diff --git a/fineract-provider/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/fineract-provider/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index 8e46fe285..ecc297d19 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/fineract-provider/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@
         </module>
           <module name="UpperEll"/>
           <module name="NeedBraces"/>
+          <module name="ArrayTypeStyle"/>     
+          
 <!-- TODO Enable many more checks (go about this one by one, step by step, raise separate PRs fixing and then enforcing):
 
         <module name="HiddenField">
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@
         <module name="ParenPad" />
      
         <module name="MultipleVariableDeclarations"/>
-        <module name="ArrayTypeStyle"/>
+  
         <module name="MissingSwitchDefault"/>
         <module name="FallThrough"/>
       
diff --git a/fineract-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/apache/fineract/integrationtests/AccountingScenarioIntegrationTest.java b/fineract-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/apache/fineract/integrationtests/AccountingScenarioIntegrationTest.java
index 8b6eac7f9..27ab03728 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/apache/fineract/integrationtests/AccountingScenarioIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/fineract-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/apache/fineract/integrationtests/AccountingScenarioIntegrationTest.java
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ public class AccountingScenarioIntegrationTest {
     Float SP_WITHDRAWAL_AMOUNT = Float.valueOf(WITHDRAWAL_AMOUNT);
     Float SP_WITHDRAWAL_AMOUNT_ADJUSTED = Float.valueOf(WITHDRAWAL_AMOUNT_ADJUSTED);
 
-    private final String REPAYMENT_DATE[] = { "", "04 May 2011", "04 July 2011", "04 September 2011", "04 November 2011", "04 January 2012" };
-    private final Float REPAYMENT_AMOUNT[] = { .0f, 2200.0f, 3000.0f, 900.0f, 2000.0f, 2500.0f };
+    private final String[] REPAYMENT_DATE = { "", "04 May 2011", "04 July 2011", "04 September 2011", "04 November 2011", "04 January 2012" };
+    private final Float[] REPAYMENT_AMOUNT = { .0f, 2200.0f, 3000.0f, 900.0f, 2000.0f, 2500.0f };
 
     private final Float AMOUNT_TO_BE_WAIVE = 400.0f;
     private LoanTransactionHelper loanTransactionHelper;
diff --git a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/importhandler/client/ClientEntityImportHandler.java b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/importhandler/client/ClientEntityImportHandler.java
index 56e3e14d2..3a5665ec3 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/importhandler/client/ClientEntityImportHandler.java
+++ b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/importhandler/client/ClientEntityImportHandler.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class ClientEntityImportHandler implements ImportHandler {
         String clientType=ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(ClientEntityConstants.CLIENT_TYPE_COL, row);
         Long clientTypeId = null;
         if (clientType!=null) {
-            String clientTypeAr[] =clientType .split("-");
+            String[] clientTypeAr =clientType .split("-");
             if (clientTypeAr[1] != null) {
                 clientTypeId = Long.parseLong(clientTypeAr[1]);
             }
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class ClientEntityImportHandler implements ImportHandler {
         String clientClassification= ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(ClientEntityConstants.CLIENT_CLASSIFICATION_COL, row);
         Long clientClassicationId = null;
         if (clientClassification!=null) {
-            String clientClassificationAr[] =clientClassification.split("-");
+            String[] clientClassificationAr =clientClassification.split("-");
             if (clientClassificationAr[1] != null) {
                 clientClassicationId = Long.parseLong(clientClassificationAr[1]);
             }
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public class ClientEntityImportHandler implements ImportHandler {
         String mainBusinessLine=ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(ClientEntityConstants.MAIN_BUSINESS_LINE,row);
         Long mainBusinessId = null;
         if (mainBusinessLine!=null) {
-            String mainBusinessLineAr[] = ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(ClientEntityConstants.MAIN_BUSINESS_LINE, row).split("-");
+            String[] mainBusinessLineAr = ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(ClientEntityConstants.MAIN_BUSINESS_LINE, row).split("-");
             if (mainBusinessLineAr[1] != null) {
                 mainBusinessId = Long.parseLong(mainBusinessLineAr[1]);
             }
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public class ClientEntityImportHandler implements ImportHandler {
         String constitution= ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(ClientEntityConstants.CONSTITUTION_COL,row);
         Long constitutionId = null;
         if (constitution!=null) {
-            String constitutionAr[] = constitution.split("-");
+            String[] constitutionAr = constitution.split("-");
             if (constitutionAr[1] != null) {
                 constitutionId = Long.parseLong(constitutionAr[1]);
             }
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class ClientEntityImportHandler implements ImportHandler {
             String addressType = ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(ClientEntityConstants.ADDRESS_TYPE_COL, row);
             Long addressTypeId = null;
             if (addressType!=null) {
-                String addressTypeAr[] = addressType.split("-");
+                String[] addressTypeAr = addressType.split("-");
                 if (addressTypeAr[1] != null) {
                     addressTypeId = Long.parseLong(addressTypeAr[1]);
                 }
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public class ClientEntityImportHandler implements ImportHandler {
             String stateProvince=ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(ClientEntityConstants.STATE_PROVINCE_COL, row);
             Long stateProvinceId = null;
             if (stateProvince!=null) {
-                String stateProvinceAr[] = stateProvince.split("-");
+                String[] stateProvinceAr = stateProvince.split("-");
                 if (stateProvinceAr[1] != null) {
                     stateProvinceId = Long.parseLong(stateProvinceAr[1]);
                 }
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public class ClientEntityImportHandler implements ImportHandler {
             String country= ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(ClientEntityConstants.COUNTRY_COL, row);
             Long countryId = null;
             if (country!=null) {
-                String countryAr[] = country.split("-");
+                String[] countryAr = country.split("-");
                 if (countryAr[1] != null) {
                     countryId = Long.parseLong(countryAr[1]);
                 }
diff --git a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/importhandler/client/ClientPersonImportHandler.java b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/importhandler/client/ClientPersonImportHandler.java
index 25732aa7b..85cf95f0e 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/importhandler/client/ClientPersonImportHandler.java
+++ b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/importhandler/client/ClientPersonImportHandler.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class ClientPersonImportHandler implements ImportHandler {
         String clientType=ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(ClientPersonConstants.CLIENT_TYPE_COL, row);
         Long clientTypeId = null;
         if (clientType!=null) {
-            String clientTypeAr[] = clientType.split("-");
+            String[] clientTypeAr = clientType.split("-");
             if (clientTypeAr[1] != null) {
                 clientTypeId = Long.parseLong(clientTypeAr[1]);
             }
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class ClientPersonImportHandler implements ImportHandler {
         String gender=ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(ClientPersonConstants.GENDER_COL, row);
         Long genderId = null;
         if (gender!=null) {
-            String genderAr[] = gender.split("-");
+            String[] genderAr = gender.split("-");
             if (genderAr[1] != null) {
                 genderId = Long.parseLong(genderAr[1]);
             }
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class ClientPersonImportHandler implements ImportHandler {
         String clientClassification= ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(ClientPersonConstants.CLIENT_CLASSIFICATION_COL, row);
         Long clientClassicationId = null;
         if (clientClassification!=null) {
-            String clientClassificationAr[] = clientClassification.split("-");
+            String[] clientClassificationAr = clientClassification.split("-");
             if (clientClassificationAr[1] != null) {
                 clientClassicationId = Long.parseLong(clientClassificationAr[1]);
             }
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public class ClientPersonImportHandler implements ImportHandler {
             String addressType=ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(ClientPersonConstants.ADDRESS_TYPE_COL, row);
             Long addressTypeId = null;
             if (addressType!=null) {
-                String addressTypeAr[] = addressType.split("-");
+                String[] addressTypeAr = addressType.split("-");
 
                 if (addressTypeAr[1] != null) {
                     addressTypeId = Long.parseLong(addressTypeAr[1]);
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class ClientPersonImportHandler implements ImportHandler {
             String stateProvince=ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(ClientPersonConstants.STATE_PROVINCE_COL, row);
             Long stateProvinceId = null;
             if (stateProvince!=null) {
-                String stateProvinceAr[] = stateProvince.split("-");
+                String[] stateProvinceAr = stateProvince.split("-");
                 if (stateProvinceAr[1] != null) {
                     stateProvinceId = Long.parseLong(stateProvinceAr[1]);
                 }
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public class ClientPersonImportHandler implements ImportHandler {
             String country=ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(ClientPersonConstants.COUNTRY_COL, row);
             Long countryId=null;
             if (country!=null) {
-                String countryAr[] = country.split("-");
+                String[] countryAr = country.split("-");
                 if (countryAr[1] != null) {
                     countryId = Long.parseLong(countryAr[1]);
                 }
diff --git a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/importhandler/guarantor/GuarantorImportHandler.java b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/importhandler/guarantor/GuarantorImportHandler.java
index 59b95d3f0..fd197b77f 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/importhandler/guarantor/GuarantorImportHandler.java
+++ b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/importhandler/guarantor/GuarantorImportHandler.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class GuarantorImportHandler implements ImportHandler {
     private GuarantorData ReadGuarantor(Row row,String locale,String dateFormat) {
         String loanaccountInfo=ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(GuarantorConstants.LOAN_ACCOUNT_NO_COL, row);
         if (loanaccountInfo!=null){
-            String loanAccountAr[]=loanaccountInfo.split("-");
+            String[] loanAccountAr=loanaccountInfo.split("-");
             loanAccountId=Long.parseLong(loanAccountAr[0]);
         }
         String guarantorType = ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(GuarantorConstants.GUARANTO_TYPE_COL, row);
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class GuarantorImportHandler implements ImportHandler {
         String clientRelationshipTypeInfo=ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(GuarantorConstants.CLIENT_RELATIONSHIP_TYPE_COL, row);
         Integer clientRelationshipTypeId=null;
         if (clientRelationshipTypeInfo!=null){
-            String clientRelationshipTypeAr[]=clientRelationshipTypeInfo.split("-");
+            String[] clientRelationshipTypeAr=clientRelationshipTypeInfo.split("-");
             clientRelationshipTypeId=Integer.parseInt(clientRelationshipTypeAr[1]);
         }
         String firstname = ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(GuarantorConstants.FIRST_NAME_COL, row);
diff --git a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/importhandler/loanrepayment/LoanRepaymentImportHandler.java b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/importhandler/loanrepayment/LoanRepaymentImportHandler.java
index 19127f008..e21d3b6b1 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/importhandler/loanrepayment/LoanRepaymentImportHandler.java
+++ b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/importhandler/loanrepayment/LoanRepaymentImportHandler.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class LoanRepaymentImportHandler implements ImportHandler {
     private LoanTransactionData readLoanRepayment(Row row,String locale, String dateFormat) {
         String loanaccountInfo=ImportHandlerUtils.readAsString(LoanRepaymentConstants.LOAN_ACCOUNT_NO_COL, row);
         if (loanaccountInfo!=null){
-            String loanAccountAr[]=loanaccountInfo.split("-");
+            String[] loanAccountAr=loanaccountInfo.split("-");
             loanAccountId = this.loanReadPlatformService.retrieveLoanIdByAccountNumber(loanAccountAr[0]);
         }
         BigDecimal repaymentAmount=null;
diff --git a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/populator/chartofaccounts/ChartOfAccountsWorkbook.java b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/populator/chartofaccounts/ChartOfAccountsWorkbook.java
index 9c74be1ed..0dab103be 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/populator/chartofaccounts/ChartOfAccountsWorkbook.java
+++ b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/bulkimport/populator/chartofaccounts/ChartOfAccountsWorkbook.java
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public class ChartOfAccountsWorkbook extends AbstractWorkbookPopulator {
              if (!accountNamesandTags.isEmpty()){
                  for (String accountNameandTag:accountNamesandTags) {
                      if (chartOfAccountsSheet.getRow(rowIndex)!=null){
-                         String accountNameAndTagAr[]=accountNameandTag.split("-");
+                         String[] accountNameAndTagAr=accountNameandTag.split("-");
                          writeString(ChartOfAcountsConstants.LOOKUP_ACCOUNT_NAME_COL,row,accountNameAndTagAr[0]);
                          writeString(ChartOfAcountsConstants.LOOKUP_ACCOUNT_ID_COL,row,accountNameAndTagAr[1]);
                          writeString(ChartOfAcountsConstants.LOOKUP_TAG_COL,row,accountNameAndTagAr[2]);
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public class ChartOfAccountsWorkbook extends AbstractWorkbookPopulator {
                          rowIndex++;
                      }else{
                          row =chartOfAccountsSheet.createRow(rowIndex);
-                         String accountNameAndTagAr[]=accountNameandTag.split("-");
+                         String[] accountNameAndTagAr=accountNameandTag.split("-");
                          writeString(ChartOfAcountsConstants.LOOKUP_ACCOUNT_NAME_COL,row,accountNameAndTagAr[0]);
                          writeString(ChartOfAcountsConstants.LOOKUP_ACCOUNT_ID_COL,row,accountNameAndTagAr[1]);
                          writeString(ChartOfAcountsConstants.LOOKUP_TAG_COL,row,accountNameAndTagAr[2]);
diff --git a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/service/PaginationHelper.java b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/service/PaginationHelper.java
index f2a8fbdfb..0ad18af04 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/service/PaginationHelper.java
+++ b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/service/PaginationHelper.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.jdbc.core.RowMapper;
 
 public class PaginationHelper<E> {
 
-    public Page<E> fetchPage(final JdbcTemplate jt, final String sqlCountRows, final String sqlFetchRows, final Object args[],
+    public Page<E> fetchPage(final JdbcTemplate jt, final String sqlCountRows, final String sqlFetchRows, final Object[] args,
             final RowMapper<E> rowMapper) {
 
         final List<E> items = jt.query(sqlFetchRows, args, rowMapper);