1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 2 // checkstyle: Checks Java source code and other text files for adherence to a set of rules. 3 // Copyright (C) 2001-2025 the original author or authors. 4 // 5 // This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 6 // modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 7 // License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 8 // version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 9 // 10 // This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 11 // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 12 // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 13 // Lesser General Public License for more details. 14 // 15 // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 16 // License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 17 // Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 18 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 19 20 package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc; 21 22 import java.util.Locale; 23 24 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.StatelessCheck; 25 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck; 26 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailAST; 27 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes; 28 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.utils.JavadocUtil; 29 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.utils.TokenUtil; 30 31 /** 32 * <div> 33 * Checks that the Javadoc content begins from the same position 34 * for all Javadoc comments in the project. Any leading asterisks and spaces 35 * are not counted as the beginning of the content and are therefore ignored. 36 * </div> 37 * 38 * <p> 39 * It is possible to enforce two different styles: 40 * </p> 41 * <ul> 42 * <li> 43 * {@code first_line} - Javadoc content starts from the first line: 44 * <div class="wrapper"><pre class="prettyprint"><code class="language-java"> 45 * /** Summary text. 46 * * More details. 47 * */ 48 * public void method(); 49 * </code></pre></div> 50 * </li> 51 * <li> 52 * {@code second_line} - Javadoc content starts from the second line: 53 * <div class="wrapper"><pre class="prettyprint"><code class="language-java"> 54 * /** 55 * * Summary text. 56 * * More details. 57 * */ 58 * public void method(); 59 * </code></pre></div> 60 * </li> 61 * </ul> 62 * 63 * <p> 64 * Notes: 65 * This check does not validate the Javadoc summary itself nor its presence. 66 * The check will not report any violations for missing or malformed javadoc summary. 67 * To validate the Javadoc summary use 68 * <a href="https://checkstyle.org/checks/javadoc/summaryjavadoc.html"> 69 * SummaryJavadoc</a> check. 70 * </p> 71 * 72 * <p> 73 * The <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/specs/javadoc/doc-comment-spec.html"> 74 * Documentation Comment Specification</a> permits leading asterisks on the first line. 75 * For these Javadoc comments: 76 * </p> 77 * <div class="wrapper"><pre class="prettyprint"><code class="language-java"> 78 * /*** 79 * * Some text. 80 * */ 81 * /************ 82 * * Some text. 83 * */ 84 * /** ** 85 * * Some text. 86 * */ 87 * </code></pre></div> 88 * 89 * <p> 90 * The documentation generated will be just "Some text." without any asterisks. 91 * Since these asterisks will not appear in the generated documentation, 92 * they should not be considered as the beginning of the Javadoc content. 93 * In such cases, the check assumes that the Javadoc content begins on the second line. 94 * </p> 95 * <ul> 96 * <li> 97 * Property {@code location} - Specify the policy on placement of the Javadoc content. 98 * Type is {@code com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc.JavadocContentLocationOption}. 99 * Default value is {@code second_line}. 100 * </li> 101 * </ul> 102 * 103 * <p> 104 * Parent is {@code com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TreeWalker} 105 * </p> 106 * 107 * <p> 108 * Violation Message Keys: 109 * </p> 110 * <ul> 111 * <li> 112 * {@code javadoc.content.first.line} 113 * </li> 114 * <li> 115 * {@code javadoc.content.second.line} 116 * </li> 117 * </ul> 118 * 119 * @since 8.27 120 */ 121 @StatelessCheck 122 public class JavadocContentLocationCheck extends AbstractCheck { 123 124 /** 125 * A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties" file. 126 */ 127 public static final String MSG_JAVADOC_CONTENT_FIRST_LINE = "javadoc.content.first.line"; 128 129 /** 130 * A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties" file. 131 */ 132 public static final String MSG_JAVADOC_CONTENT_SECOND_LINE = "javadoc.content.second.line"; 133 134 /** 135 * Specify the policy on placement of the Javadoc content. 136 */ 137 private JavadocContentLocationOption location = JavadocContentLocationOption.SECOND_LINE; 138 139 @Override 140 public int[] getRequiredTokens() { 141 return new int[] { 142 TokenTypes.BLOCK_COMMENT_BEGIN, 143 }; 144 } 145 146 @Override 147 public int[] getAcceptableTokens() { 148 return getRequiredTokens(); 149 } 150 151 @Override 152 public int[] getDefaultTokens() { 153 return getRequiredTokens(); 154 } 155 156 @Override 157 public boolean isCommentNodesRequired() { 158 return true; 159 } 160 161 /** 162 * Setter to specify the policy on placement of the Javadoc content. 163 * 164 * @param value string to decode location from 165 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if unable to decode 166 * @since 8.27 167 */ 168 public void setLocation(String value) { 169 location = JavadocContentLocationOption.valueOf(value.trim().toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH)); 170 } 171 172 @Override 173 public void visitToken(DetailAST ast) { 174 if (isMultilineComment(ast) && JavadocUtil.isJavadocComment(ast)) { 175 final String commentContent = JavadocUtil.getJavadocCommentContent(ast); 176 final int indexOfFirstNonBlankLine = findIndexOfFirstNonBlankLine(commentContent); 177 if (indexOfFirstNonBlankLine >= 0) { 178 if (location == JavadocContentLocationOption.FIRST_LINE 179 && indexOfFirstNonBlankLine != 0) { 180 log(ast, MSG_JAVADOC_CONTENT_FIRST_LINE); 181 } 182 else if (location == JavadocContentLocationOption.SECOND_LINE 183 && indexOfFirstNonBlankLine != 1) { 184 log(ast, MSG_JAVADOC_CONTENT_SECOND_LINE); 185 } 186 } 187 } 188 } 189 190 /** 191 * Checks if a DetailAST of type {@code TokenTypes.BLOCK_COMMENT_BEGIN} span 192 * more than one line. The node always has at least one child of the type 193 * {@code TokenTypes.BLOCK_COMMENT_END}. 194 * 195 * @param node node to check 196 * @return {@code true} for multi-line comment nodes 197 */ 198 private static boolean isMultilineComment(DetailAST node) { 199 return !TokenUtil.areOnSameLine(node, node.getLastChild()); 200 } 201 202 /** 203 * Returns the index of the first non-blank line. 204 * All lines consists only of asterisks and whitespaces are treated as blank. 205 * 206 * @param commentContent Javadoc content to process 207 * @return the index of the first non-blank line or {@code -1} if all lines are blank 208 */ 209 private static int findIndexOfFirstNonBlankLine(String commentContent) { 210 int lineNo = 0; 211 boolean noContent = true; 212 for (int i = 0; i < commentContent.length(); ++i) { 213 final char character = commentContent.charAt(i); 214 if (character == '\n') { 215 ++lineNo; 216 } 217 else if (character != '*' && !Character.isWhitespace(character)) { 218 noContent = false; 219 break; 220 } 221 } 222 if (noContent) { 223 lineNo = -1; 224 } 225 return lineNo; 226 } 227 228 }