com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.coding

Class StringLiteralEqualityCheck

Implemented Interfaces:
Configurable, Contextualizable

public class StringLiteralEqualityCheck
extends Check

Checks that string literals are not used with == or !=.

Rationale: Novice Java programmers often use code like if (x == "something") when they mean if ("something".equals(x)).

Author:
Lars Kühne

Method Summary

int[]
getDefaultTokens()
void
visitToken(DetailAST aAST)

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

beginTree, destroy, finishTree, getAcceptableTokens, getClassLoader, getDefaultTokens, getFileContents, getLines, getRequiredTokens, getTabWidth, getTokenNames, init, leaveToken, log, log, setClassLoader, setFileContents, setMessages, setTabWidth, setTokens, visitToken

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

getMessageBundle, getSeverity, getSeverityLevel, log, log, log, log, log, log, log, log, log, log, log, setSeverity

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

configure, contextualize, finishLocalSetup, getConfiguration, setupChild

Method Details

getDefaultTokens

public int[] getDefaultTokens()
Overrides:
getDefaultTokens in interface Check

See Also:
Check.getDefaultTokens()


visitToken

public void visitToken(DetailAST aAST)
Overrides:
visitToken in interface Check

See Also:
Check.visitToken(DetailAST)