net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.coupling
Class LawOfDemeterRule

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.pmd.AbstractPropertySource
      net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.AbstractRule
          net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.AbstractJavaRule
              net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.coupling.LawOfDemeterRule

All Implemented Interfaces:

JavaParserVisitor, ImmutableLanguage, PropertySource, Rule

public class LawOfDemeterRule
extends AbstractJavaRule

This rule can detect possible violations of the Law of Demeter. The Law of Demeter is a simple rule, that says "only talk to friends". It helps to reduce coupling between classes or objects.

See:

• Andrew Hunt, David Thomas, and Ward Cunningham. The Pragmatic Programmer. From Journeyman to Master. Addison-Wesley Longman, Amsterdam, October 1999.
• K.J. Lieberherr and I.M. Holland. Assuring good style for object-oriented programs. Software, IEEE, 6(5):38–48, 1989.

Since:

5.0

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.sourceforge.pmd.AbstractPropertySource

propertyDescriptors, propertyValuesByDescriptor

Fields inherited from interface net.sourceforge.pmd.Rule

VIOLATION_SUPPRESS_REGEX_DESCRIPTOR, VIOLATION_SUPPRESS_XPATH_DESCRIPTOR

Constructor Summary

LawOfDemeterRule()

Method Summary

Object

visit(ASTMethodDeclaration node, Object data) That's a new method.

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.AbstractJavaRule

apply, getDeclaringType, importsPackage, isQualifiedName, isSuppressed, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visit, visitAll

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.AbstractRule

addExample, addRuleChainVisit, addRuleChainVisit, addViolation, addViolation, addViolation, addViolationWithMessage, addViolationWithMessage, addViolationWithMessage, deepCopyValuesTo, end, equals, getDescription, getExamples, getExternalInfoUrl, getLanguage, getMaximumLanguageVersion, getMessage, getMinimumLanguageVersion, getName, getParserOptions, getPriority, getRuleChainVisits, getRuleClass, getRuleSetName, getSince, hashCode, isDeprecated, setDeprecated, setDescription, setExternalInfoUrl, setLanguage, setMaximumLanguageVersion, setMessage, setMinimumLanguageVersion, setName, setPriority, setRuleClass, setRuleSetName, setSince, setUsesDFA, setUsesTypeResolution, start, usesDFA, usesRuleChain, usesTypeResolution

Methods inherited from class net.sourceforge.pmd.AbstractPropertySource

copyPropertyDescriptors, copyPropertyValues, definePropertyDescriptor, dysfunctionReason, getPropertiesByPropertyDescriptor, getProperty, getPropertyDescriptor, getPropertyDescriptors, hasDescriptor, ignoredProperties, setProperty, useDefaultValueFor, usesDefaultValues

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface net.sourceforge.pmd.PropertySource

definePropertyDescriptor, dysfunctionReason, getPropertiesByPropertyDescriptor, getProperty, getPropertyDescriptor, getPropertyDescriptors, hasDescriptor, ignoredProperties, setProperty, useDefaultValueFor, usesDefaultValues

Constructor Detail

LawOfDemeterRule

public LawOfDemeterRule()

Method Detail

visit

public Object visit(ASTMethodDeclaration node,
                    Object data)

That's a new method. We are going to check each method call inside the method.

Specified by:

visit in interface JavaParserVisitor

Overrides:

visit in class AbstractJavaRule

Returns:

null.