Class AbbreviationAsWordInNameCheck

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Configurable, Contextualizable

    public class AbbreviationAsWordInNameCheck
    extends AbstractCheck

    Validates abbreviations (consecutive capital letters) length in identifier name, it also allows to enforce camel case naming. Please read more at Google Style Guide to get to know how to avoid long abbreviations in names.

    '_' is considered as word separator in identifier name.

    allowedAbbreviationLength specifies how many consecutive capital letters are allowed in the identifier. A value of 3 indicates that up to 4 consecutive capital letters are allowed, one after the other, before a violation is printed. The identifier 'MyTEST' would be allowed, but 'MyTESTS' would not be. A value of 0 indicates that only 1 consecutive capital letter is allowed. This is what should be used to enforce strict camel casing. The identifier 'MyTest' would be allowed, but 'MyTEst' would not be.

    ignoreFinal, ignoreStatic, and ignoreStaticFinal control whether variables with the respective modifiers are to be ignored. Note that a variable that is both static and final will always be considered under ignoreStaticFinal only, regardless of the values of ignoreFinal and ignoreStatic. So for example if ignoreStatic is true but ignoreStaticFinal is false, then static final variables will not be ignored.

    • Property allowedAbbreviationLength - Indicate the number of consecutive capital letters allowed in targeted identifiers (abbreviations in the classes, interfaces, variables and methods names, ... ). Type is int. Default value is 3.
    • Property allowedAbbreviations - Specify abbreviations that must be skipped for checking. Type is java.lang.String[]. Default value is "".
    • Property ignoreFinal - Allow to skip variables with final modifier. Type is boolean. Default value is true.
    • Property ignoreOverriddenMethods - Allow to ignore methods tagged with @Override annotation (that usually mean inherited name). Type is boolean. Default value is true.
    • Property ignoreStatic - Allow to skip variables with static modifier. Type is boolean. Default value is true.
    • Property ignoreStaticFinal - Allow to skip variables with both static and final modifiers. Type is boolean. Default value is true.
    • Property tokens - tokens to check Type is java.lang.String[]. Validation type is tokenSet. Default value is: CLASS_DEF, INTERFACE_DEF, ENUM_DEF, ANNOTATION_DEF, ANNOTATION_FIELD_DEF, PARAMETER_DEF, VARIABLE_DEF, METHOD_DEF, PATTERN_VARIABLE_DEF, RECORD_DEF, RECORD_COMPONENT_DEF.

    Parent is com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TreeWalker

    Violation Message Keys:

    • abbreviation.as.word
    Since:
    5.8
    • Field Detail

      • allowedAbbreviationLength

        private int allowedAbbreviationLength
        Indicate the number of consecutive capital letters allowed in targeted identifiers (abbreviations in the classes, interfaces, variables and methods names, ... ).
      • ignoreFinal

        private boolean ignoreFinal
        Allow to skip variables with final modifier.
      • ignoreStatic

        private boolean ignoreStatic
        Allow to skip variables with static modifier.
      • ignoreStaticFinal

        private boolean ignoreStaticFinal
        Allow to skip variables with both static and final modifiers.
      • ignoreOverriddenMethods

        private boolean ignoreOverriddenMethods
        Allow to ignore methods tagged with @Override annotation (that usually mean inherited name).
    • Method Detail

      • setIgnoreFinal

        public void setIgnoreFinal​(boolean ignoreFinal)
        Setter to allow to skip variables with final modifier.
        Parameters:
        ignoreFinal - Defines if ignore variables with 'final' modifier or not.
        Since:
        5.8
      • setIgnoreStatic

        public void setIgnoreStatic​(boolean ignoreStatic)
        Setter to allow to skip variables with static modifier.
        Parameters:
        ignoreStatic - Defines if ignore variables with 'static' modifier or not.
        Since:
        5.8
      • setIgnoreStaticFinal

        public void setIgnoreStaticFinal​(boolean ignoreStaticFinal)
        Setter to allow to skip variables with both static and final modifiers.
        Parameters:
        ignoreStaticFinal - Defines if ignore variables with both 'static' and 'final' modifiers or not.
        Since:
        8.32
      • setIgnoreOverriddenMethods

        public void setIgnoreOverriddenMethods​(boolean ignoreOverriddenMethods)
        Setter to allow to ignore methods tagged with @Override annotation (that usually mean inherited name).
        Parameters:
        ignoreOverriddenMethods - Defines if ignore methods with "@Override" annotation or not.
        Since:
        5.8
      • setAllowedAbbreviationLength

        public void setAllowedAbbreviationLength​(int allowedAbbreviationLength)
        Setter to indicate the number of consecutive capital letters allowed in targeted identifiers (abbreviations in the classes, interfaces, variables and methods names, ... ).
        Parameters:
        allowedAbbreviationLength - amount of allowed capital letters in abbreviation.
        Since:
        5.8
      • setAllowedAbbreviations

        public void setAllowedAbbreviations​(String... allowedAbbreviations)
        Setter to specify abbreviations that must be skipped for checking.
        Parameters:
        allowedAbbreviations - abbreviations that must be skipped from checking.
        Since:
        5.8
      • 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
      • isIgnoreSituation

        private boolean isIgnoreSituation​(DetailAST ast)
        Checks if it is an ignore situation.
        Parameters:
        ast - input DetailAST node.
        Returns:
        true if it is an ignore situation found for given input DetailAST node.
      • hasIgnoredModifiers

        private boolean hasIgnoredModifiers​(DetailAST modifiers)
        Checks if a variable is to be ignored based on its modifiers.
        Parameters:
        modifiers - modifiers of the variable to be checked
        Returns:
        true if there is a modifier to be ignored
      • isInterfaceDeclaration

        private static boolean isInterfaceDeclaration​(DetailAST variableDefAst)
        Check that variable definition in interface or @interface definition.
        Parameters:
        variableDefAst - variable definition.
        Returns:
        true if variable definition(variableDefAst) is in interface or @interface definition.
      • hasOverrideAnnotation

        private static boolean hasOverrideAnnotation​(DetailAST methodModifiersAST)
        Checks that the method has "@Override" annotation.
        Parameters:
        methodModifiersAST - A DetailAST nod is related to the given method modifiers (MODIFIERS type).
        Returns:
        true if method has "@Override" annotation.
      • getDisallowedAbbreviation

        private String getDisallowedAbbreviation​(String str)
        Gets the disallowed abbreviation contained in given String.
        Parameters:
        str - the given String.
        Returns:
        the disallowed abbreviation contained in given String as a separate String.
      • getAbbreviationIfIllegal

        private String getAbbreviationIfIllegal​(String str,
                                                int beginIndex,
                                                int endIndex,
                                                int allowedLength)
        Get Abbreviation if it is illegal, where beginIndex and endIndex are inclusive indexes of a sequence of consecutive upper-case characters.
        Parameters:
        str - name
        beginIndex - begin index
        endIndex - end index
        allowedLength - maximum allowed length for Abbreviation
        Returns:
        the abbreviation if it is bigger than required and not in the ignore list, otherwise null
      • getAbbreviation

        private static String getAbbreviation​(String str,
                                              int beginIndex,
                                              int endIndex)
        Gets the abbreviation, where beginIndex and endIndex are inclusive indexes of a sequence of consecutive upper-case characters.

        The character at endIndex is only included in the abbreviation if it is the last character in the string; otherwise it is usually the first capital in the next word.

        For example, getAbbreviation("getXMLParser", 3, 6) returns "XML" (not "XMLP"), and so does getAbbreviation("parseXML", 5, 7).

        Parameters:
        str - name
        beginIndex - begin index
        endIndex - end index
        Returns:
        the specified abbreviation
      • getChildren

        private static List<DetailASTgetChildren​(DetailAST node)
        Gets all the children which are one level below on the current DetailAST parent node.
        Parameters:
        node - Current parent node.
        Returns:
        The list of children one level below on the current parent node.