Style checker
A StyleChecker ( German " style checker " ), that a program in source code compliance a pre-defined coding style checks. Modern style checkers relate not only to the formatting of the source text and the naming of symbols, but can, albeit only to a very limited extent, carry out a semantic analysis of the source text and possibly suggest appropriate refactorings .
In contrast to a source code formatter, a style checker only performs a check, but does not reformat the source code.
Style checkers are a preliminary stage to tools with which static code analyzes are carried out.