com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.coding
Class FinalLocalVariableCheck

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.coding.FinalLocalVariableCheck

All Implemented Interfaces:

Configurable, Contextualizable

public class FinalLocalVariableCheck

extends Check

Ensures that local variables that never get their values changed, must be declared final.

An example of how to configure the check is:

 <module name="FinalLocalVariable">
     <property name="token" value="VARIABLE_DEF"/>
 </module>
 

Author:

k_gibbs, r_auckenthaler

Constructor Summary

FinalLocalVariableCheck()

Method Summary

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.
void	leaveToken(DetailAST aAST) Called after all the child nodes have been process.
void	visitToken(DetailAST aAST) Called to process a token.

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

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

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

getMessageBundle, getSeverity, getSeverityLevel, log, log, log, log, log, log, log, log, log, 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

Constructor Detail

FinalLocalVariableCheck

public FinalLocalVariableCheck()

Method Detail

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:

Check.getDefaultTokens()

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:

Check

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:

Check

visitToken

public void visitToken(DetailAST aAST)

Description copied from class: Check

Called to process a token.

Overrides:

visitToken in class Check

Parameters:

aAST - the token to process

See Also:

Check.visitToken(DetailAST)

leaveToken

public void leaveToken(DetailAST aAST)

Description copied from class: Check

Called after all the child nodes have been process.

Overrides:

leaveToken in class Check

Parameters:

aAST - the token leaving

See Also:

Check.leaveToken(DetailAST)