[MCHECKSTYLE-314] checkstyle:check should invoke the execution of this plugin's goal "checkstyle" prior to executing itself

**[Roman Ivanov](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=romani)** opened **[MCHECKSTYLE-314](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCHECKSTYLE-314?redirect=false)** and commented

I run into problem with using checkstyles goal "checkstyle:check" in sevntu.checkstyle project (https://github.com/sevntu-checkstyle/sevntu.checkstyle/blob/master/sevntu-checks/pom.xml#L75) as it always use default Sun config when I run "checkstyle:check", It took me a while to figure out why that does not work.

I had a habit and convenience to run in such a ways pmd and findbug, just "mvn pmd:check", "mvn findbug:check" it is human friendly.

PMD and Findbugs plugins already do this:
http://gleclaire.github.io/findbugs-maven-plugin/check-mojo.html
https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-pmd-plugin/check-mojo.html
search for "Invokes the execution of this plugin's goal"
vs
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/check-mojo.html

Problem was also raised at : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11106767/maven-checkstylecheck-not-working

Please add support of this, most users are not professionals in Maven. I use Maven for many years and it took me too much time to find a reason why it does not work.

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**Affects:** 2.17

2 votes, 8 watchers

Start with the checkstyle:check goal and compare its documented behavior with the PMD and FindBugs check goals linked in the issue. The change is done when invoking checkstyle:check first runs this plugin's checkstyle goal, so the configured Checkstyle rules are used instead of the default Sun configuration.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.