net.sourceforge.pmd

Class RuleChain

java.lang.Object

net.sourceforge.pmd.RuleChain

public class RuleChain
extends Object

The RuleChain is a means by which Rules can participate in a uniform visitation of the AST, and not need perform their own independent visitation. The RuleChain exists as a means to improve the speed of PMD when there are many Rules.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RuleChain()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	add(RuleSet ruleSet) Add all Rules from the given RuleSet which want to participate in the RuleChain.
void	apply(List<Node> nodes, RuleContext ctx, Language language) Apply the RuleChain to the given Nodes using the given RuleContext, for those rules using the given Language.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RuleChain

public RuleChain()

Method Detail

add

public void add(RuleSet ruleSet)

Add all Rules from the given RuleSet which want to participate in the RuleChain.

Parameters:

ruleSet - The RuleSet to add Rules from.

apply

public void apply(List<Node> nodes,
         RuleContext ctx,
         Language language)

Apply the RuleChain to the given Nodes using the given RuleContext, for those rules using the given Language.

Parameters:

nodes - The Nodes.

ctx - The RuleContext.

language - The Language.