Class NoJavadocForPrivateMethodsCheck

java.lang.Object
com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.AbstractAutomaticBean
com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractViolationReporter
com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck
com.qulice.checkstyle.NoJavadocForPrivateMethodsCheck
All Implemented Interfaces:
com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Configurable, com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Contextualizable

public final class NoJavadocForPrivateMethodsCheck extends com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck
Checks that there is no Javadoc for private methods, both static and non-static ones.

A private method is an implementation detail of its own class and has no users outside of it. Its name, the names of its parameters and its body say everything a reader needs, while a Javadoc block above it only repeats them and then rots, staying behind after the method is renamed or its contract changes.

Private constructors are not affected, since a constructor is not a method and its Javadoc often carries the only explanation of why the class must not be instantiated.

Since:
0.73.4
  • 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
    Default constructor.
  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    int[]
     
    int[]
     
    int[]
     
    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

    • NoJavadocForPrivateMethodsCheck

      public NoJavadocForPrivateMethodsCheck()
      Default constructor.
  • 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