com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks

Class TodoCommentCheck

java.lang.Object

com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AutomaticBean

com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractViolationReporter

com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck

com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.TodoCommentCheck

All Implemented Interfaces:

Configurable, Contextualizable

public class TodoCommentCheck
extends AbstractCheck

Checks for TODO: comments. Actually it is a generic regular expression matcher on Java comments. To check for other patterns in Java comments, set the format property.

Using TODO: comments is a great way to keep track of tasks that need to be done. Having them reported by Checkstyle makes it very hard to forget about them.

• Property format - Specify pattern to match comments against. Type is java.util.regex.Pattern. Default value is "TODO:".

To configure the check:

 <module name="TodoComment"/>
 

Example:

 i++; // TODO: do differently in future   // violation
 i++; // todo: do differently in future   // OK
 

To configure the check for comments that contain TODO and FIXME:

 <module name="TodoComment">
   <property name="format" value="(TODO)|(FIXME)"/>
 </module>
 

Example:

 i++;   // TODO: do differently in future   // violation
 i++;   // todo: do differently in future   // OK
 i=i/x; // FIXME: handle x = 0 case         // violation
 i=i/x; // FIX :  handle x = 0 case         // OK
 

Parent is com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TreeWalker

Violation Message Keys:

• todo.match

Since:

3.0

Nested Class Summary

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

AutomaticBean.OutputStreamOptions

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	MSG_KEY A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties" file.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TodoCommentCheck()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and 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.
boolean	isCommentNodesRequired() Whether comment nodes are required or not.
void	setFormat(Pattern pattern) Setter to specify pattern to match comments against.
void	visitToken(DetailAST ast) Called to process a token.

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

beginTree, clearMessages, destroy, finishTree, getFileContents, getLine, getLines, getMessages, getTabWidth, getTokenNames, init, 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.api.AutomaticBean

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 String MSG_KEY

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

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

TodoCommentCheck

public TodoCommentCheck()

Method Detail

isCommentNodesRequired

public boolean isCommentNodesRequired()

Description copied from class: AbstractCheck

Whether comment nodes are required or not.

Overrides:

isCommentNodesRequired in class AbstractCheck

Returns:

false as a default value.

setFormat

public void setFormat(Pattern pattern)

Setter to specify pattern to match comments against.

Parameters:

pattern - pattern of 'todo' comment.

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