Modify CodeQL with manual java build. Hopefully this will work.

Updated Checkstyle configuration, adding more comments and removing
unused modules.

Author: leerho

.github/workflows/manual-codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ jobs:
 
       # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, Go, or Java).
       # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
-      - name: Autobuild
-        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v3
+
+      # -name: Autobuild
+      #  uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v3
 
       #   Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
       #   See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstepsrun
@@ -51,6 +52,16 @@ jobs:
       #   echo "Run, Build Application using script"
       #   ./location_of_script_within_repo/buildscript.sh
 
+      # Note: Autobuild fails thus the following manual build
+      - name: Manual Build With Java 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+          with:
+            java-version: '17'
+            distribution: 'temurin'
+
+      - name: Java Compile
+        run:  mvn clean compile
+
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
         uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
         with:

tools/CloverConfig.txt

@@ -49,10 +49,12 @@ under the License.
     <property name="fileNamePattern" value=".*[\\/]src[\\/]test[\\/].*$"/>
   </module>
 
+  <!-- flag the first instance of a tab character in each java, xml, yml or yaml file -->
   <module name="FileTabCharacter">
-    <property name="eachLine" value="true"/>
+    <property name="fileExtensions" value="java, xml, yml, yaml"/>
   </module>
 
+  <!-- each package must have a package-info.java file -->
   <module name="JavadocPackage"/>
 
   <module name="NewlineAtEndOfFile">
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ under the License.
     <!-- <metadata name="net.sf.eclipsecs.core.lastEnabledSeverity" value="inherit"/> -->
   </module>
 
+  <!-- Filters -->
   <module name="SuppressWithPlainTextCommentFilter">
     <property name="offCommentFormat" value="//CHECKSTYLE.OFF\: ([\w\|]+)"/>
     <property name="onCommentFormat" value="//CHECKSTYLE.ON\: ([\w\|]+)"/>
@@ -80,13 +83,6 @@ under the License.
     <!-- Be able to ignore violations with @SuppressWarnings -->
     <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/filters/suppresswarningsfilter.html -->
     <module name="SuppressWarningsHolder"/>
-  
-    <!--
-      <module name="SuppressionFilter">
-      <property name="file" value="basedir/tools/suppressions.xml"/>
-      <property name="optional" value="false"/>
-      </module>
-    -->
 
     <!-- Annotations -->
     <module name="AnnotationLocation">
@@ -230,7 +226,8 @@ under the License.
       <property name="allowedAnnotations" value="Override, Test"/>
     </module>
 
-    <!-- <module name="JavadocParagraph"/> disabled because of a Checkstyle bug with <p> after @param -->
+    <!-- disabled because of a Checkstyle bug with <p> after @param -->
+    <!-- <module name="JavadocParagraph"/>  -->
 
     <module name="JavadocTagContinuationIndentation">
       <property name="severity" value="ignore"/>