001//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 002// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules. 003// Copyright (C) 2001-2017 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.coding; 021 022import antlr.collections.AST; 023import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck; 024import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailAST; 025import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes; 026 027/** 028 * <p>Checks that string literals are not used with 029 * {@code ==} or {@code !=}. 030 * </p> 031 * <p> 032 * Rationale: Novice Java programmers often use code like 033 * {@code if (x == "something")} when they mean 034 * {@code if ("something".equals(x))}. 035 * </p> 036 * 037 * @author Lars Kühne 038 */ 039public class StringLiteralEqualityCheck extends AbstractCheck { 040 041 /** 042 * A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties" 043 * file. 044 */ 045 public static final String MSG_KEY = "string.literal.equality"; 046 047 @Override 048 public int[] getDefaultTokens() { 049 return getAcceptableTokens(); 050 } 051 052 @Override 053 public int[] getAcceptableTokens() { 054 return new int[] {TokenTypes.EQUAL, TokenTypes.NOT_EQUAL}; 055 } 056 057 @Override 058 public int[] getRequiredTokens() { 059 return getAcceptableTokens(); 060 } 061 062 @Override 063 public void visitToken(DetailAST ast) { 064 // no need to check for nulls here, == and != always have two children 065 final AST firstChild = ast.getFirstChild(); 066 final AST secondChild = firstChild.getNextSibling(); 067 068 if (firstChild.getType() == TokenTypes.STRING_LITERAL 069 || secondChild.getType() == TokenTypes.STRING_LITERAL) { 070 log(ast.getLineNo(), ast.getColumnNo(), 071 MSG_KEY, ast.getText()); 072 } 073 } 074}