001/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 002// checkstyle: Checks Java source code and other text files for adherence to a set of rules. 003// Copyright (C) 2001-2025 the original author or authors. 004// 005// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 006// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 007// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 008// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 009// 010// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 011// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 012// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 013// Lesser General Public License for more details. 014// 015// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 016// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 017// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 018/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 019 020package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks; 021 022import java.util.Arrays; 023import java.util.regex.Pattern; 024 025import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.StatelessCheck; 026import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck; 027import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailAST; 028import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes; 029import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.utils.CommonUtil; 030import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.utils.TokenUtil; 031 032/** 033 * <div> 034 * The check to ensure that lines with code do not end with comment. 035 * For the case of {@code //} comments that means that the only thing that should precede 036 * it is whitespace. It doesn't check comments if they do not end a line; for example, 037 * it accepts the following: <code>Thread.sleep( 10 /*some comment here*/ );</code> 038 * Format property is intended to deal with the <code>} // while</code> example. 039 * </div> 040 * 041 * <p> 042 * Rationale: Steve McConnell in <cite>Code Complete</cite> suggests that endline 043 * comments are a bad practice. An end line comment would be one that is on 044 * the same line as actual code. For example: 045 * </p> 046 * <div class="wrapper"><pre class="prettyprint"><code class="language-java"> 047 * a = b + c; // Some insightful comment 048 * d = e / f; // Another comment for this line 049 * </code></pre></div> 050 * 051 * <p> 052 * Quoting <cite>Code Complete</cite> for the justification: 053 * </p> 054 * <ul> 055 * <li> 056 * "The comments have to be aligned so that they do not interfere with the visual 057 * structure of the code. If you don't align them neatly, they'll make your listing 058 * look like it's been through a washing machine." 059 * </li> 060 * <li> 061 * "Endline comments tend to be hard to format...It takes time to align them. 062 * Such time is not spent learning more about the code; it's dedicated solely 063 * to the tedious task of pressing the spacebar or tab key." 064 * </li> 065 * <li> 066 * "Endline comments are also hard to maintain. If the code on any line containing 067 * an endline comment grows, it bumps the comment farther out, and all the other 068 * endline comments will have to bumped out to match. Styles that are hard to 069 * maintain aren't maintained...." 070 * </li> 071 * <li> 072 * "Endline comments also tend to be cryptic. The right side of the line doesn't 073 * offer much room and the desire to keep the comment on one line means the comment 074 * must be short. Work then goes into making the line as short as possible instead 075 * of as clear as possible. The comment usually ends up as cryptic as possible...." 076 * </li> 077 * <li> 078 * "A systemic problem with endline comments is that it's hard to write a meaningful 079 * comment for one line of code. Most endline comments just repeat the line of code, 080 * which hurts more than it helps." 081 * </li> 082 * </ul> 083 * 084 * <p> 085 * McConnell's comments on being hard to maintain when the size of the line changes 086 * are even more important in the age of automated refactorings. 087 * </p> 088 * 089 * @since 3.4 090 * @noinspection HtmlTagCanBeJavadocTag 091 * @noinspectionreason HtmlTagCanBeJavadocTag - encoded symbols were not decoded 092 * when replaced with Javadoc tag 093 */ 094@StatelessCheck 095public class TrailingCommentCheck extends AbstractCheck { 096 097 /** 098 * A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties" 099 * file. 100 */ 101 public static final String MSG_KEY = "trailing.comments"; 102 103 /** Specify pattern for strings to be formatted without comment specifiers. */ 104 private static final Pattern FORMAT_LINE = Pattern.compile("/"); 105 106 /** 107 * Define pattern for text allowed in trailing comments. 108 * This pattern will not be applied to multiline comments. 109 */ 110 private Pattern legalComment; 111 112 /** Specify pattern for strings allowed before the comment. */ 113 private Pattern format = Pattern.compile("^[\\s});]*$"); 114 115 /** 116 * Setter to define pattern for text allowed in trailing comments. 117 * This pattern will not be applied to multiline comments. 118 * 119 * @param legalComment pattern to set. 120 * @since 4.2 121 */ 122 public void setLegalComment(final Pattern legalComment) { 123 this.legalComment = legalComment; 124 } 125 126 /** 127 * Setter to specify pattern for strings allowed before the comment. 128 * 129 * @param pattern a pattern 130 * @since 3.4 131 */ 132 public final void setFormat(Pattern pattern) { 133 format = pattern; 134 } 135 136 @Override 137 public boolean isCommentNodesRequired() { 138 return true; 139 } 140 141 @Override 142 public int[] getDefaultTokens() { 143 return getRequiredTokens(); 144 } 145 146 @Override 147 public int[] getAcceptableTokens() { 148 return getRequiredTokens(); 149 } 150 151 @Override 152 public int[] getRequiredTokens() { 153 return new int[] { 154 TokenTypes.SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT, 155 TokenTypes.BLOCK_COMMENT_BEGIN, 156 }; 157 } 158 159 @Override 160 public void visitToken(DetailAST ast) { 161 if (ast.getType() == TokenTypes.SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT) { 162 checkSingleLineComment(ast); 163 } 164 else { 165 checkBlockComment(ast); 166 } 167 } 168 169 /** 170 * Checks if single-line comment is legal. 171 * 172 * @param ast Detail ast element to be checked. 173 */ 174 private void checkSingleLineComment(DetailAST ast) { 175 final int lineNo = ast.getLineNo(); 176 final String comment = ast.getFirstChild().getText(); 177 final int[] lineBeforeCodePoints = 178 Arrays.copyOfRange(getLineCodePoints(lineNo - 1), 0, ast.getColumnNo()); 179 final String lineBefore = new String(lineBeforeCodePoints, 0, lineBeforeCodePoints.length); 180 181 if (!format.matcher(lineBefore).find() && !isLegalCommentContent(comment)) { 182 log(ast, MSG_KEY); 183 } 184 } 185 186 /** 187 * Method to check if block comment is in correct format. 188 * 189 * @param ast Detail ast element to be checked. 190 */ 191 private void checkBlockComment(DetailAST ast) { 192 final int lineNo = ast.getLineNo(); 193 final DetailAST firstChild = ast.getFirstChild(); 194 final DetailAST lastChild = ast.getLastChild(); 195 final String comment = firstChild.getText(); 196 int[] lineCodePoints = getLineCodePoints(lineNo - 1); 197 198 if (lineCodePoints.length > lastChild.getColumnNo() + 1) { 199 lineCodePoints = Arrays.copyOfRange(lineCodePoints, 200 lastChild.getColumnNo() + 2, lineCodePoints.length); 201 } 202 203 String line = new String(lineCodePoints, 0, lineCodePoints.length); 204 line = FORMAT_LINE.matcher(line).replaceAll(""); 205 206 final int[] lineBeforeCodePoints = 207 Arrays.copyOfRange(getLineCodePoints(lineNo - 1), 0, ast.getColumnNo()); 208 final String lineBefore = new String(lineBeforeCodePoints, 0, lineBeforeCodePoints.length); 209 final boolean isCommentAtEndOfLine = ast.getLineNo() != lastChild.getLineNo() 210 || CommonUtil.isBlank(line); 211 final boolean isLegalBlockComment = isLegalCommentContent(comment) 212 && TokenUtil.areOnSameLine(firstChild, lastChild) 213 || format.matcher(lineBefore).find(); 214 215 if (isCommentAtEndOfLine && !isLegalBlockComment) { 216 log(ast, MSG_KEY); 217 } 218 } 219 220 /** 221 * Checks if given comment content is legal. 222 * 223 * @param commentContent comment content to check. 224 * @return true if the content is legal. 225 */ 226 private boolean isLegalCommentContent(String commentContent) { 227 return legalComment != null && legalComment.matcher(commentContent).find(); 228 } 229}