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

java.lang.Object
  extended bycom.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AutomaticBean
      extended bycom.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractViolationReporter
          extended bycom.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Check
              extended bycom.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.coding.IllegalCatchCheck
All Implemented Interfaces:
Configurable, Contextualizable

public final class IllegalCatchCheck
extends Check

Catching java.lang.Exception, java.lang.Error or java.lang.RuntimeException is almost never acceptable.

Author:
Simon Harris TODO: Merge some code and make a base class with IllegalThrowsCheck

Constructor Summary
IllegalCatchCheck()
          Creates new instance of the check.
 
Method Summary
 int[] getDefaultTokens()
          Returns the default token a check is interested in.
 int[] getRequiredTokens()
          The tokens that this check must be registered for.
 void setIllegalClassNames(java.lang.String[] aClassNames)
          Set the list of illegal exception classes.
 void visitToken(DetailAST aDetailAST)
          Called to process a token.
 
Methods inherited from class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Check
beginTree, destroy, finishTree, getAcceptableTokens, getClassLoader, getFileContents, getLines, getTabWidth, getTokenNames, init, leaveToken, 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

IllegalCatchCheck

public IllegalCatchCheck()
Creates new instance of the check.

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

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 aDetailAST)
Description copied from class: Check
Called to process a token.

Overrides:
visitToken in class Check
Parameters:
aDetailAST - the token to process
See Also:
Check

setIllegalClassNames

public void setIllegalClassNames(java.lang.String[] aClassNames)
Set the list of illegal exception classes.

Parameters:
aClassNames - array of illegal exception classes

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