In OpenRefine, we have been enforcing a code style for our Java files using a linter, which reformats source files according to a configuration expressed in Eclipse’s internal format. Because the linter reuses Eclipse’s internal libraries, it is of course written in Java. Also, we invoke it via Maven, meaning that the start up time of the linter is quite long: we need to boot a Java virtual machine (JVM), which then boots Maven, which finally runs the formatter.
