How to prevent a Java project from building when TODO present

Question

Recently code containing a debugging override was release to production. The code was clearly marked

// TODO - Remove before releasing to production

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Answer 1

I'm using maven checkstyle plugin:

    org.apache.maven.plugins
    maven-checkstyle-plugin
    2.15
    
        
            validate
            validate
            
                src/main/resources/config/checkstyle.xml
                UTF-8
                true
                false
                false
            
            
                check
            
        
    

The configuration file should contain a TodoComment module This will prevent from building a code with "TODO" comments inside. You can configure it so that it looks at other comment regexps, like "FIXME" or something. Here you have more details.