trying to get checkstyle to work

Author: folkengine

NOTES.md

@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
 * Running `gradle wrapper` to get the latest version. 
 * Setting up dev container with [Setting up a Java project for GitHub Codespaces](https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/setting-up-your-project-for-codespaces/adding-a-dev-container-configuration/setting-up-your-java-project-for-codespaces)
 * https://devqa.io/junit-5-annotations/
-* Updated CI.yml https://github.com/gradle/gradle-build-action
+* Updated CI.yml https://github.com/gradle/gradle-build-action
+* https://stackoverflow.com/a/31622432/1245251

README.md

@@ -6,14 +6,5 @@
 
 ---
 
-# Base Template for Dev Playbooks
+# Java / Gradle / JUnit Jupiter Dev Playbook
 
-Includes:
-
-* [Actions Blank CI Starter Workglow](https://github.com/actions/starter-workflows/blob/main/ci/blank.yml)
-* [bnb's](https://github.com/bnb) [Codespaces Base Starter](https://github.com/codespaces-examples/base)
-* Choice of licenses:
-    * [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
-    * [GPL 3.0 License](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html)
-    * [MIT License](https://opensource.org/license/mit/)
-* [Shields.io](https://shields.io/) [Badges](https://github.com/badges/shields)

build.gradle

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
     id 'java'
     id 'com.adarshr.test-logger' version '4.0.0'
+    id 'checkstyle'
     id 'idea' // optional (to generate IntelliJ IDEA project files)
 }
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ java {
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
+    jcenter()
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -24,4 +26,28 @@ dependencies {
 
 test {
     useJUnitPlatform()
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'checkstyle'
+checkstyle {
+    toolVersion = '10.3' // Specify the Checkstyle version
+    configFile = file('config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml') // Path to your checkstyle.xml
+
+    ignoreFailures = false
+    showViolations = true
+}
+
+checkstyleMain {
+    source ='src/main/java'
+}
+
+checkstyleTest {
+    source ='src/test/java'
+}
+
+tasks.withType(Checkstyle) {
+    reports {
+        xml.required.set(false)
+        html.required.set(true) // Enable HTML report
+    }
 }