID constant which is used for
@@ -464,7 +477,15 @@ class VerifierImpl
         mMethodBlockLevel--;
     }
 
+    /** @see Verifier **/
+    public void reportIdentifier(MyCommonAST aAST)
+    {
+        //System.out.println("Just got reported = " + aAST);
+    }
 
+    // }}}
+
+    // {{{ Private methods
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // Private methods
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -798,4 +819,6 @@ class VerifierImpl
         }
         return retVal;
     }
+
+    // }}}
 }
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/java.tree.g b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/java.tree.g
index 51a395cda..f600e3e5e 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/java.tree.g
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/java.tree.g
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ expr
    ;
 
 primaryExpression
-    :   i1:IDENT { firstExprIdent = i1;}
+    :   IDENT { firstExprIdent = #IDENT; ver.reportIdentifier(#IDENT); }
     |   #( DOT
             (expr
                 (i2:IDENT { firstExprIdent = null;}