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1   ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2   // checkstyle: Checks Java source code and other text files for adherence to a set of rules.
3   // Copyright (C) 2001-2024 the original author or authors.
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19  
20  package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.coding;
21  
22  import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.StatelessCheck;
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  import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.utils.TokenUtil;
27  
28  /**
29   * <div>
30   * Checks for over-complicated boolean expressions. Currently, it finds code like
31   * {@code if (b == true)}, {@code b || true}, {@code !false},
32   * {@code boolean a = q > 12 ? true : false},
33   * etc.
34   * </div>
35   *
36   * <p>
37   * Rationale: Complex boolean logic makes code hard to understand and maintain.
38   * </p>
39   *
40   * <p>
41   * Parent is {@code com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TreeWalker}
42   * </p>
43   *
44   * <p>
45   * Violation Message Keys:
46   * </p>
47   * <ul>
48   * <li>
49   * {@code simplify.expression}
50   * </li>
51   * </ul>
52   *
53   * @since 3.0
54   */
55  @StatelessCheck
56  public class SimplifyBooleanExpressionCheck
57          extends AbstractCheck {
58  
59      /**
60       * A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties"
61       * file.
62       */
63      public static final String MSG_KEY = "simplify.expression";
64  
65      @Override
66      public int[] getDefaultTokens() {
67          return getRequiredTokens();
68      }
69  
70      @Override
71      public int[] getAcceptableTokens() {
72          return getRequiredTokens();
73      }
74  
75      @Override
76      public int[] getRequiredTokens() {
77          return new int[] {TokenTypes.LITERAL_TRUE, TokenTypes.LITERAL_FALSE};
78      }
79  
80      @Override
81      public void visitToken(DetailAST ast) {
82          final DetailAST parent = ast.getParent();
83          switch (parent.getType()) {
84              case TokenTypes.NOT_EQUAL:
85              case TokenTypes.EQUAL:
86              case TokenTypes.LNOT:
87              case TokenTypes.LOR:
88              case TokenTypes.LAND:
89                  log(parent, MSG_KEY);
90                  break;
91              case TokenTypes.QUESTION:
92                  final DetailAST nextSibling = ast.getNextSibling();
93                  if (TokenUtil.isBooleanLiteralType(parent.getFirstChild().getType())
94                          || nextSibling != null && nextSibling.getNextSibling() != null
95                          && TokenUtil.isBooleanLiteralType(
96                          nextSibling.getNextSibling().getType())) {
97                      log(parent, MSG_KEY);
98                  }
99                  break;
100             default:
101                 break;
102         }
103     }
104 
105 }