com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.imports

Class IllegalImportCheck

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.imports.IllegalImportCheck

All Implemented Interfaces:

Configurable, Contextualizable

public class IllegalImportCheck
extends AbstractCheck

Checks for imports from a set of illegal packages.

Note: By default, the check rejects all sun.* packages since programs that contain direct calls to the sun.* packages are "not guaranteed to work on all Java-compatible platforms". To reject other packages, set property illegalPkgs to a list of the illegal packages.

• Property illegalPkgs - Specify packages to reject, if regexp property is not set, checks if import is the part of package. If regexp property is set, then list of packages will be interpreted as regular expressions. Note, all properties for match will be used. Type is java.lang.String[]. Default value is sun.
• Property illegalClasses - Specify class names to reject, if regexp property is not set, checks if import equals class name. If regexp property is set, then list of class names will be interpreted as regular expressions. Note, all properties for match will be used. Type is java.lang.String[]. Default value is {}.
• Property regexp - Control whether the illegalPkgs and illegalClasses should be interpreted as regular expressions. Type is boolean. Default value is false.

To configure the check:

 <module name="IllegalImport"/>
 

To configure the check so that it rejects packages java.io.* and java.sql.*:

 <module name="IllegalImport">
   <property name="illegalPkgs" value="java.io, java.sql"/>
 </module>
 

The following example shows class with no illegal imports

 import java.lang.ArithmeticException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import sun.applet.*;

 public class InputIllegalImport { }
 

The following example shows class with two illegal imports

• java.io.*, illegalPkgs property contains this package
• java.sql.Connection is inside java.sql package

 import java.io.*;           // violation
 import java.lang.ArithmeticException;
 import java.sql.Connection; // violation
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import sun.applet.*;

 public class InputIllegalImport { }
 

To configure the check so that it rejects classes java.util.Date and java.sql.Connection:

 <module name="IllegalImport">
   <property name="illegalClasses"
     value="java.util.Date, java.sql.Connection"/>
 </module>
 

The following example shows class with no illegal imports

 import java.io.*;
 import java.lang.ArithmeticException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import sun.applet.*;

 public class InputIllegalImport { }
 

The following example shows class with two illegal imports

• java.sql.Connection, illegalClasses property contains this class
• java.util.Date, illegalClasses property contains this class

 import java.io.*;
 import java.lang.ArithmeticException;
 import java.sql.Connection; // violation
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Date;      // violation
 import sun.applet.*;

 public class InputIllegalImport { }
 

To configure the check so that it rejects packages not satisfying to regular expression java\.util:

 <module name="IllegalImport">
   <property name="regexp" value="true"/>
   <property name="illegalPkgs" value="java\.util"/>
 </module>
 

The following example shows class with no illegal imports

 import java.io.*;
 import java.lang.ArithmeticException;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import sun.applet.*;

 public class InputIllegalImport { }
 

The following example shows class with four illegal imports

• java.util.List
• java.util.Enumeration
• java.util.Arrays
• java.util.Date

All four imports match "java\.util" regular expression

 import java.io.*;
 import java.lang.ArithmeticException;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.util.List;          // violation
 import java.util.Enumeration;   // violation
 import java.util.Arrays;        // violation
 import java.util.Date;          // violation
 import sun.applet.*;

 public class InputIllegalImport { }
 

To configure the check so that it rejects class names not satisfying to regular expression ^java\.util\.(List|Arrays) and ^java\.sql\.Connection:

 <module name="IllegalImport">
   <property name="regexp" value="true"/>
   <property name="illegalClasses"
     value="^java\.util\.(List|Arrays), ^java\.sql\.Connection"/>
 </module>
 

The following example shows class with no illegal imports

 import java.io.*;
 import java.lang.ArithmeticException;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.Date;
 import sun.applet.*;

 public class InputIllegalImport { }
 

The following example shows class with three illegal imports

• java.sql.Connection matches "^java\.sql\.Connection" regular expression
• java.util.List matches "^java\.util\.(List|Arrays)" regular expression
• java.util.Arrays matches "^java\.util\.(List|Arrays)" regular expression

 import java.io.*;
 import java.lang.ArithmeticException;
 import java.sql.Connection;     // violation
 import java.util.List;          // violation
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.Arrays;        // violation
 import java.util.Date;
 import sun.applet.*;

 public class InputIllegalImport { }
 

Parent is com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TreeWalker

Violation Message Keys:

• import.illegal

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
IllegalImportCheck() Creates a new IllegalImportCheck instance.

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.
void	setIllegalClasses(String... from) Setter to specify class names to reject, if regexp property is not set, checks if import equals class name.
void	setIllegalPkgs(String... from) Setter to specify packages to reject, if regexp property is not set, checks if import is the part of package.
void	setRegexp(boolean regexp) Setter to control whether the illegalPkgs and illegalClasses should be interpreted as regular expressions.
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, 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.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

IllegalImportCheck

public IllegalImportCheck()

Creates a new IllegalImportCheck instance.

Method Detail

setIllegalPkgs

public final void setIllegalPkgs(String... from)

Setter to specify packages to reject, if regexp property is not set, checks if import is the part of package. If regexp property is set, then list of packages will be interpreted as regular expressions. Note, all properties for match will be used.

Parameters:

from - array of illegal packages

setIllegalClasses

public void setIllegalClasses(String... from)

Setter to specify class names to reject, if regexp property is not set, checks if import equals class name. If regexp property is set, then list of class names will be interpreted as regular expressions. Note, all properties for match will be used.

Parameters:

from - array of illegal classes

setRegexp

public void setRegexp(boolean regexp)

Setter to control whether the illegalPkgs and illegalClasses should be interpreted as regular expressions.

Parameters:

regexp - a Boolean value

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