<?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!--
    Copyright (c) 2016 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
+   Modifications Copyright (C) 2019 Nordix Foundation.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
             <property name="eachLine" value="true"/>
         </module>
 
+    <module name="LineLength">
+        <property name="max" value="120"/>
+        <property name="ignorePattern" value="^package.*|^import.*|a href|href|http://|https://|ftp://"/>
+    </module>
+
     <module name="TreeWalker">
         <module name="OuterTypeFilename"/>
         <module name="IllegalTokenText">
             <property name="allowByTailComment" value="true"/>
             <property name="allowNonPrintableEscapes" value="true"/>
         </module>
-        <module name="LineLength">
-            <property name="max" value="120"/>
-            <property name="ignorePattern" value="^package.*|^import.*|a href|href|http://|https://|ftp://"/>
-        </module>
         <module name="AvoidStarImport"/>
         <module name="OneTopLevelClass"/>
         <module name="NoLineWrap"/>
             <property name="allowMissingParamTags" value="true"/>
             <property name="allowMissingThrowsTags" value="true"/>
             <property name="allowMissingReturnTag" value="true"/>
-            <property name="minLineCount" value="2"/>
             <property name="allowedAnnotations" value="Override, Test"/>
             <property name="allowThrowsTagsForSubclasses" value="true"/>
         </module>
+        <module name="MissingJavadocMethod">
+            <property name="minLineCount" value="2"/>
+        </module>
         <module name="MethodName">
             <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$"/>
             <message key="name.invalidPattern"
 
 <!--
    Copyright (c) 2016-2017 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Modifications copyright (C) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property
+   Modifications Copyright (C) 2019 Nordix Foundation.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
           <artifactId>sonar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>3.2</version>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.1.0</version>
+          <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
+              <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
+              <version>8.27</version>
+            </dependency>
+          </dependencies>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17</version>
         <dependencies>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onap.oparent</groupId>
               <includeResources>false</includeResources>
               <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
               <includeTestResources>false</includeTestResources>
-              <sourceDirectory>${project.build.sourceDirectory}</sourceDirectory>
+              <sourceDirectories>${project.build.sourceDirectory}</sourceDirectories>
               <excludes>
               </excludes>
               <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
                    https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/blob/master/src/main/resources/google_checks.xml
                    with minor changes -->
               <configLocation>onap-checkstyle/onap-java-style.xml</configLocation>
-              <!-- <sourceDirectory> is needed so that checkstyle ignores the generated sources directory -->
-              <sourceDirectory>${project.build.sourceDirectory}</sourceDirectory>
+              <!-- <sourceDirectories> is needed so that checkstyle ignores the generated sources directory -->
+              <sourceDirectories>${project.build.sourceDirectory}</sourceDirectories>
               <includeResources>true</includeResources>
               <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
               <includeTestResources>true</includeTestResources>