Package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc

Class JavadocTypeCheck

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Configurable, Contextualizable
    public class JavadocTypeCheck
extends AbstractCheck
    Checks the Javadoc comments for type definitions. By default, does not check for author or version tags. The scope to verify is specified using the Scope class and defaults to Scope.PRIVATE. To verify another scope, set property scope to one of the Scope constants. To define the format for an author tag or a version tag, set property authorFormat or versionFormat respectively to a pattern.

    Does not perform checks for author and version tags for inner classes, as they should be redundant because of outer class.

    Does not perform checks for type definitions that do not have any Javadoc comments.

    Error messages about type parameters and record components for which no param tags are present can be suppressed by defining property allowMissingParamTags.

    • Property allowMissingParamTags - Control whether to ignore violations when a class has type parameters but does not have matching param tags in the Javadoc. Type is boolean. Default value is false.
    • Property allowUnknownTags - Control whether to ignore violations when a Javadoc tag is not recognised. Type is boolean. Default value is false.
    • Property allowedAnnotations - Specify annotations that allow skipping validation at all. Only short names are allowed, e.g. Generated. Type is java.lang.String[]. Default value is Generated.
    • Property authorFormat - Specify the pattern for @author tag. Type is java.util.regex.Pattern. Default value is null.
    • Property excludeScope - Specify the visibility scope where Javadoc comments are not checked. Type is com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Scope. Default value is null.
    • Property scope - Specify the visibility scope where Javadoc comments are checked. Type is com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Scope. Default value is private.
    • Property versionFormat - Specify the pattern for @version tag. Type is java.util.regex.Pattern. Default value is null.
    • Property tokens - tokens to check Type is java.lang.String[]. Validation type is tokenSet. Default value is: INTERFACE_DEF, CLASS_DEF, ENUM_DEF, ANNOTATION_DEF, RECORD_DEF.

    Parent is com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TreeWalker

    Violation Message Keys:

    • javadoc.unknownTag
    • javadoc.unusedTag
    • javadoc.unusedTagGeneral
    • type.missingTag
    • type.tagFormat
    Since:
    3.0

    • Method Detail

      • setScope

        public void setScope​(Scope scope)
        Setter to specify the visibility scope where Javadoc comments are checked.
        Parameters:
        scope - a scope.
        Since:
        3.0

      • setExcludeScope

        public void setExcludeScope​(Scope excludeScope)
        Setter to specify the visibility scope where Javadoc comments are not checked.
        Parameters:
        excludeScope - a scope.
        Since:
        3.4

      • setAuthorFormat

        public void setAuthorFormat​(Pattern pattern)
        Setter to specify the pattern for @author tag.
        Parameters:
        pattern - a pattern.
        Since:
        3.0

      • setVersionFormat

        public void setVersionFormat​(Pattern pattern)
        Setter to specify the pattern for @version tag.
        Parameters:
        pattern - a pattern.
        Since:
        3.0

      • setAllowMissingParamTags

        public void setAllowMissingParamTags​(boolean flag)
        Setter to control whether to ignore violations when a class has type parameters but does not have matching param tags in the Javadoc.
        Parameters:
        flag - a Boolean value
        Since:
        4.0

      • setAllowUnknownTags

        public void setAllowUnknownTags​(boolean flag)
        Setter to control whether to ignore violations when a Javadoc tag is not recognised.
        Parameters:
        flag - a Boolean value
        Since:
        5.1

      • setAllowedAnnotations

        public void setAllowedAnnotations​(String... userAnnotations)
        Setter to specify annotations that allow skipping validation at all. Only short names are allowed, e.g. Generated.
        Parameters:
        userAnnotations - user's value.
        Since:
        8.15

      • getAcceptableTokens

        public int[] getAcceptableTokens()
        Description copied from class: AbstractCheck
        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.
        Specified by:
        getAcceptableTokens in class AbstractCheck
        Returns:
        the token set this check is designed for.
        See Also:
        TokenTypes

      • shouldCheck

        private boolean shouldCheck​(DetailAST ast)
        Whether we should check this node.
        Parameters:
        ast - a given node.
        Returns:
        whether we should check a given node.

      • getJavadocTags

        private List<JavadocTag> getJavadocTags​(TextBlock textBlock)
        Gets all standalone tags from a given javadoc.
        Parameters:
        textBlock - the Javadoc comment to process.
        Returns:
        all standalone tags from the given javadoc.

      • checkTag

        private void checkTag​(DetailAST ast,
                      Iterable<JavadocTag> tags,
                      String tagName,
                      Pattern formatPattern)
        Verifies that a type definition has a required tag.
        Parameters:
        ast - the AST node for the type definition.
        tags - tags from the Javadoc comment for the type definition.
        tagName - the required tag name.
        formatPattern - regexp for the tag value.

      • checkComponentParamTag

        private void checkComponentParamTag​(DetailAST ast,
                                    Collection<JavadocTag> tags,
                                    String recordComponentName)
        Verifies that a record definition has the specified param tag for the specified record component name.
        Parameters:
        ast - the AST node for the record definition.
        tags - tags from the Javadoc comment for the record definition.
        recordComponentName - the name of the type parameter

      • checkTypeParamTag

        private void checkTypeParamTag​(DetailAST ast,
                               Collection<JavadocTag> tags,
                               String typeParamName)
        Verifies that a type definition has the specified param tag for the specified type parameter name.
        Parameters:
        ast - the AST node for the type definition.
        tags - tags from the Javadoc comment for the type definition.
        typeParamName - the name of the type parameter

      • checkUnusedParamTags

        private void checkUnusedParamTags​(List<JavadocTag> tags,
                                  List<String> typeParamNames,
                                  List<String> recordComponentNames)
        Checks for unused param tags for type parameters and record components.
        Parameters:
        tags - tags from the Javadoc comment for the type definition
        typeParamNames - names of type parameters
        recordComponentNames - record component names in this definition

      • extractParamNameFromTag

        private static String extractParamNameFromTag​(JavadocTag tag)
        Extracts parameter name from tag.
        Parameters:
        tag - javadoc tag to extract parameter name
        Returns:
        extracts type parameter name from tag

      • getRecordComponentNames

        private static List<String> getRecordComponentNames​(DetailAST node)
        Collects the record components in a record definition.
        Parameters:
        node - the possible record definition ast.
        Returns:
        the record components in this record definition.