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.sizes;
21
22 import java.io.File;
23 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
24
25 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.StatelessCheck;
26 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractFileSetCheck;
27 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.FileText;
28 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.utils.CommonUtil;
29
30 /**
31 * <div>
32 * Checks for long lines.
33 * </div>
34 *
35 * <p>
36 * Rationale: Long lines are hard to read in printouts or if developers
37 * have limited screen space for the source code, e.g. if the IDE displays
38 * additional information like project tree, class hierarchy, etc.
39 * </p>
40 * <ul>
41 * <li>
42 * Notes:
43 * The calculation of the length of a line takes into account the number of
44 * expanded spaces for a tab character ({@code '\t'}). The default number of spaces is {@code 8}.
45 * To specify a different number of spaces, the user can set
46 * <a href="https://checkstyle.org/config.html#Checker">{@code Checker}</a>
47 * property {@code tabWidth} which applies to all Checks, including {@code LineLength};
48 * or can set property {@code tabWidth} for {@code LineLength} alone.
49 * </li>
50 * <li>
51 * By default, package and import statements (lines matching pattern {@code ^(package|import) .*})
52 * are not verified by this check.
53 * </li>
54 * <li>
55 * Trailing comments are taken into consideration while calculating the line length.
56 * <div class="wrapper"><pre class="prettyprint"><code class="language-java">
57 * import java.util.regex.Pattern; // The length of this comment will be taken into consideration
58 * </code></pre></div>
59 * In the example above the length of the import statement is just 31 characters but total length
60 * will be 94 characters.
61 * </li>
62 * </ul>
63 *
64 * @since 3.0
65 */
66 @StatelessCheck
67 public class LineLengthCheck extends AbstractFileSetCheck {
68
69 /**
70 * A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties"
71 * file.
72 */
73 public static final String MSG_KEY = "maxLineLen";
74
75 /** Default maximum number of columns in a line. */
76 private static final int DEFAULT_MAX_COLUMNS = 80;
77
78 /** Specify the maximum line length allowed. */
79 private int max = DEFAULT_MAX_COLUMNS;
80
81 /** Specify pattern for lines to ignore. */
82 private Pattern ignorePattern = Pattern.compile("^(package|import) .*");
83
84 /**
85 * Creates a new {@code LineLengthCheck} instance.
86 */
87 public LineLengthCheck() {
88 // no code by default
89 }
90
91 @Override
92 protected void processFiltered(File file, FileText fileText) {
93 for (int i = 0; i < fileText.size(); i++) {
94 final String line = fileText.get(i);
95 final int realLength = CommonUtil.lengthExpandedTabs(
96 line, line.codePointCount(0, line.length()), getTabWidth());
97
98 if (realLength > max && !ignorePattern.matcher(line).find()) {
99 log(i + 1, MSG_KEY, max, realLength);
100 }
101 }
102 }
103
104 /**
105 * Setter to specify the maximum line length allowed.
106 *
107 * @param length the maximum length of a line
108 * @since 3.0
109 */
110 public void setMax(int length) {
111 max = length;
112 }
113
114 /**
115 * Setter to specify pattern for lines to ignore.
116 *
117 * @param pattern a pattern.
118 * @since 3.0
119 */
120 public final void setIgnorePattern(Pattern pattern) {
121 ignorePattern = pattern;
122 }
123
124 /**
125 * Setter to specify the file extensions of the files to process.
126 *
127 * @param extensions the set of file extensions. A missing
128 * initial '.' character of an extension is automatically added.
129 * @throws IllegalArgumentException is argument is null
130 * @propertySince 8.24
131 */
132 @Override
133 public final void setFileExtensions(String... extensions) {
134 super.setFileExtensions(extensions);
135 }
136
137 }