com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.sizes
Class AnonInnerLengthCheck

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.sizes.AnonInnerLengthCheck
All Implemented Interfaces:
Configurable, Contextualizable

public class AnonInnerLengthCheck
extends Check

Checks for long anonymous inner classes.

Rationale: If an anonymous inner class becomes very long it is hard to understand and to see the flow of the method where the class is defined. Therefore long anonymous inner classes should usually be refactored into a named inner class. See also Bloch, Effective Java, p. 93.

The default maximum anonymous inner class length is 20 lines. To change the maximum number of lines, set property max.

An example of how to configure the check is:

 <module name="AnonInnerLength"/>
 

An example of how to configure the check so that it accepts anonymous inner classes with up to 60 lines is:

 <module name="AnonInnerLength">
    <property name="max" value="60"/>
 </module>
 

Author:
Rob Worth

Constructor Summary
AnonInnerLengthCheck()
           
 
Method Summary
 int[] getDefaultTokens()
          Returns the default token a check is interested in.
 void setMax(int aLength)
           
 void visitToken(DetailAST aAST)
          Called to process a token.
 
Methods inherited from class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Check
beginTree, destroy, finishTree, getAcceptableTokens, getClassLoader, getFileContents, getLines, getRequiredTokens, 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

AnonInnerLengthCheck

public AnonInnerLengthCheck()
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

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

setMax

public void setMax(int aLength)
Parameters:
aLength - the maximum length of an anonymous inner class.

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