Package com.qulice.checkstyle

Class JavadocThrowsCheck

java.lang.Object
com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.AbstractAutomaticBean
com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractViolationReporter
com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck
com.qulice.checkstyle.JavadocThrowsCheck
All Implemented Interfaces:
com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Configurable, com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Contextualizable
public final class JavadocThrowsCheck extends com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck
Checks that every @throws (or @exception) tag in the javadoc of a method or constructor refers to an exception actually declared in the throws clause of that method/constructor.

A javadoc that advertises a thrown exception the signature does not declare is misleading. The same applies when the tag names a different type than what the signature throws, for example when the javadoc says @throws IOException but the signature declares throws Exception. Both examples below are rejected: 

 /**
  * @throws Exception If something goes wrong.
  */
 public void foo() {
     // ...
 }

 /**
  * @throws IOException If something goes wrong.
  */
 public void foo() throws Exception {
     // ...
 }

Types are compared by their simple name, so a javadoc that uses a fully qualified name (e.g. java.io.IOException) still matches a signature that uses the unqualified form, and vice-versa.

Since:
0.24.1

  • Nested Class Summary

    Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.AbstractAutomaticBean

    com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.AbstractAutomaticBean.OutputStreamOptions

  • Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor
    Description
    JavadocThrowsCheck()
     

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    int[]
    getAcceptableTokens()
     
    int[]
    getDefaultTokens()
     
    int[]
    getRequiredTokens()
     
    void
    visitToken(com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailAST ast)
     

    Methods inherited from class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck

    beginTree, clearViolations, destroy, finishTree, getFileContents, getFilePath, getLine, getLineCodePoints, getLines, getTabWidth, getTokenNames, getViolations, init, isCommentNodesRequired, leaveToken, log, log, log, setFileContents, setTabWidth, setTokens

    Methods inherited from class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractViolationReporter

    finishLocalSetup, getCustomMessages, getId, getMessageBundle, getSeverity, getSeverityLevel, setId, setSeverity

    Methods inherited from class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.AbstractAutomaticBean

    configure, contextualize, getConfiguration, setupChild

    Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

  • Constructor Details

    • JavadocThrowsCheck

      public JavadocThrowsCheck()

  • Method Details

    • getDefaultTokens

      public int[] getDefaultTokens()
      Specified by:
      getDefaultTokens in class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck

    • getAcceptableTokens

      public int[] getAcceptableTokens()
      Specified by:
      getAcceptableTokens in class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck

    • getRequiredTokens

      public int[] getRequiredTokens()
      Specified by:
      getRequiredTokens in class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck

    • visitToken

      public void visitToken(com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailAST ast)
      Overrides:
      visitToken in class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck