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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.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   * <p>
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   * </p>
35   * <p>
36   * Rationale: Complex boolean logic makes code hard to understand and maintain.
37   * </p>
38   * <p>
39   * Parent is {@code com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TreeWalker}
40   * </p>
41   * <p>
42   * Violation Message Keys:
43   * </p>
44   * <ul>
45   * <li>
46   * {@code simplify.expression}
47   * </li>
48   * </ul>
49   *
50   * @since 3.0
51   */
52  @StatelessCheck
53  public class SimplifyBooleanExpressionCheck
54          extends AbstractCheck {
55  
56      /**
57       * A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties"
58       * file.
59       */
60      public static final String MSG_KEY = "simplify.expression";
61  
62      @Override
63      public int[] getDefaultTokens() {
64          return getRequiredTokens();
65      }
66  
67      @Override
68      public int[] getAcceptableTokens() {
69          return getRequiredTokens();
70      }
71  
72      @Override
73      public int[] getRequiredTokens() {
74          return new int[] {TokenTypes.LITERAL_TRUE, TokenTypes.LITERAL_FALSE};
75      }
76  
77      @Override
78      public void visitToken(DetailAST ast) {
79          final DetailAST parent = ast.getParent();
80          switch (parent.getType()) {
81              case TokenTypes.NOT_EQUAL:
82              case TokenTypes.EQUAL:
83              case TokenTypes.LNOT:
84              case TokenTypes.LOR:
85              case TokenTypes.LAND:
86                  log(parent, MSG_KEY);
87                  break;
88              case TokenTypes.QUESTION:
89                  final DetailAST nextSibling = ast.getNextSibling();
90                  if (TokenUtil.isBooleanLiteralType(parent.getFirstChild().getType())
91                          || nextSibling != null && nextSibling.getNextSibling() != null
92                          && TokenUtil.isBooleanLiteralType(
93                          nextSibling.getNextSibling().getType())) {
94                      log(parent, MSG_KEY);
95                  }
96                  break;
97              default:
98                  break;
99          }
100     }
101 
102 }