Package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.sizes

Class ParameterNumberCheck

java.lang.Object

com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.AbstractAutomaticBean

com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractViolationReporter

com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck

com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.sizes.ParameterNumberCheck

All Implemented Interfaces:

Configurable, Contextualizable

public class ParameterNumberCheck
extends AbstractCheck

Checks the number of parameters of a method or constructor.

• Property ignoreOverriddenMethods - Ignore number of parameters for methods with @Override annotation. Type is boolean. Default value is false.
• Property max - Specify the maximum number of parameters allowed. Type is int. Default value is 7.
• Property tokens - tokens to check Type is java.lang.String[]. Validation type is tokenSet. Default value is: METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF.

Parent is com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TreeWalker

Violation Message Keys:

• maxParam

Since:

3.0

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.AbstractAutomaticBean

AbstractAutomaticBean.OutputStreamOptions

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private static int	DEFAULT_MAX_PARAMETERS	Default maximum number of allowed parameters.
private boolean	ignoreOverriddenMethods	Ignore number of parameters for methods with @Override annotation.
private int	max	Specify the maximum number of parameters allowed.
static java.lang.String	MSG_KEY	A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties" file.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ParameterNumberCheck()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int[]	getAcceptableTokens()	The configurable token set.
int[]	getDefaultTokens()	Returns the default token a check is interested in.
int[]	getRequiredTokens()	The tokens that this check must be registered for.
void	setIgnoreOverriddenMethods(boolean ignoreOverriddenMethods)	Setter to ignore number of parameters for methods with @Override annotation.
void	setMax(int max)	Setter to specify the maximum number of parameters allowed.
private boolean	shouldIgnoreNumberOfParameters(DetailAST ast)	Determine whether to ignore number of parameters for the method.
void	visitToken(DetailAST ast)	Called to process a token.

Methods inherited from class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck

beginTree, clearViolations, destroy, finishTree, getFileContents, getFilePath, getLine, getLineCodePoints, getLines, getTabWidth, getTokenNames, getViolations, init, isCommentNodesRequired, leaveToken, log, log, log, setFileContents, setTabWidth, setTokens

Methods inherited from class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractViolationReporter

finishLocalSetup, getCustomMessages, getId, getMessageBundle, getSeverity, getSeverityLevel, setId, setSeverity

Methods inherited from class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.AbstractAutomaticBean

configure, contextualize, getConfiguration, setupChild

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

MSG_KEY

public static final java.lang.String MSG_KEY

A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties" file.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_MAX_PARAMETERS

private static final int DEFAULT_MAX_PARAMETERS

Default maximum number of allowed parameters.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

max

private int max

Specify the maximum number of parameters allowed.

ignoreOverriddenMethods

private boolean ignoreOverriddenMethods

Ignore number of parameters for methods with @Override annotation.

Constructor Detail

ParameterNumberCheck

public ParameterNumberCheck()

Method Detail

setMax

public void setMax(int max)

Setter to specify the maximum number of parameters allowed.

Parameters:

max - the max allowed parameters

Since:

3.0

setIgnoreOverriddenMethods

public void setIgnoreOverriddenMethods(boolean ignoreOverriddenMethods)

Setter to ignore number of parameters for methods with @Override annotation.

Parameters:

ignoreOverriddenMethods - set ignore overridden methods

Since:

6.2

getDefaultTokens

public int[] getDefaultTokens()

Description copied from class: AbstractCheck

Returns the default token a check is interested in. Only used if the configuration for a check does not define the tokens.

Specified by:

getDefaultTokens in class AbstractCheck

Returns:

the default tokens

See Also:

TokenTypes

getAcceptableTokens

public int[] getAcceptableTokens()

Description copied from class: AbstractCheck

The configurable token set. Used to protect Checks against malicious users who specify an unacceptable token set in the configuration file. The default implementation returns the check's default tokens.

Specified by:

getAcceptableTokens in class AbstractCheck

Returns:

the token set this check is designed for.

See Also:

TokenTypes

getRequiredTokens

public int[] getRequiredTokens()

Description copied from class: AbstractCheck

The tokens that this check must be registered for.

Specified by:

getRequiredTokens in class AbstractCheck

Returns:

the token set this must be registered for.

See Also:

TokenTypes

visitToken

public void visitToken(DetailAST ast)

Description copied from class: AbstractCheck

Called to process a token.

Overrides:

visitToken in class AbstractCheck

Parameters:

ast - the token to process

shouldIgnoreNumberOfParameters

private boolean shouldIgnoreNumberOfParameters(DetailAST ast)

Determine whether to ignore number of parameters for the method.

Parameters:

ast - the token to process

Returns:

true if this is overridden method and number of parameters should be ignored false otherwise