Package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.codestyle

Class PrematureDeclarationRule

java.lang.Object

net.sourceforge.pmd.properties.AbstractPropertySource

net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.AbstractRule

net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.AbstractJavaRule

net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.AbstractJavaRulechainRule

net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.codestyle.PrematureDeclarationRule

All Implemented Interfaces:

AstVisitor, JavaVisitor, Rule, PropertySource

public class PrematureDeclarationRule
extends AbstractJavaRulechainRule

Checks for variables in methods that are defined before they are really needed. A reference is deemed to be premature if it is created ahead of a block of code that doesn't use it that also has the ability to return or throw an exception.

Author:

Brian Remedios

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.Rule

VIOLATION_SUPPRESS_REGEX_DESCRIPTOR, VIOLATION_SUPPRESS_XPATH_DESCRIPTOR

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PrematureDeclarationRule()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	visit(ASTLocalVariableDeclaration node, Object data)

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.AbstractJavaRulechainRule

buildTargetSelector, visitJavaNode

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.AbstractJavaRule

apply, visitNode

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.AbstractRule

addExample, asCtx, deepCopy, end, equals, getDescription, getExamples, getExternalInfoUrl, getLanguage, getMaximumLanguageVersion, getMessage, getMinimumLanguageVersion, getName, getPriority, getPropertySourceType, getRuleClass, getRuleSetName, getSince, getTargetSelector, hashCode, isDeprecated, setDeprecated, setDescription, setExternalInfoUrl, setLanguage, setMaximumLanguageVersion, setMessage, setMinimumLanguageVersion, setName, setPriority, setRuleClass, setRuleSetName, setSince, start

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.pmd.properties.AbstractPropertySource

definePropertyDescriptor, getOverriddenPropertiesByPropertyDescriptor, getOverriddenPropertyDescriptors, getPropertiesByPropertyDescriptor, getProperty, getPropertyDescriptor, getPropertyDescriptors, hasDescriptor, isPropertyOverridden, setProperty

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.AstVisitor

cannotVisit

Methods inherited from interface net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.JavaVisitor

visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit

Methods inherited from interface net.sourceforge.pmd.properties.PropertySource

definePropertyDescriptor, dysfunctionReason, getOverriddenPropertiesByPropertyDescriptor, getOverriddenPropertyDescriptors, getPropertiesByPropertyDescriptor, getProperty, getPropertyDescriptor, getPropertyDescriptors, hasDescriptor, isPropertyOverridden, setProperty

Methods inherited from interface net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.Rule

initialize

Constructor Detail

PrematureDeclarationRule

public PrematureDeclarationRule()

Method Detail

visit

public Object visit(ASTLocalVariableDeclaration node,
                    Object data)