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There should be a possibility to override the global checkstyle configuration on project level. Have an option under Project/Properties/SQE/Checkstyle like - Use Global options - Use project specific options: |.../checkstyle.xml | - Use Maven Configuration (only available if NB found one) default should be maven configuration if it was found.
Valid for 7.1 still.