RootModule (checkstyle 10.21.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Configurable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Checker
```
public interface RootModule
extends Configurable
```
The first module that is run as part of Checkstyle and controls its entire behavior and children.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addListener(AuditListener listener)`	Add the listener that will be used to receive events from the audit.
`void`	`destroy()`	Cleans up the object.
`int`	`process(List<File> files)`	Processes a set of files.
`void`	`setModuleClassLoader(ClassLoader moduleClassLoader)`	Sets the classloader used to load Checkstyle core and custom module classes when the module tree is being built up.

Methods inherited from interface com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Configurable
configure

- Method Detail
  - destroy
```
void destroy()
```
    Cleans up the object.
  - process
```
int process(List<File> files)
     throws CheckstyleException
```
    Processes a set of files. Once this is done, it is highly recommended to call for the destroy method to close and remove the listeners.
    
    Parameters:
    
    files - the list of files to be audited.
    
    Returns:
    
    the total number of audit events with error severity found
    
    Throws:
    
    CheckstyleException - if error condition within Checkstyle occurs
    
    See Also:
    
    destroy()
  - addListener
```
void addListener(AuditListener listener)
```
    Add the listener that will be used to receive events from the audit.
    
    Parameters:
    
    listener - the nosy thing
  - setModuleClassLoader
```
void setModuleClassLoader(ClassLoader moduleClassLoader)
```
    Sets the classloader used to load Checkstyle core and custom module classes when the module tree is being built up. If no custom ModuleFactory is being set for the root module then this module classloader must be specified.
    
    Parameters:
    
    moduleClassLoader - the classloader used to load module classes