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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+
+    SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+    The MIT License (MIT)
+
+    Copyright (c) 2015-2022 games647 and contributors
+
+    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+    of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+    in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+    to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+    copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+    furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+    copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+    IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+    AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+    LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+    OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+    SOFTWARE.
+
+-->
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
+          "-//Checkstyle//DTD Checkstyle Configuration 1.3//EN"
+          "https://checkstyle.org/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+
+<!--
+
+  Checkstyle configuration that checks the sun coding conventions from:
+
+    - the Java Language Specification at
+      https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se11/html/index.html
+
+    - the Sun Code Conventions at https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/codeconventions-contents.html
+
+    - the Javadoc guidelines at
+      https://www.oracle.com/technical-resources/articles/java/javadoc-tool.html
+
+    - the JDK Api documentation https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/
+
+    - some best practices
+
+  Checkstyle is very configurable. Be sure to read the documentation at
+  https://checkstyle.org (or in your downloaded distribution).
+
+  Most Checks are configurable, be sure to consult the documentation.
+
+  To completely disable a check, just comment it out or delete it from the file.
+  To suppress certain violations please review suppression filters.
+
+  Finally, it is worth reading the documentation.
+
+-->
+
+<module name="Checker">
+  <!--
+      If you set the basedir property below, then all reported file
+      names will be relative to the specified directory. See
+      https://checkstyle.org/config.html#Checker
+
+      <property name="basedir" value="${basedir}"/>
+  -->
+  <property name="severity" value="error"/>
+
+  <property name="fileExtensions" value="java, properties, xml"/>
+
+  <!-- Excludes all 'module-info.java' files              -->
+  <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_filefilters.html -->
+  <module name="BeforeExecutionExclusionFileFilter">
+    <property name="fileNamePattern" value="module\-info\.java$"/>
+  </module>
+
+  <!-- https://checkstyle.org/config_filters.html#SuppressionFilter -->
+  <module name="SuppressionFilter">
+    <property name="file" value="${org.checkstyle.sun.suppressionfilter.config}"
+              default="checkstyle-suppressions.xml" />
+    <property name="optional" value="true"/>
+  </module>
+
+  <!-- Checks that a package-info.java file exists for each package.     -->
+  <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_javadoc.html#JavadocPackage -->
+  <module name="JavadocPackage"/>
+
+  <!-- Checks whether files end with a new line.                        -->
+  <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_misc.html#NewlineAtEndOfFile -->
+  <module name="NewlineAtEndOfFile"/>
+
+  <!-- Checks that property files contain the same keys.         -->
+  <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_misc.html#Translation -->
+  <module name="Translation"/>
+
+  <!-- Checks for Size Violations.                    -->
+  <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_sizes.html -->
+  <module name="FileLength"/>
+  <module name="LineLength">
+    <property name="fileExtensions" value="java"/>
+  </module>
+
+  <!-- Checks for whitespace                               -->
+  <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_whitespace.html -->
+  <module name="FileTabCharacter"/>
+
+  <!-- Miscellaneous other checks.                   -->
+  <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_misc.html -->
+  <module name="RegexpSingleline">
+    <property name="format" value="\s+$"/>
+    <property name="minimum" value="0"/>
+    <property name="maximum" value="0"/>
+    <property name="message" value="Line has trailing spaces."/>
+  </module>
+
+  <!-- Checks for Headers                                -->
+  <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_header.html   -->
+  <!-- <module name="Header"> -->
+  <!--   <property name="headerFile" value="${checkstyle.header.file}"/> -->
+  <!--   <property name="fileExtensions" value="java"/> -->
+  <!-- </module> -->
+
+  <module name="TreeWalker">
+
+    <!-- Checks for Javadoc comments.                     -->
+    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_javadoc.html -->
+    <module name="InvalidJavadocPosition"/>
+    <module name="JavadocMethod"/>
+    <module name="JavadocType"/>
+    <module name="JavadocVariable"/>
+    <module name="JavadocStyle"/>
+    <module name="MissingJavadocMethod"/>
+
+    <!-- Checks for Naming Conventions.                  -->
+    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_naming.html -->
+    <module name="ConstantName"/>
+    <module name="LocalFinalVariableName"/>
+    <module name="LocalVariableName"/>
+    <module name="MemberName"/>
+    <module name="MethodName"/>
+    <module name="PackageName"/>
+    <module name="ParameterName"/>
+    <module name="StaticVariableName"/>
+    <module name="TypeName"/>
+
+    <!-- Checks for imports                              -->
+    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_imports.html -->
+    <module name="AvoidStarImport"/>
+    <module name="IllegalImport"/> <!-- defaults to sun.* packages -->
+    <module name="RedundantImport"/>
+    <module name="UnusedImports">
+      <property name="processJavadoc" value="false"/>
+    </module>
+
+    <!-- Checks for Size Violations.                    -->
+    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_sizes.html -->
+    <module name="MethodLength"/>
+    <module name="ParameterNumber"/>
+
+    <!-- Checks for whitespace                               -->
+    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_whitespace.html -->
+    <module name="EmptyForIteratorPad"/>
+    <module name="GenericWhitespace"/>
+    <module name="MethodParamPad"/>
+    <module name="NoWhitespaceAfter"/>
+    <module name="NoWhitespaceBefore"/>
+    <module name="OperatorWrap"/>
+    <module name="ParenPad"/>
+    <module name="TypecastParenPad"/>
+    <module name="WhitespaceAfter"/>
+    <module name="WhitespaceAround"/>
+
+    <!-- Modifier Checks                                    -->
+    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_modifier.html -->
+    <module name="ModifierOrder"/>
+    <module name="RedundantModifier"/>
+
+    <!-- Checks for blocks. You know, those {}'s         -->
+    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_blocks.html -->
+    <module name="AvoidNestedBlocks"/>
+    <module name="EmptyBlock"/>
+    <module name="LeftCurly"/>
+    <module name="NeedBraces"/>
+    <module name="RightCurly"/>
+
+    <!-- Checks for common coding problems               -->
+    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_coding.html -->
+    <module name="EmptyStatement"/>
+    <module name="EqualsHashCode"/>
+    <module name="HiddenField"/>
+    <module name="IllegalInstantiation"/>
+    <module name="InnerAssignment"/>
+    <module name="MagicNumber"/>
+    <module name="MissingSwitchDefault"/>
+    <module name="MultipleVariableDeclarations"/>
+    <module name="SimplifyBooleanExpression"/>
+    <module name="SimplifyBooleanReturn"/>
+
+    <!-- Checks for class design                         -->
+    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_design.html -->
+    <module name="DesignForExtension"/>
+    <module name="FinalClass"/>
+    <module name="HideUtilityClassConstructor"/>
+    <module name="InterfaceIsType"/>
+    <module name="VisibilityModifier"/>
+
+    <!-- Miscellaneous other checks.                   -->
+    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/config_misc.html -->
+    <module name="ArrayTypeStyle"/>
+    <module name="FinalParameters"/>
+    <module name="TodoComment"/>
+    <module name="UpperEll"/>
+
+    <!-- https://checkstyle.org/config_filters.html#SuppressionXpathFilter -->
+    <module name="SuppressionXpathFilter">
+      <property name="file" value="${org.checkstyle.sun.suppressionxpathfilter.config}"
+                default="checkstyle-xpath-suppressions.xml" />
+      <property name="optional" value="true"/>
+    </module>
+
+  </module>
+
+</module>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9f463907..5bafba1e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.1.2</version>
                 <configuration>
+                    <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                     <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
                     <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>