overwriting a read-only attribute in Checkstyle config

[Javier Gómez]

Hi,

we are testing a config, that overwrites a readonly attribute, in Maven 
Checkstyle plugin config, to be able to analyze a set of resource 
folders in project root folder.

We don't want to define this spefic folders config in POM build 
<resources> block, to avoid inherit that in child POMs, so we are 
forcing that at the plugin level, specifying the <resources> block 
attribute.

That this is a read-only attribute, and we define it in the plugin 
configuration, does not imply that the compilation fails, as I would 
expect. Is that correct?

Any side effect that we could expect of this configuration?

Thanks in advance.


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# Directory structure layout:

/module1
   src/main/java
   src/main/resources
   pom.xml
/module2
   ...
/src
/dir1
/dir2
pom.xml

#
# Parent POM build config
#

<build>

<pluginManagement>

[Checkstyle config]

</pluginManagement>

<plugin>

         # config to analyze the specific resources folders, in project 
root folder

<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <inherited>false</inherited>
         <configuration>
             <resources>
                 <resource>
                     <directory>dir1</directory>
                 </resource>
                 <resource>
                     <directory>dir2</directory>
                 </resource>
             </resources>
         </configuration>
     </plugin>