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002// checkstyle: Checks Java source code and other text files for adherence to a set of rules.
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019
020package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.design;
021
022import java.util.Objects;
023
024import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.StatelessCheck;
025import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck;
026import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailAST;
027import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
028
029/**
030 * <div>
031 * Restricts throws statements to a specified count.
032 * Methods with "Override" or "java.lang.Override" annotation are skipped
033 * from validation as current class cannot change signature of these methods.
034 * </div>
035 *
036 * <p>
037 * Rationale:
038 * Exceptions form part of a method's interface. Declaring
039 * a method to throw too many differently rooted
040 * exceptions makes exception handling onerous and leads
041 * to poor programming practices such as writing code like
042 * {@code catch(Exception ex)}. 4 is the empirical value which is based
043 * on reports that we had for the ThrowsCountCheck over big projects
044 * such as OpenJDK. This check also forces developers to put exceptions
045 * into a hierarchy such that in the simplest
046 * case, only one type of exception need be checked for by
047 * a caller but any subclasses can be caught
048 * specifically if necessary. For more information on rules
049 * for the exceptions and their issues, see Effective Java:
050 * Programming Language Guide Second Edition
051 * by Joshua Bloch pages 264-273.
052 * </p>
053 *
054 * <p>
055 * <b>ignorePrivateMethods</b> - allows to skip private methods as they do
056 * not cause problems for other classes.
057 * </p>
058 *
059 * @since 3.2
060 */
061@StatelessCheck
062public final class ThrowsCountCheck extends AbstractCheck {
063
064    /**
065     * A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties"
066     * file.
067     */
068    public static final String MSG_KEY = "throws.count";
069
070    /** Default value of max property. */
071    private static final int DEFAULT_MAX = 4;
072
073    /** Allow private methods to be ignored. */
074    private boolean ignorePrivateMethods = true;
075
076    /** Specify maximum allowed number of throws statements. */
077    private int max;
078
079    /** Creates new instance of the check. */
080    public ThrowsCountCheck() {
081        max = DEFAULT_MAX;
082    }
083
084    @Override
085    public int[] getDefaultTokens() {
086        return getRequiredTokens();
087    }
088
089    @Override
090    public int[] getRequiredTokens() {
091        return new int[] {
092            TokenTypes.LITERAL_THROWS,
093        };
094    }
095
096    @Override
097    public int[] getAcceptableTokens() {
098        return getRequiredTokens();
099    }
100
101    /**
102     * Setter to allow private methods to be ignored.
103     *
104     * @param ignorePrivateMethods whether private methods must be ignored.
105     * @since 6.7
106     */
107    public void setIgnorePrivateMethods(boolean ignorePrivateMethods) {
108        this.ignorePrivateMethods = ignorePrivateMethods;
109    }
110
111    /**
112     * Setter to specify maximum allowed number of throws statements.
113     *
114     * @param max maximum allowed throws statements.
115     * @since 3.2
116     */
117    public void setMax(int max) {
118        this.max = max;
119    }
120
121    @Override
122    public void visitToken(DetailAST ast) {
123        if (ast.getType() == TokenTypes.LITERAL_THROWS) {
124            visitLiteralThrows(ast);
125        }
126        else {
127            throw new IllegalStateException(ast.toString());
128        }
129    }
130
131    /**
132     * Checks number of throws statements.
133     *
134     * @param ast throws for check.
135     */
136    private void visitLiteralThrows(DetailAST ast) {
137        if ((!ignorePrivateMethods || !isInPrivateMethod(ast))
138                && !isOverriding(ast)) {
139            // Account for all the commas!
140            final int count = (ast.getChildCount() + 1) / 2;
141            if (count > max) {
142                log(ast, MSG_KEY, count, max);
143            }
144        }
145    }
146
147    /**
148     * Check if a method has annotation @Override.
149     *
150     * @param ast throws, which is being checked.
151     * @return true, if a method has annotation @Override.
152     */
153    private static boolean isOverriding(DetailAST ast) {
154        final DetailAST modifiers = ast.getParent().findFirstToken(TokenTypes.MODIFIERS);
155        boolean isOverriding = false;
156        DetailAST child = modifiers.getFirstChild();
157        while (child != null) {
158            if (child.getType() == TokenTypes.ANNOTATION
159                    && "Override".equals(getAnnotationName(child))) {
160                isOverriding = true;
161                break;
162            }
163            child = child.getNextSibling();
164        }
165        return isOverriding;
166    }
167
168    /**
169     * Gets name of an annotation.
170     *
171     * @param annotation to get name of.
172     * @return name of an annotation.
173     */
174    private static String getAnnotationName(DetailAST annotation) {
175        final DetailAST dotAst = annotation.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.DOT);
176        final DetailAST parent = Objects.requireNonNullElse(dotAst, annotation);
177        return parent.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.IDENT).getText();
178    }
179
180    /**
181     * Checks if method, which throws an exception is private.
182     *
183     * @param ast throws, which is being checked.
184     * @return true, if method, which throws an exception is private.
185     */
186    private static boolean isInPrivateMethod(DetailAST ast) {
187        final DetailAST methodModifiers = ast.getParent().findFirstToken(TokenTypes.MODIFIERS);
188        return methodModifiers.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.LITERAL_PRIVATE) != null;
189    }
190
191}