MethodTypeParameterName

Since Checkstyle 5.0

Description

Checks that method type parameter names conform to a specified pattern.

Properties

name	description	type	default value	since
format	Sets the pattern to match valid identifiers.	Pattern	`"^[A-Z]$"`	5.0

Examples

To configure the check:


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

Code Example:


class Example1 {
  public <T> void method1() {}
  public <a> void method2() {} // violation
  public <K, V> void method3() {}
  public <k, V> void method4() {} // violation
}

An example of how to configure the check for names that are only a single letter is:


<module name="Checker">
  <module name="TreeWalker">
    <module name="MethodTypeParameterName">
       <property name="format" value="^[a-zA-Z]$"/>
    </module>
  </module>
</module>

Code Example:


class Example2 {
  public <T> void method1() {}
  public <a> void method2() {}
  public <K, V> void method3() {}
  public <k, V> void method4() {}
}

Example of Usage

Violation Messages

name.invalidPattern

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.naming

Parent Module

TreeWalker