Class MissingJavadocPackageCheck

All Implemented Interfaces:
Configurable, Contextualizable

Checks for missing package definition Javadoc comments in package-info.java files.

Rationale: description and other related documentation for a package can be written up in the package-info.java file and it gets used in the production of the Javadocs. See link for more info.

This check specifically only validates package definitions. It will not validate any methods or interfaces declared in the package-info.java file.

Parent is com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TreeWalker

Violation Message Keys:

  • package.javadoc.missing
Since:
8.22
  • Field Details

  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • getDefaultTokens

      public int[] getDefaultTokens()
      Description copied from class: AbstractCheck
      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 AbstractCheck
      Returns:
      the default tokens
      See Also:
    • 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:
    • getRequiredTokens

      public int[] getRequiredTokens()
      Description copied from class: AbstractCheck
      The tokens that this check must be registered for.
      Specified by:
      getRequiredTokens in class AbstractCheck
      Returns:
      the token set this must be registered for.
      See Also:
    • isCommentNodesRequired

      public boolean isCommentNodesRequired()
      Description copied from class: AbstractCheck
      Whether comment nodes are required or not.
      Overrides:
      isCommentNodesRequired in class AbstractCheck
      Returns:
      false as a default value.
    • visitToken

      public void visitToken(DetailAST ast)
      Description copied from class: AbstractCheck
      Called to process a token.
      Overrides:
      visitToken in class AbstractCheck
      Parameters:
      ast - the token to process
    • hasJavadoc

      private static boolean hasJavadoc(DetailAST ast)
      Checks that there is javadoc before ast. Because of parser bug parser can place javadoc comment either as previous sibling of package definition or (if there is annotation between package def and javadoc) inside package definition tree. So we should look for javadoc in both places.
      Parameters:
      ast - TokenTypes.PACKAGE_DEF token to check
      Returns:
      true if there is javadoc, false otherwise
    • hasJavadocAboveAnnotation

      private static boolean hasJavadocAboveAnnotation(DetailAST ast)
      Checks javadoc existence in annotations list.
      Parameters:
      ast - package def
      Returns:
      true if there is a javadoc, false otherwise
    • isJavadoc

      private static boolean isJavadoc(DetailAST ast)
      Checks that ast is a javadoc comment.
      Parameters:
      ast - token to check
      Returns:
      true if ast is a javadoc comment, false otherwise