Make checkstyle require the Java 7 Diamond operator -

is possible make checkstyle require java 7 formatting of diamond operator? want ensure codebase consistently uses new java 7 style, i.e.:

list<string> items = new linkedlist<>();

instead of older:

list<string> items = new linkedlist<string>();

take @ this.

one of users complaining bug in diamond operator grammar:

  list list = new arraylist<>();   throws error:unexpected token: >

this bug report closed patch adds support java 7.

according page, 1 of features added was:

4) diamond generics: in presence of diamond, ast looks like:  +--type_arguments | +--generic_start +--generic_end

download link patch.

KHS