JavadocVariable

Since Checkstyle 3.0

Description

Checks that a variable has a Javadoc comment. Ignores serialVersionUID fields.

Properties

name description type default value since
excludeScope Specify the visibility scope where Javadoc comments are not checked. Scope null 3.4
ignoreNamePattern Specify the regexp to define variable names to ignore. Pattern null 5.8
scope Specify the visibility scope where Javadoc comments are checked. Scope private 3.0
tokens tokens to check subset of tokens ENUM_CONSTANT_DEF . ENUM_CONSTANT_DEF . 3.0

Examples

To configure the default check: 

<module name="Checker">
  <module name="TreeWalker">
    <module name="JavadocVariable"/>
  </module>
</module>

By default, this setting will report a violation if there is no javadoc for any scope member. 

public class Example1 {
  private int a; // violation

  /**
   * Some description here
   */
  private int b;
  protected int c; // violation
  public int d; // violation
  /*package*/ int e; // violation

}

To configure the check for public scope: 

<module name="Checker">
  <module name="TreeWalker">
    <module name="JavadocVariable">
      <property name="scope" value="public"/>
    </module>
  </module>
</module>

This setting will report a violation if there is no javadoc for public member. 

public class Example2 {
  private int a;

  /**
   * Some description here
   */
  private int b;
  protected int c;
  public int d; // violation
  /*package*/ int e;
}

To configure the check for members which are in private, but not in protected scope: 

<module name="Checker">
  <module name="TreeWalker">
    <module name="JavadocVariable">
      <property name="scope" value="private"/>
      <property name="excludeScope" value="protected"/>
    </module>
  </module>
</module>

This setting will report a violation if there is no javadoc for private member and ignores protected member. 

public class Example3 {
  private int a; // violation

  /**
   * Some description here
   */
  private int b;
  protected int c;
  public int d;
  /*package*/ int e; // violation
}

To ignore absence of Javadoc comments for variables with names log or logger: 

<module name="Checker">
  <module name="TreeWalker">
    <module name="JavadocVariable">
      <property name="ignoreNamePattern" value="log|logger"/>
    </module>
  </module>
</module>

This setting will report a violation if there is no javadoc for any scope member and ignores members with name log or logger. 

public class Example4 {
  private int a; // violation

  /**
   * Some description here
  */
  private int b;
  protected int c; // violation
  public int d; // violation
  /*package*/ int e; // violation
}

Example of Usage

Violation Messages

All messages can be customized if the default message doesn't suit you. Please see the documentation to learn how to.

Package

com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc

Parent Module

TreeWalker