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1   ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2   // checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
3   // Copyright (C) 2001-2015 the original author or authors.
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18  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
19  package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.design;
20  
21  import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Check;
22  import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
23  import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailAST;
24  
25  /**
26   * Make sure that utility classes (classes that contain only static methods)
27   * do not have a public constructor.
28   * <p>
29   * Rationale: Instantiating utility classes does not make sense.
30   * A common mistake is forgetting to hide the default constructor.
31   * </p>
32   *
33   * @author lkuehne
34   */
35  public class HideUtilityClassConstructorCheck extends Check
36  {
37  
38      /**
39       * A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties"
40       * file.
41       */
42      public static final String MSG_KEY = "hide.utility.class";
43  
44      @Override
45      public int[] getDefaultTokens()
46      {
47          return new int[] {TokenTypes.CLASS_DEF};
48      }
49  
50      @Override
51      public int[] getAcceptableTokens()
52      {
53          return new int[] {TokenTypes.CLASS_DEF};
54      }
55  
56      @Override
57      public void visitToken(DetailAST ast)
58      {
59          if (isAbstract(ast)) {
60              // abstract class could not have private constructor
61              return;
62          }
63  
64          final DetailAST objBlock = ast.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.OBJBLOCK);
65          DetailAST child = objBlock.getFirstChild();
66          final boolean hasStaticModifier = isStatic(ast);
67          boolean hasMethodOrField = false;
68          boolean hasNonStaticMethodOrField = false;
69          boolean hasNonPrivateStaticMethodOrField = false;
70          boolean hasDefaultCtor = true;
71          boolean hasPublicCtor = false;
72  
73          while (child != null) {
74              final int type = child.getType();
75              if (type == TokenTypes.METHOD_DEF
76                      || type == TokenTypes.VARIABLE_DEF)
77              {
78                  hasMethodOrField = true;
79                  final DetailAST modifiers =
80                      child.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.MODIFIERS);
81                  final boolean isStatic =
82                      modifiers.branchContains(TokenTypes.LITERAL_STATIC);
83                  final boolean isPrivate =
84                      modifiers.branchContains(TokenTypes.LITERAL_PRIVATE);
85  
86                  if (!isStatic && !isPrivate) {
87                      hasNonStaticMethodOrField = true;
88                  }
89                  if (isStatic && !isPrivate) {
90                      hasNonPrivateStaticMethodOrField = true;
91                  }
92              }
93              if (type == TokenTypes.CTOR_DEF) {
94                  hasDefaultCtor = false;
95                  final DetailAST modifiers =
96                      child.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.MODIFIERS);
97                  if (!modifiers.branchContains(TokenTypes.LITERAL_PRIVATE)
98                      && !modifiers.branchContains(TokenTypes.LITERAL_PROTECTED))
99                  {
100                     // treat package visible as public
101                     // for the purpose of this Check
102                     hasPublicCtor = true;
103                 }
104 
105             }
106             child = child.getNextSibling();
107         }
108 
109         final boolean hasAccessibleCtor = hasDefaultCtor || hasPublicCtor;
110 
111         // figure out if class extends java.lang.object directly
112         // keep it simple for now and get a 99% solution
113         // TODO: check for "extends java.lang.Object" and "extends Object"
114         // consider "import org.omg.CORBA.*"
115         final boolean extendsJLO = // J.Lo even made it into in our sources :-)
116             ast.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.EXTENDS_CLAUSE) == null;
117 
118         final boolean isUtilClass = extendsJLO && hasMethodOrField
119             && !hasNonStaticMethodOrField && hasNonPrivateStaticMethodOrField;
120 
121         if (isUtilClass && hasAccessibleCtor && !hasStaticModifier) {
122             log(ast.getLineNo(), ast.getColumnNo(), MSG_KEY);
123         }
124     }
125 
126     /**
127      * @param ast class definition for check.
128      * @return true if a given class declared as abstract.
129      */
130     private boolean isAbstract(DetailAST ast)
131     {
132         return ast.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.MODIFIERS)
133             .branchContains(TokenTypes.ABSTRACT);
134     }
135 
136     /**
137      * @param ast class definition for check.
138      * @return true if a given class declared as static.
139      */
140     private boolean isStatic(DetailAST ast)
141     {
142         return ast.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.MODIFIERS)
143             .branchContains(TokenTypes.LITERAL_STATIC);
144     }
145 }