com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.coding

Class CovariantEqualsCheck

Implemented Interfaces:
Configurable, Contextualizable

public class CovariantEqualsCheck
extends Check

Checks that if a class defines a covariant method equals, then it defines method equals(java.lang.Object). Inspired by findbugs, http://www.cs.umd.edu/~pugh/java/bugs/docs/findbugsPaper.pdf

An example of how to configure the check is:

 <module name="CovariantEquals"/>
 

Version:
1.0

Author:
Rick Giles

Method Summary

int[]
getDefaultTokens()
int[]
getRequiredTokens()
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


getRequiredTokens

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

See Also:
Check


visitToken

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

See Also:
Check