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.javadoc; 021 022import java.util.Locale; 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; 028import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.utils.JavadocUtil; 029import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.utils.TokenUtil; 030 031/** 032 * <div> 033 * Checks that the Javadoc content begins from the same position 034 * for all Javadoc comments in the project. Any leading asterisks and spaces 035 * are not counted as the beginning of the content and are therefore ignored. 036 * </div> 037 * 038 * <p> 039 * It is possible to enforce two different styles: 040 * </p> 041 * <ul> 042 * <li> 043 * {@code first_line} - Javadoc content starts from the first line: 044 * <div class="wrapper"><pre class="prettyprint"><code class="language-java"> 045 * /** Summary text. 046 * * More details. 047 * */ 048 * public void method(); 049 * </code></pre></div> 050 * </li> 051 * <li> 052 * {@code second_line} - Javadoc content starts from the second line: 053 * <div class="wrapper"><pre class="prettyprint"><code class="language-java"> 054 * /** 055 * * Summary text. 056 * * More details. 057 * */ 058 * public void method(); 059 * </code></pre></div> 060 * </li> 061 * </ul> 062 * 063 * <p> 064 * Notes: 065 * This check does not validate the Javadoc summary itself nor its presence. 066 * The check will not report any violations for missing or malformed javadoc summary. 067 * To validate the Javadoc summary use 068 * <a href="https://checkstyle.org/checks/javadoc/summaryjavadoc.html"> 069 * SummaryJavadoc</a> check. 070 * </p> 071 * 072 * <p> 073 * The <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/specs/javadoc/doc-comment-spec.html"> 074 * Documentation Comment Specification</a> permits leading asterisks on the first line. 075 * For these Javadoc comments: 076 * </p> 077 * <div class="wrapper"><pre class="prettyprint"><code class="language-java"> 078 * /*** 079 * * Some text. 080 * */ 081 * /************ 082 * * Some text. 083 * */ 084 * /** ** 085 * * Some text. 086 * */ 087 * </code></pre></div> 088 * 089 * <p> 090 * The documentation generated will be just "Some text." without any asterisks. 091 * Since these asterisks will not appear in the generated documentation, 092 * they should not be considered as the beginning of the Javadoc content. 093 * In such cases, the check assumes that the Javadoc content begins on the second line. 094 * </p> 095 * 096 * @since 8.27 097 */ 098@StatelessCheck 099public class JavadocContentLocationCheck extends AbstractCheck { 100 101 /** 102 * A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties" file. 103 */ 104 public static final String MSG_JAVADOC_CONTENT_FIRST_LINE = "javadoc.content.first.line"; 105 106 /** 107 * A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties" file. 108 */ 109 public static final String MSG_JAVADOC_CONTENT_SECOND_LINE = "javadoc.content.second.line"; 110 111 /** 112 * Specify the policy on placement of the Javadoc content. 113 */ 114 private JavadocContentLocationOption location = JavadocContentLocationOption.SECOND_LINE; 115 116 @Override 117 public int[] getRequiredTokens() { 118 return new int[] { 119 TokenTypes.BLOCK_COMMENT_BEGIN, 120 }; 121 } 122 123 @Override 124 public int[] getAcceptableTokens() { 125 return getRequiredTokens(); 126 } 127 128 @Override 129 public int[] getDefaultTokens() { 130 return getRequiredTokens(); 131 } 132 133 @Override 134 public boolean isCommentNodesRequired() { 135 return true; 136 } 137 138 /** 139 * Setter to specify the policy on placement of the Javadoc content. 140 * 141 * @param value string to decode location from 142 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if unable to decode 143 * @since 8.27 144 */ 145 public void setLocation(String value) { 146 location = JavadocContentLocationOption.valueOf(value.trim().toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH)); 147 } 148 149 @Override 150 public void visitToken(DetailAST ast) { 151 if (isMultilineComment(ast) && JavadocUtil.isJavadocComment(ast)) { 152 final String commentContent = JavadocUtil.getJavadocCommentContent(ast); 153 final int indexOfFirstNonBlankLine = findIndexOfFirstNonBlankLine(commentContent); 154 if (indexOfFirstNonBlankLine >= 0) { 155 if (location == JavadocContentLocationOption.FIRST_LINE 156 && indexOfFirstNonBlankLine != 0) { 157 log(ast, MSG_JAVADOC_CONTENT_FIRST_LINE); 158 } 159 else if (location == JavadocContentLocationOption.SECOND_LINE 160 && indexOfFirstNonBlankLine != 1) { 161 log(ast, MSG_JAVADOC_CONTENT_SECOND_LINE); 162 } 163 } 164 } 165 } 166 167 /** 168 * Checks if a DetailAST of type {@code TokenTypes.BLOCK_COMMENT_BEGIN} span 169 * more than one line. The node always has at least one child of the type 170 * {@code TokenTypes.BLOCK_COMMENT_END}. 171 * 172 * @param node node to check 173 * @return {@code true} for multi-line comment nodes 174 */ 175 private static boolean isMultilineComment(DetailAST node) { 176 return !TokenUtil.areOnSameLine(node, node.getLastChild()); 177 } 178 179 /** 180 * Returns the index of the first non-blank line. 181 * All lines consists only of asterisks and whitespaces are treated as blank. 182 * 183 * @param commentContent Javadoc content to process 184 * @return the index of the first non-blank line or {@code -1} if all lines are blank 185 */ 186 private static int findIndexOfFirstNonBlankLine(String commentContent) { 187 int lineNo = 0; 188 boolean noContent = true; 189 for (int i = 0; i < commentContent.length(); ++i) { 190 final char character = commentContent.charAt(i); 191 if (character == '\n') { 192 ++lineNo; 193 } 194 else if (character != '*' && !Character.isWhitespace(character)) { 195 noContent = false; 196 break; 197 } 198 } 199 if (noContent) { 200 lineNo = -1; 201 } 202 return lineNo; 203 } 204 205}