com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks

Class TodoCommentCheck

java.lang.Object

com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AutomaticBean

com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractViolationReporter

com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Check

com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.TodoCommentCheck

All Implemented Interfaces:

Configurable, Contextualizable

public class TodoCommentCheck
extends Check

A check for 'TODO:' comments. To check for other patterns in Java comments, set property format.

An example of how to configure the check is:

 <module name="TodoComment"/>
 

An example of how to configure the check for comments that contain TODO or FIXMEis:

 <module name="TodoComment">
    <property name="format" value="(TODO)|(FIXME)"/>
 </module>
 

Author:

Oliver Burn, Baratali Izmailov

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	MSG_KEY A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties" file.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TodoCommentCheck()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int[]	getAcceptableTokens() The configurable token set.
int[]	getDefaultTokens() Returns the default token a check is interested in.
int[]	getRequiredTokens() The tokens that this check must be registered for.
boolean	isCommentNodesRequired() Whether comment nodes are required or not.
void	setFormat(String format) Setter for 'todo' comment format.
void	visitToken(DetailAST ast) Called to process a token.

Methods inherited from class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Check

beginTree, destroy, finishTree, getClassLoader, getFileContents, getLine, getLines, getTabWidth, getTokenNames, init, leaveToken, log, log, setClassLoader, setFileContents, setMessages, setTabWidth, setTokens

Methods inherited from class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractViolationReporter

getCustomMessages, getId, getMessageBundle, getSeverity, getSeverityLevel, log, setId, setSeverity

Methods inherited from class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AutomaticBean

configure, contextualize, finishLocalSetup, getConfiguration, setupChild

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

MSG_KEY

public static final String MSG_KEY

A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties" file.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

TodoCommentCheck

public TodoCommentCheck()

Method Detail

isCommentNodesRequired

public boolean isCommentNodesRequired()

Description copied from class: Check

Whether comment nodes are required or not.

Overrides:

isCommentNodesRequired in class Check

Returns:

false as a default value.

setFormat

public void setFormat(String format)

Setter for 'todo' comment format.

Parameters:

format - format of 'todo' comment.

Throws:

org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException - if unable to create Pattern object.

getDefaultTokens

public int[] getDefaultTokens()

Description copied from class: Check

Returns the default token a check is interested in. Only used if the configuration for a check does not define the tokens.

Specified by:

getDefaultTokens in class Check

Returns:

the default tokens

See Also:

TokenTypes

getAcceptableTokens

public int[] getAcceptableTokens()

Description copied from class: Check

The configurable token set. Used to protect Checks against malicious users who specify an unacceptable token set in the configuration file. The default implementation returns the check's default tokens.

Overrides:

getAcceptableTokens in class Check

Returns:

the token set this check is designed for.

See Also:

TokenTypes

getRequiredTokens

public int[] getRequiredTokens()

Description copied from class: Check

The tokens that this check must be registered for.

Overrides:

getRequiredTokens in class Check

Returns:

the token set this must be registered for.

See Also:

TokenTypes

visitToken

public void visitToken(DetailAST ast)

Description copied from class: Check

Called to process a token.

Overrides:

visitToken in class Check

Parameters:

ast - the token to process