com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.design

Class HideUtilityClassConstructorCheck

Implemented Interfaces:
Configurable, Contextualizable

public class HideUtilityClassConstructorCheck
extends Check

Make sure that utility classes (classes that contain only static methods) do not have a public constructor.

Rationale: Instantiating utility classes does not make sense. A common mistake is forgetting to hide the default constructor.

Version:
$Revision: 1.12 $
Author:
lkuehne

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

getId, getMessageBundle, getSeverity, getSeverityLevel, log, log, log, log, log, log, log, log, log, log, log, setId, 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

visitToken

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