public class VisibilityModifierCheck extends AbstractCheck
Checks visibility of class members. Only static final, immutable or annotated
by specified annotation members may be public;
other class members must be private unless the property protectedAllowed
or packageAllowed
is set.
Public members are not flagged if the name matches the public
member regular expression (contains "^serialVersionUID$"
by
default).
Note that Checkstyle 2 used to include "^f[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"
in the default pattern
to allow names used in container-managed persistence for Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 1.1 with
the default settings. With EJB 2.0 it is no longer necessary to have public access for
persistent fields, so the default has been changed.
Rationale: Enforce encapsulation.
Check also has options making it less strict:
ignoreAnnotationCanonicalNames- the list of annotations which ignore variables in consideration. If user will provide short annotation name that type will match to any named the same type without consideration of package.
allowPublicFinalFields- which allows public final fields.
allowPublicImmutableFields- which allows immutable fields to be declared as public if defined in final class.
Field is known to be immutable if:
Classes known to be immutable are listed in immutableClassCanonicalNames by their canonical names.
Property Rationale: Forcing all fields of class to have private modifier by default is good in most cases, but in some cases it drawbacks in too much boilerplate get/set code. One of such cases are immutable classes.
Restriction: Check doesn't check if class is immutable, there's no checking if accessory methods are missing and all fields are immutable, we only check if current field is immutable or final. Under the flag allowPublicImmutableFields, the enclosing class must also be final, to encourage immutability. Under the flag allowPublicFinalFields, the final modifier on the enclosing class is optional.
Star imports are out of scope of this Check. So if one of type imported via star import collides with user specified one by its short name - there won't be Check's violation.
packageAllowed
- Control whether package visible members are allowed.
Type is boolean
.
Default value is false
.
protectedAllowed
- Control whether protected members are allowed.
Type is boolean
.
Default value is false
.
publicMemberPattern
- Specify pattern for public members that should be ignored.
Type is java.util.regex.Pattern
.
Default value is "^serialVersionUID$"
.
allowPublicFinalFields
- Allow final fields to be declared as public.
Type is boolean
.
Default value is false
.
allowPublicImmutableFields
- Allow immutable fields to be
declared as public if defined in final class.
Type is boolean
.
Default value is false
.
immutableClassCanonicalNames
- Specify immutable classes canonical names.
Type is java.lang.String[]
.
Default value is java.io.File, java.lang.Boolean, java.lang.Byte,
java.lang.Character, java.lang.Double, java.lang.Float, java.lang.Integer,
java.lang.Long, java.lang.Short, java.lang.StackTraceElement, java.lang.String,
java.math.BigDecimal, java.math.BigInteger, java.net.Inet4Address, java.net.Inet6Address,
java.net.InetSocketAddress, java.net.URI, java.net.URL, java.util.Locale, java.util.UUID
.
ignoreAnnotationCanonicalNames
- Specify the list of annotations canonical
names which ignore variables in consideration.
Type is java.lang.String[]
.
Default value is com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting,
org.junit.ClassRule, org.junit.Rule
.
To configure the check:
<module name="VisibilityModifier"/>
To configure the check so that it allows package visible members:
<module name="VisibilityModifier"> <property name="packageAllowed" value="true"/> </module>
To configure the check so that it allows no public members:
<module name="VisibilityModifier"> <property name="publicMemberPattern" value="^$"/> </module>
To configure the Check so that it allows public immutable fields (mostly for immutable classes):
<module name="VisibilityModifier"> <property name="allowPublicImmutableFields" value="true"/> </module>
Example of allowed public immutable fields:
public class ImmutableClass { public final ImmutableSet<String> includes; // No warning public final ImmutableSet<String> excludes; // No warning public final java.lang.String notes; // No warning public final BigDecimal value; // No warning public ImmutableClass(Collection<String> includes, Collection<String> excludes, BigDecimal value, String notes) { this.includes = ImmutableSet.copyOf(includes); this.excludes = ImmutableSet.copyOf(excludes); this.value = value; this.notes = notes; } }
To configure the Check in order to allow user specified immutable class names:
<module name="VisibilityModifier"> <property name="allowPublicImmutableFields" value="true"/> <property name="immutableClassCanonicalNames" value=" com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet"/> </module>
Example of allowed public immutable fields:
public class ImmutableClass { public final ImmutableSet<String> includes; // No warning public final ImmutableSet<String> excludes; // No warning public final java.lang.String notes; // Warning here because //'java.lang.String' wasn't specified as allowed class public final int someValue; // No warning public ImmutableClass(Collection<String> includes, Collection<String> excludes, String notes, int someValue) { this.includes = ImmutableSet.copyOf(includes); this.excludes = ImmutableSet.copyOf(excludes); this.value = value; this.notes = notes; this.someValue = someValue; } }
Note, if allowPublicImmutableFields is set to true, the check will also check whether generic type parameters are immutable. If at least one generic type parameter is mutable, there will be a violation.
<module name="VisibilityModifier"> <property name="allowPublicImmutableFields" value="true"/> <property name="immutableClassCanonicalNames" value="com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet, com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap, java.lang.String"/> </module>
Example of how the check works:
public final class Test { public final String s; public final ImmutableSet<String> names; public final ImmutableSet<Object> objects; // violation (Object class is mutable) public final ImmutableMap<String, Object> links; // violation (Object class is mutable) public Test() { s = "Hello!"; names = ImmutableSet.of(); objects = ImmutableSet.of(); links = ImmutableMap.of(); } }
To configure the Check passing fields annotated with @com.annotation.CustomAnnotation:
<module name="VisibilityModifier"> <property name="ignoreAnnotationCanonicalNames" value= "com.annotation.CustomAnnotation"/> </module>
Example of allowed field:
class SomeClass { @com.annotation.CustomAnnotation String annotatedString; // no warning @CustomAnnotation String shortCustomAnnotated; // no warning }
To configure the Check passing fields annotated with @org.junit.Rule, @org.junit.ClassRule and @com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting annotations:
<module name="VisibilityModifier"/>
Example of allowed fields:
class SomeClass { @org.junit.Rule public TemporaryFolder publicJUnitRule = new TemporaryFolder(); // no warning @org.junit.ClassRule public static TemporaryFolder publicJUnitClassRule = new TemporaryFolder(); // no warning @com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting public String testString = ""; // no warning }
To configure the Check passing fields annotated with short annotation name:
<module name="VisibilityModifier"> <property name="ignoreAnnotationCanonicalNames" value="CustomAnnotation"/> </module>
Example of allowed fields:
class SomeClass { @CustomAnnotation String customAnnotated; // no warning @com.annotation.CustomAnnotation String customAnnotated1; // no warning @mypackage.annotation.CustomAnnotation String customAnnotatedAnotherPackage; // another package but short name matches // so no violation }
To understand the difference between allowPublicImmutableFields and allowPublicFinalFields options, please, study the following examples.
1) To configure the check to use only 'allowPublicImmutableFields' option:
<module name="VisibilityModifier"> <property name="allowPublicImmutableFields" value="true"/> </module>
Code example:
public class InputPublicImmutable { public final int someIntValue; // violation public final ImmutableSet<String> includes; // violation public final java.lang.String notes; // violation public final BigDecimal value; // violation public final List list; // violation public InputPublicImmutable(Collection<String> includes, BigDecimal value, String notes, int someValue, List l) { this.includes = ImmutableSet.copyOf(includes); this.value = value; this.notes = notes; this.someIntValue = someValue; this.list = l; } }
2) To configure the check to use only 'allowPublicFinalFields' option:
<module name="VisibilityModifier"> <property name="allowPublicFinalFields" value="true"/> </module>
Code example:
public class InputPublicImmutable { public final int someIntValue; public final ImmutableSet<String> includes; public final java.lang.String notes; public final BigDecimal value; public final List list; public InputPublicImmutable(Collection<String> includes, BigDecimal value, String notes, int someValue, List l) { this.includes = ImmutableSet.copyOf(includes); this.value = value; this.notes = notes; this.someIntValue = someValue; this.list = l; } }
Parent is com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TreeWalker
Violation Message Keys:
variable.notPrivate
AutomaticBean.OutputStreamOptions
Modifier and Type | Field and Description |
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static String |
MSG_KEY
A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties"
file.
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Constructor and Description |
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VisibilityModifierCheck() |
Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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void |
beginTree(DetailAST rootAst)
Called before the starting to process a tree.
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int[] |
getAcceptableTokens()
The configurable token set.
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int[] |
getDefaultTokens()
Returns the default token a check is interested in.
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int[] |
getRequiredTokens()
The tokens that this check must be registered for.
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void |
setAllowPublicFinalFields(boolean allow)
Setter to allow final fields to be declared as public.
|
void |
setAllowPublicImmutableFields(boolean allow)
Setter to allow immutable fields to be declared as public if defined in final class.
|
void |
setIgnoreAnnotationCanonicalNames(String... annotationNames)
Setter to specify the list of annotations canonical names which ignore variables
in consideration.
|
void |
setImmutableClassCanonicalNames(String... classNames)
Setter to specify immutable classes canonical names.
|
void |
setPackageAllowed(boolean packageAllowed)
Setter to control whether package visible members are allowed.
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void |
setProtectedAllowed(boolean protectedAllowed)
Setter to control whether protected members are allowed.
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void |
setPublicMemberPattern(Pattern pattern)
Setter to specify pattern for public members that should be ignored.
|
void |
visitToken(DetailAST ast)
Called to process a token.
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clearMessages, destroy, finishTree, getFileContents, getLine, getLines, getMessages, getTabWidth, getTokenNames, init, isCommentNodesRequired, leaveToken, log, log, log, setFileContents, setTabWidth, setTokens
finishLocalSetup, getCustomMessages, getId, getMessageBundle, getSeverity, getSeverityLevel, setId, setSeverity
configure, contextualize, getConfiguration, setupChild
public static final String MSG_KEY
public VisibilityModifierCheck()
public void setIgnoreAnnotationCanonicalNames(String... annotationNames)
annotationNames
- array of ignore annotations canonical names.public void setProtectedAllowed(boolean protectedAllowed)
protectedAllowed
- whether protected members are allowedpublic void setPackageAllowed(boolean packageAllowed)
packageAllowed
- whether package visible members are allowedpublic void setPublicMemberPattern(Pattern pattern)
pattern
- pattern for public members to ignore.public void setAllowPublicImmutableFields(boolean allow)
allow
- user's value.public void setAllowPublicFinalFields(boolean allow)
allow
- user's value.public void setImmutableClassCanonicalNames(String... classNames)
classNames
- array of immutable types canonical names.public int[] getDefaultTokens()
AbstractCheck
getDefaultTokens
in class AbstractCheck
TokenTypes
public int[] getAcceptableTokens()
AbstractCheck
getAcceptableTokens
in class AbstractCheck
TokenTypes
public int[] getRequiredTokens()
AbstractCheck
getRequiredTokens
in class AbstractCheck
TokenTypes
public void beginTree(DetailAST rootAst)
AbstractCheck
beginTree
in class AbstractCheck
rootAst
- the root of the treepublic void visitToken(DetailAST ast)
AbstractCheck
visitToken
in class AbstractCheck
ast
- the token to processCopyright © 2001–2020. All rights reserved.