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019
020package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.design;
021
022import java.util.Arrays;
023import java.util.Objects;
024import java.util.Optional;
025import java.util.Set;
026import java.util.function.Predicate;
027import java.util.regex.Matcher;
028import java.util.regex.Pattern;
029import java.util.stream.Collectors;
030
031import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.StatelessCheck;
032import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck;
033import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailAST;
034import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Scope;
035import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
036import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.utils.JavadocUtil;
037import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.utils.ScopeUtil;
038import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.utils.TokenUtil;
039
040/**
041 * <div>
042 * Checks that classes are designed for extension (subclass creation).
043 * </div>
044 *
045 * <p>
046 * Nothing wrong could be with founded classes.
047 * This check makes sense only for library projects (not application projects)
048 * which care of ideal OOP-design to make sure that class works in all cases even misusage.
049 * Even in library projects this check most likely will find classes that are designed for extension
050 * by somebody. User needs to use suppressions extensively to got a benefit from this check,
051 * and keep in suppressions all confirmed/known classes that are deigned for inheritance
052 * intentionally to let the check catch only new classes, and bring this to team/user attention.
053 * </p>
054 *
055 * <p>
056 * ATTENTION: Only user can decide whether a class is designed for extension or not.
057 * The check just shows all classes which are possibly designed for extension.
058 * If something inappropriate is found please use suppression.
059 * </p>
060 *
061 * <p>
062 * ATTENTION: If the method which can be overridden in a subclass has a javadoc comment
063 * (a good practice is to explain its self-use of overridable methods) the check will not
064 * rise a violation. The violation can also be skipped if the method which can be overridden
065 * in a subclass has one or more annotations that are specified in ignoredAnnotations
066 * option. Note, that by default @Override annotation is not included in the
067 * ignoredAnnotations set as in a subclass the method which has the annotation can also be
068 * overridden in its subclass.
069 * </p>
070 *
071 * <p>
072 * Problem is described at "Effective Java, 2nd Edition by Joshua Bloch" book, chapter
073 * "Item 17: Design and document for inheritance or else prohibit it".
074 * </p>
075 *
076 * <p>
077 * Some quotes from book:
078 * </p>
079 * <blockquote>The class must document its self-use of overridable methods.
080 * By convention, a method that invokes overridable methods contains a description
081 * of these invocations at the end of its documentation comment. The description
082 * begins with the phrase “This implementation.”
083 * </blockquote>
084 * <blockquote>
085 * The best solution to this problem is to prohibit subclassing in classes that
086 * are not designed and documented to be safely subclassed.
087 * </blockquote>
088 * <blockquote>
089 * If a concrete class does not implement a standard interface, then you may
090 * inconvenience some programmers by prohibiting inheritance. If you feel that you
091 * must allow inheritance from such a class, one reasonable approach is to ensure
092 * that the class never invokes any of its overridable methods and to document this
093 * fact. In other words, eliminate the class’s self-use of overridable methods entirely.
094 * In doing so, you’ll create a class that is reasonably safe to subclass. Overriding a
095 * method will never affect the behavior of any other method.
096 * </blockquote>
097 *
098 * <p>
099 * The check finds classes that have overridable methods (public or protected methods
100 * that are non-static, not-final, non-abstract) and have non-empty implementation.
101 * </p>
102 *
103 * <p>
104 * Rationale: This library design style protects superclasses against being broken
105 * by subclasses. The downside is that subclasses are limited in their flexibility,
106 * in particular they cannot prevent execution of code in the superclass, but that
107 * also means that subclasses cannot corrupt the state of the superclass by forgetting
108 * to call the superclass's method.
109 * </p>
110 *
111 * <p>
112 * More specifically, it enforces a programming style where superclasses provide
113 * empty "hooks" that can be implemented by subclasses.
114 * </p>
115 *
116 * <p>
117 * Example of code that cause violation as it is designed for extension:
118 * </p>
119 * {@snippet lang="text" :
120 * public abstract class Plant {
121 *   private String roots;
122 *   private String trunk;
123 *
124 *   protected void validate() {
125 *     if (roots == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("No roots!");
126 *     if (trunk == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("No trunk!");
127 *   }
128 *
129 *   public abstract void grow();
130 * }
131 *
132 * public class Tree extends Plant {
133 *   private List leaves;
134 *
135 *   @Overrides
136 *   protected void validate() {
137 *     super.validate();
138 *     if (leaves == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("No leaves!");
139 *   }
140 *
141 *   public void grow() {
142 *     validate();
143 *   }
144 * }
145 * }
146 *
147 * <p>
148 * Example of code without violation:
149 * </p>
150 * {@snippet lang="text" :
151 * public abstract class Plant {
152 *   private String roots;
153 *   private String trunk;
154 *
155 *   private void validate() {
156 *     if (roots == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("No roots!");
157 *     if (trunk == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("No trunk!");
158 *     validateEx();
159 *   }
160 *
161 *   protected void validateEx() { }
162 *
163 *   public abstract void grow();
164 * }
165 * }
166 *
167 * @since 3.1
168 */
169@StatelessCheck
170public class DesignForExtensionCheck extends AbstractCheck {
171
172    /**
173     * A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties" file.
174     */
175    public static final String MSG_KEY = "design.forExtension";
176
177    /**
178     * Specify annotations which allow the check to skip the method from validation.
179     */
180    private Set<String> ignoredAnnotations = Arrays.stream(new String[] {"Test", "Before", "After",
181        "BeforeClass", "AfterClass", }).collect(Collectors.toUnmodifiableSet());
182
183    /**
184     * Specify the comment text pattern which qualifies a method as designed for extension.
185     * Supports multi-line regex.
186     */
187    private Pattern requiredJavadocPhrase = Pattern.compile(".*");
188
189    /**
190     * Creates a new {@code DesignForExtensionCheck} instance.
191     */
192    public DesignForExtensionCheck() {
193        // no code by default
194    }
195
196    /**
197     * Setter to specify annotations which allow the check to skip the method from validation.
198     *
199     * @param ignoredAnnotations method annotations.
200     * @since 7.2
201     */
202    public void setIgnoredAnnotations(String... ignoredAnnotations) {
203        this.ignoredAnnotations = Arrays.stream(ignoredAnnotations)
204            .collect(Collectors.toUnmodifiableSet());
205    }
206
207    /**
208     * Setter to specify the comment text pattern which qualifies a
209     * method as designed for extension. Supports multi-line regex.
210     *
211     * @param requiredJavadocPhrase method annotations.
212     * @since 8.40
213     */
214    public void setRequiredJavadocPhrase(Pattern requiredJavadocPhrase) {
215        this.requiredJavadocPhrase = requiredJavadocPhrase;
216    }
217
218    @Override
219    public int[] getDefaultTokens() {
220        return getRequiredTokens();
221    }
222
223    @Override
224    public int[] getAcceptableTokens() {
225        return getRequiredTokens();
226    }
227
228    @Override
229    public int[] getRequiredTokens() {
230        // The check does not subscribe to CLASS_DEF token as now it is stateless. If the check
231        // subscribes to CLASS_DEF token it will become stateful, since we need to have additional
232        // stack to hold CLASS_DEF tokens.
233        return new int[] {TokenTypes.METHOD_DEF};
234    }
235
236    @Override
237    public boolean isCommentNodesRequired() {
238        return true;
239    }
240
241    @Override
242    public void visitToken(DetailAST ast) {
243        if (!hasJavadocComment(ast)
244                && canBeOverridden(ast)
245                && (isNativeMethod(ast)
246                    || !hasEmptyImplementation(ast))
247                && !hasIgnoredAnnotation(ast, ignoredAnnotations)
248                && !ScopeUtil.isInRecordBlock(ast)) {
249            final DetailAST classDef = getNearestClassOrEnumDefinition(ast);
250            if (canBeSubclassed(classDef)) {
251                final String className = classDef.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.IDENT).getText();
252                final String methodName = ast.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.IDENT).getText();
253                log(ast, MSG_KEY, className, methodName);
254            }
255        }
256    }
257
258    /**
259     * Checks whether a method has a javadoc comment.
260     *
261     * @param methodDef method definition token.
262     * @return true if a method has a javadoc comment.
263     */
264    private boolean hasJavadocComment(DetailAST methodDef) {
265        return hasJavadocCommentOnToken(methodDef, TokenTypes.MODIFIERS)
266                || hasJavadocCommentOnToken(methodDef, TokenTypes.TYPE);
267    }
268
269    /**
270     * Checks whether a token has a javadoc comment.
271     *
272     * @param methodDef method definition token.
273     * @param tokenType token type.
274     * @return true if a token has a javadoc comment.
275     */
276    private boolean hasJavadocCommentOnToken(DetailAST methodDef, int tokenType) {
277        final DetailAST token = methodDef.findFirstToken(tokenType);
278        return branchContainsJavadocComment(token);
279    }
280
281    /**
282     * Checks whether a javadoc comment exists under the token.
283     *
284     * @param token tree token.
285     * @return true if a javadoc comment exists under the token.
286     */
287    private boolean branchContainsJavadocComment(DetailAST token) {
288        boolean result = false;
289        DetailAST curNode = token;
290        while (curNode != null) {
291            if (curNode.getType() == TokenTypes.BLOCK_COMMENT_BEGIN
292                    && JavadocUtil.isJavadocComment(curNode)) {
293                result = hasValidJavadocComment(curNode);
294                break;
295            }
296
297            DetailAST toVisit = curNode.getFirstChild();
298            while (toVisit == null) {
299                if (curNode == token) {
300                    break;
301                }
302
303                toVisit = curNode.getNextSibling();
304                curNode = curNode.getParent();
305            }
306            curNode = toVisit;
307        }
308
309        return result;
310    }
311
312    /**
313     * Checks whether a javadoc contains the specified comment pattern that denotes
314     * a method as designed for extension.
315     *
316     * @param detailAST the ast we are checking for possible extension
317     * @return true if the javadoc of this ast contains the required comment pattern
318     */
319    private boolean hasValidJavadocComment(DetailAST detailAST) {
320        final String javadocString =
321            JavadocUtil.getBlockCommentContent(detailAST);
322
323        final Matcher requiredJavadocPhraseMatcher =
324            requiredJavadocPhrase.matcher(javadocString);
325
326        return requiredJavadocPhraseMatcher.find();
327    }
328
329    /**
330     * Checks whether a method is native.
331     *
332     * @param ast method definition token.
333     * @return true if a methods is native.
334     */
335    private static boolean isNativeMethod(DetailAST ast) {
336        final DetailAST mods = ast.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.MODIFIERS);
337        return mods.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.LITERAL_NATIVE) != null;
338    }
339
340    /**
341     * Checks whether a method has only comments in the body (has an empty implementation).
342     * Method is OK if its implementation is empty.
343     *
344     * @param ast method definition token.
345     * @return true if a method has only comments in the body.
346     */
347    private static boolean hasEmptyImplementation(DetailAST ast) {
348        boolean hasEmptyBody = true;
349        final DetailAST methodImplOpenBrace = ast.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.SLIST);
350        final DetailAST methodImplCloseBrace = methodImplOpenBrace.getLastChild();
351        final Predicate<DetailAST> predicate = currentNode -> {
352            return currentNode != methodImplCloseBrace
353                && !TokenUtil.isCommentType(currentNode.getType());
354        };
355        final Optional<DetailAST> methodBody =
356            TokenUtil.findFirstTokenByPredicate(methodImplOpenBrace, predicate);
357        if (methodBody.isPresent()) {
358            hasEmptyBody = false;
359        }
360        return hasEmptyBody;
361    }
362
363    /**
364     * Checks whether a method can be overridden.
365     * Method can be overridden if it is not private, abstract, final or static.
366     * Note that the check has nothing to do for interfaces.
367     *
368     * @param methodDef method definition token.
369     * @return true if a method can be overridden in a subclass.
370     */
371    private static boolean canBeOverridden(DetailAST methodDef) {
372        final DetailAST modifiers = methodDef.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.MODIFIERS);
373        return ScopeUtil.getSurroundingScope(methodDef)
374            .map(surroundingScope -> {
375                return surroundingScope.isIn(Scope.PROTECTED)
376                    && !ScopeUtil.isInInterfaceOrAnnotationBlock(methodDef)
377                    && modifiers.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.LITERAL_PRIVATE) == null
378                    && modifiers.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.ABSTRACT) == null
379                    && modifiers.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.FINAL) == null
380                    && modifiers.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.LITERAL_STATIC) == null;
381            })
382            .orElse(Boolean.FALSE);
383    }
384
385    /**
386     * Checks whether a method has any of ignored annotations.
387     *
388     * @param methodDef method definition token.
389     * @param annotations a set of ignored annotations.
390     * @return true if a method has any of ignored annotations.
391     */
392    private static boolean hasIgnoredAnnotation(DetailAST methodDef, Set<String> annotations) {
393        final DetailAST modifiers = methodDef.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.MODIFIERS);
394        final Optional<DetailAST> annotation = TokenUtil.findFirstTokenByPredicate(modifiers,
395            currentToken -> {
396                return currentToken.getType() == TokenTypes.ANNOTATION
397                    && annotations.contains(getAnnotationName(currentToken));
398            });
399        return annotation.isPresent();
400    }
401
402    /**
403     * Gets the name of the annotation.
404     *
405     * @param annotation to get name of.
406     * @return the name of the annotation.
407     */
408    private static String getAnnotationName(DetailAST annotation) {
409        final DetailAST dotAst = annotation.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.DOT);
410        final DetailAST parent = Objects.requireNonNullElse(dotAst, annotation);
411        return parent.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.IDENT).getText();
412    }
413
414    /**
415     * Returns CLASS_DEF or ENUM_DEF token which is the nearest to the given ast node.
416     * Searches the tree towards the root until it finds a CLASS_DEF or ENUM_DEF node.
417     *
418     * @param ast the start node for searching.
419     * @return the CLASS_DEF or ENUM_DEF token.
420     */
421    private static DetailAST getNearestClassOrEnumDefinition(DetailAST ast) {
422        DetailAST searchAST = ast;
423        while (searchAST.getType() != TokenTypes.CLASS_DEF
424               && searchAST.getType() != TokenTypes.ENUM_DEF) {
425            searchAST = searchAST.getParent();
426        }
427        return searchAST;
428    }
429
430    /**
431     * Checks if the given class (given CLASS_DEF node) can be subclassed.
432     *
433     * @param classDef class definition token.
434     * @return true if the containing class can be subclassed.
435     */
436    private static boolean canBeSubclassed(DetailAST classDef) {
437        final DetailAST modifiers = classDef.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.MODIFIERS);
438        return classDef.getType() != TokenTypes.ENUM_DEF
439            && modifiers.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.FINAL) == null
440            && hasDefaultOrExplicitNonPrivateCtor(classDef);
441    }
442
443    /**
444     * Checks whether a class has default or explicit non-private constructor.
445     *
446     * @param classDef class ast token.
447     * @return true if a class has default or explicit non-private constructor.
448     */
449    private static boolean hasDefaultOrExplicitNonPrivateCtor(DetailAST classDef) {
450        // check if subclassing is prevented by having only private ctors
451        final DetailAST objBlock = classDef.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.OBJBLOCK);
452
453        boolean hasDefaultConstructor = true;
454        boolean hasExplicitNonPrivateCtor = false;
455
456        DetailAST candidate = objBlock.getFirstChild();
457
458        while (candidate != null) {
459            if (candidate.getType() == TokenTypes.CTOR_DEF) {
460                hasDefaultConstructor = false;
461
462                final DetailAST ctorMods =
463                        candidate.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.MODIFIERS);
464                if (ctorMods.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.LITERAL_PRIVATE) == null) {
465                    hasExplicitNonPrivateCtor = true;
466                    break;
467                }
468            }
469            candidate = candidate.getNextSibling();
470        }
471
472        return hasDefaultConstructor || hasExplicitNonPrivateCtor;
473    }
474
475}