diff --git a/checkstyle/pom.xml b/checkstyle/pom.xml
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+++ b/checkstyle/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>org.onap.cps</groupId>
+    <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</project>
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diff --git a/checkstyle/src/main/resources/cps-java-style.xml b/checkstyle/src/main/resources/cps-java-style.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ Copyright (C) 2020 Pantheon.tech
+ ================================================================================
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+
+ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+-->
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
+        "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.3//EN"
+        "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+<module name="Checker">
+    <property name="charset" value="UTF-8"/>
+    <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
+    <property name="fileExtensions" value="java, properties, xml"/>
+
+    <module name="TreeWalker">
+        <module name="FinalLocalVariable">
+            <property name="tokens" value="VARIABLE_DEF,PARAMETER_DEF"/>
+            <property name="validateEnhancedForLoopVariable" value="true"/>
+        </module>
+    </module>
+</module>
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