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1   ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2   // checkstyle: Checks Java source code and other text files for adherence to a set of rules.
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19  
20  package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.coding;
21  
22  import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.FileStatefulCheck;
23  import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck;
24  import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailAST;
25  import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
26  
27  /**
28   * <div>
29   * Restricts nested if-else blocks to a specified depth.
30   * </div>
31   * <ul>
32   * <li>
33   * Property {@code max} - Specify maximum allowed nesting depth.
34   * Type is {@code int}.
35   * Default value is {@code 1}.
36   * </li>
37   * </ul>
38   *
39   * <p>
40   * Parent is {@code com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TreeWalker}
41   * </p>
42   *
43   * <p>
44   * Violation Message Keys:
45   * </p>
46   * <ul>
47   * <li>
48   * {@code nested.if.depth}
49   * </li>
50   * </ul>
51   *
52   * @since 3.2
53   */
54  @FileStatefulCheck
55  public final class NestedIfDepthCheck extends AbstractCheck {
56  
57      /**
58       * A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties"
59       * file.
60       */
61      public static final String MSG_KEY = "nested.if.depth";
62  
63      /** Specify maximum allowed nesting depth. */
64      private int max = 1;
65      /** Current nesting depth. */
66      private int depth;
67  
68      /**
69       * Setter to specify maximum allowed nesting depth.
70       *
71       * @param max maximum allowed nesting depth.
72       * @since 3.2
73       */
74      public void setMax(int max) {
75          this.max = max;
76      }
77  
78      @Override
79      public int[] getDefaultTokens() {
80          return getRequiredTokens();
81      }
82  
83      @Override
84      public int[] getAcceptableTokens() {
85          return getRequiredTokens();
86      }
87  
88      @Override
89      public int[] getRequiredTokens() {
90          return new int[] {TokenTypes.LITERAL_IF};
91      }
92  
93      @Override
94      public void visitToken(DetailAST literalIf) {
95          if (!isElseIf(literalIf)) {
96              if (depth > max) {
97                  log(literalIf, MSG_KEY, depth, max);
98              }
99              ++depth;
100         }
101     }
102 
103     @Override
104     public void leaveToken(DetailAST literalIf) {
105         if (!isElseIf(literalIf)) {
106             --depth;
107         }
108     }
109 
110     /**
111      * Returns whether a token represents an ELSE as part of an ELSE / IF set.
112      *
113      * @param ast the token to check
114      * @return whether it is
115      */
116     private static boolean isElseIf(DetailAST ast) {
117         final DetailAST parentAST = ast.getParent();
118 
119         return isElse(parentAST) || isElseWithCurlyBraces(parentAST);
120     }
121 
122     /**
123      * Returns whether a token represents an ELSE.
124      *
125      * @param ast the token to check
126      * @return whether the token represents an ELSE
127      */
128     private static boolean isElse(DetailAST ast) {
129         return ast.getType() == TokenTypes.LITERAL_ELSE;
130     }
131 
132     /**
133      * Returns whether a token represents an SLIST as part of an ELSE
134      * statement.
135      *
136      * @param ast the token to check
137      * @return whether the toke does represent an SLIST as part of an ELSE
138      */
139     private static boolean isElseWithCurlyBraces(DetailAST ast) {
140         return ast.getChildCount() == 2 && isElse(ast.getParent());
141     }
142 }