From 71d7fe0cf63d903dac58ee4770c8a909b95c17a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: EliteMasterEric <ericmyllyoja@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 00:53:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Re-rework rules for local variable names now that we can
 filter by FINAL/NOTFINAL

---
 checkstyle.json | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/checkstyle.json b/checkstyle.json
index ae9e026c8..bcf299cae 100644
--- a/checkstyle.json
+++ b/checkstyle.json
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
       "type": "ConditionalCompilation"
     },
     {
-      "comment": "Specifies a specific naming format for constant (static) identifiers.",
+      "comment": "Specifies a specific naming format for static var identifiers.",
       "props": {
         "ignoreExtern": true,
         "format": "^?:_[a-zA-Z0-9]+(?:_[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*$",
@@ -326,11 +326,21 @@
       "type": "ListenerName"
     },
     {
-      "comment": "Specifies a specific naming format for local variables.",
+      "comment": "Specifies a specific naming format for local var variables.",
       "props": {
         "ignoreExtern": true,
-        "format": "^[a-zA-Z][_a-zA-Z0-9]*$",
-        "tokens": [],
+        "format": "^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$",
+        "tokens": ["NOTFINAL"],
+        "severity": "INFO"
+      },
+      "type": "LocalVariableName"
+    },
+    {
+      "comment": "Specifies a specific naming format for local final variables.",
+      "props": {
+        "ignoreExtern": true,
+        "format": "^[A-Z][_A-Z0-9]*$",
+        "tokens": ["FINAL"],
         "severity": "INFO"
       },
       "type": "LocalVariableName"