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+" Vim compiler file
+" Compiler:	Checkstyle
+" Maintainer:	Doug Kearns <djkea2@mugca.its.monash.edu.au>
+" URL:		http://mugca.its.monash.edu.au/~djkea2/vim/compiler/checkstyle.vim
+" Last Change:	2004 Mar 27
+
+if exists("current_compiler")
+  finish
+endif
+let current_compiler = "checkstyle"
+
+if exists(":CompilerSet") != 2		" older Vim always used :setlocal
+  command -nargs=* CompilerSet setlocal <args>
+endif
+
+CompilerSet makeprg=java\ com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Main\ -f\ plain
+
+" sample error: WebTable.java:282: '+=' is not preceeded with whitespace.
+"		WebTable.java:201:1: '{' should be on the previous line.
+CompilerSet errorformat=%f:%l:\ %m,%f:%l:%v:\ %m,%-G%.%#