${workspaceFolder} doesn't work in settings.json

[sbreakey]

Hi. Thanks for a great extension.

java.checkstyle.configuration doesn't seem to work when specified in .vscode/settings.json
It only works when specified globally (User settings) or in the workspace settings file.

[marcosb1]

I'm having a similar problem, except I have to specify the java.checkstyle.configuration in my workspace settings rather than my folder settings, otherwise I get:

Checkstyle configuration file not set yet, skip the check.

EDIT: in other words it completely ignores folder .vscode/settings.json if the folder is in a workspace (in my case)

[josephzidell]

Having the same issue

[NathanielRN]

+1 to this and thank you for posting this issue!

I believe this is because my project is using the VSCode *.code-workspace file to decide where the folders of my project is. This is because I have multiple roots in my VSCode project.

i.e. if you have something like this it's fine:

├── test1
│   └── Test1.java
└── test2
    └── Test2.java

But the moment you add a Workspace file as simple as My Workspace.code-workspace like this:

{
    "folders": [
        {
            "path": "."
        }
    ],
    "settings": {}
}

Both test1.java and test2.java won't have Checkstyle checking until you add it to the Workspace > settings.json.

As a workaround I was able to do this:

{
    "folders": [
        {
            "name": "Test 1",
            "path": "test1"
        },
        {
            "name": "Test 2",
            "path": "test2"
        }
    ],
    "settings": {
        "java.checkstyle.configuration": "${workspaceFolder}/test1/custom-checkstyle.xml",
        "java.checkstyle.version": "10.12.1"
    }
}

and it works.

@jdneo Thank you for the amazing extension!

[CerebralTag]

To anyone else who ends up here, I also had to add to my settings.json a reference to my custom file:
"java.checkstyle.properties" : {
"config_loc" : "${workspaceFolder}/checkstyle.xml"
}