TextBlockGoogleStyleFormattingCheck.java
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// checkstyle: Checks Java source code and other text files for adherence to a set of rules.
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package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.coding;
import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.StatelessCheck;
import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck;
import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailAST;
import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.utils.TokenUtil;
/**
* <div>
* Checks correct format of
* <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/text-blocks/index.html">Java Text Blocks</a>
* as specified in
* <a href="https://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html#s4.8.9-text-blocks">
* Google Java Style Guide</a>.
* </div>
* This Check performs two validations:
* <ol>
* <li>
* It ensures that the opening and closing text-block quotes ({@code """}) each appear on their
* own line, with no other item preceding them.
* </li>
* <li>
* Opening and closing quotes are vertically aligned.
* </li>
* </ol>
* Note: Closing quotes can be followed by additional code on the same line.
*
* @since 12.3.0
*/
@StatelessCheck
public class TextBlockGoogleStyleFormattingCheck extends AbstractCheck {
/**
* A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties" file.
*/
public static final String MSG_OPEN_QUOTES_ERROR = "textblock.format.open";
/**
* A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties" file.
*/
public static final String MSG_CLOSE_QUOTES_ERROR = "textblock.format.close";
/**
* A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties" file.
*/
public static final String MSG_VERTICALLY_UNALIGNED = "textblock.vertically.unaligned";
@Override
public int[] getDefaultTokens() {
return getRequiredTokens();
}
@Override
public int[] getAcceptableTokens() {
return getRequiredTokens();
}
@Override
public int[] getRequiredTokens() {
return new int[] {
TokenTypes.TEXT_BLOCK_LITERAL_BEGIN,
};
}
@Override
public void visitToken(DetailAST ast) {
if (!openingQuotesAreAloneOnTheLine(ast)) {
log(ast, MSG_OPEN_QUOTES_ERROR);
}
final DetailAST closingQuotes = getClosingQuotes(ast);
if (!closingQuotesAreAloneOnTheLine(closingQuotes)) {
log(closingQuotes, MSG_CLOSE_QUOTES_ERROR);
}
if (!quotesAreVerticallyAligned(ast, closingQuotes)) {
log(closingQuotes, MSG_VERTICALLY_UNALIGNED);
}
}
/**
* Checks if opening and closing quotes are vertically aligned.
*
* @param openQuotes the ast to check.
* @param closeQuotes the ast to check.
* @return true if both quotes have same indentation else false.
*/
private static boolean quotesAreVerticallyAligned(DetailAST openQuotes, DetailAST closeQuotes) {
return openQuotes.getColumnNo() == closeQuotes.getColumnNo();
}
/**
* Gets the {@code TEXT_BLOCK_LITERAL_END} of a {@code TEXT_BLOCK_LITERAL_BEGIN}.
*
* @param ast the ast to check
* @return DetailAST {@code TEXT_BLOCK_LITERAL_END}
*/
private static DetailAST getClosingQuotes(DetailAST ast) {
return ast.getFirstChild().getNextSibling();
}
/**
* Determines if the Opening quotes of text block are not preceded by any code.
*
* @param openingQuotes opening quotes
* @return true if the opening quotes are on the new line.
*/
private static boolean openingQuotesAreAloneOnTheLine(DetailAST openingQuotes) {
DetailAST parent = openingQuotes;
boolean quotesAreNotPreceded = true;
while (quotesAreNotPreceded || parent.getType() == TokenTypes.ELIST
|| parent.getType() == TokenTypes.EXPR) {
parent = parent.getParent();
if (parent.getType() == TokenTypes.METHOD_DEF) {
quotesAreNotPreceded = !quotesArePrecededWithComma(openingQuotes);
}
else if (parent.getType() == TokenTypes.QUESTION
&& openingQuotes.getPreviousSibling() != null) {
quotesAreNotPreceded = !TokenUtil.areOnSameLine(openingQuotes,
openingQuotes.getPreviousSibling());
}
else {
quotesAreNotPreceded = !TokenUtil.areOnSameLine(openingQuotes, parent);
}
if (TokenUtil.isOfType(parent.getType(),
TokenTypes.LITERAL_RETURN,
TokenTypes.VARIABLE_DEF,
TokenTypes.METHOD_DEF,
TokenTypes.CTOR_DEF,
TokenTypes.ENUM_DEF,
TokenTypes.CLASS_DEF)) {
break;
}
}
return quotesAreNotPreceded;
}
/**
* Determines if opening quotes are preceded by {@code ,}.
*
* @param openingQuotes the quotes
* @return true if {@code ,} is present before opening quotes.
*/
private static boolean quotesArePrecededWithComma(DetailAST openingQuotes) {
final DetailAST expression = openingQuotes.getParent();
return expression.getPreviousSibling() != null
&& TokenUtil.areOnSameLine(openingQuotes, expression.getPreviousSibling());
}
/**
* Determines if the Closing quotes of text block are not preceded by any code.
*
* @param closingQuotes closing quotes
* @return true if the closing quotes are on the new line.
*/
private static boolean closingQuotesAreAloneOnTheLine(DetailAST closingQuotes) {
final DetailAST content = closingQuotes.getPreviousSibling();
final String text = content.getText();
int index = text.length() - 1;
while (text.charAt(index) == ' ') {
index--;
}
return Character.isWhitespace(text.charAt(index));
}
}