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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Alena Laskavaia
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ * Alena Laskavaia - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.cdt.codan.internal.checkers;
+
+import org.eclipse.cdt.codan.checkers.CodanCheckersActivator;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.codan.core.cxx.CxxAstUtils;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.codan.core.cxx.model.AbstractIndexAstChecker;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.codan.core.model.IProblemWorkingCopy;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.ASTVisitor;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IASTDeclSpecifier;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IASTDeclaration;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IASTDeclarator;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IASTName;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IASTNamedTypeSpecifier;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IASTPointer;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IASTPointerOperator;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IASTSimpleDeclaration;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IASTStatement;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IASTTranslationUnit;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IBasicType;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IPointerType;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IProblemBinding;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IType;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTCatchHandler;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTReferenceOperator;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTTryBlockStatement;
+
+/**
+ * Catching by reference is recommended by C++ experts, for example Herb
+ * Sutter/Andrei Alexandresscu "C++ Coding Standards", Rule 73
+ * "Throw by value, catch by reference".
+ * For one thing, this avoids copying and potentially slicing the exception.
+ *
+ */
+public class CatchByReference extends AbstractIndexAstChecker {
+ public static final String ER_ID = "org.eclipse.cdt.codan.internal.checkers.CatchByReference"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+ public static final String PARAM_EXCEPT_ARG_LIST = "exceptions"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+ public static final String PARAM_UNKNOWN_TYPE = "unknown"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
+ public void processAst(IASTTranslationUnit ast) {
+ // traverse the ast using the visitor pattern.
+ ast.accept(new OnCatch());
+ }
+
+ class OnCatch extends ASTVisitor {
+ OnCatch() {
+ shouldVisitStatements = true;
+ }
+
+ public int visit(IASTStatement stmt) {
+ if (stmt instanceof ICPPASTTryBlockStatement) {
+ try {
+ ICPPASTTryBlockStatement tblock = (ICPPASTTryBlockStatement) stmt;
+ ICPPASTCatchHandler[] catchHandlers = tblock
+ .getCatchHandlers();
+ for (int i = 0; i < catchHandlers.length; i++) {
+ ICPPASTCatchHandler catchHandler = catchHandlers[i];
+ IASTDeclaration decl = catchHandler.getDeclaration();
+ if (decl instanceof IASTSimpleDeclaration) {
+ IASTSimpleDeclaration sdecl = (IASTSimpleDeclaration) decl;
+ IASTDeclSpecifier spec = sdecl.getDeclSpecifier();
+ if (!usesReference(catchHandler)) {
+ if (spec instanceof IASTNamedTypeSpecifier) {
+ IASTName tname = ((IASTNamedTypeSpecifier) spec)
+ .getName();
+ IType typeName = (IType) tname
+ .resolveBinding();
+ typeName = CxxAstUtils.getInstance()
+ .unwindTypedef(typeName);
+ if (typeName instanceof IBasicType
+ || typeName instanceof IPointerType
+ || typeName == null)
+ continue;
+ if (typeName instanceof IProblemBinding && !shouldReportForUnknownType())
+ continue;
+ String arg = spec.getRawSignature();
+ if (!isFilteredArg(arg)) {
+ reportProblem(ER_ID, decl, arg);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ } catch (Exception e) {
+ CodanCheckersActivator.log(e);
+ }
+ return PROCESS_SKIP;
+ }
+ return PROCESS_CONTINUE;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * If it uses reference or ponter
+ *
+ * @param catchHandler
+ * @return
+ */
+ private boolean usesReference(ICPPASTCatchHandler catchHandler) {
+ IASTDeclaration declaration = catchHandler.getDeclaration();
+ if (declaration instanceof IASTSimpleDeclaration) {
+ IASTDeclarator[] declarators = ((IASTSimpleDeclaration) declaration)
+ .getDeclarators();
+ for (int i = 0; i < declarators.length; i++) {
+ IASTDeclarator d = declarators[i];
+ IASTPointerOperator[] pointerOperators = d
+ .getPointerOperators();
+ for (int j = 0; j < pointerOperators.length; j++) {
+ IASTPointerOperator po = pointerOperators[j];
+ if (po instanceof ICPPASTReferenceOperator) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ if (po instanceof IASTPointer) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return false;
+ }
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void initPreferences(IProblemWorkingCopy problem) {
+ super.initPreferences(problem);
+ addPreference(problem, PARAM_UNKNOWN_TYPE,
+ CheckersMessages.CatchByReference_ReportForUnknownType, Boolean.FALSE);
+ addListPreference(problem, PARAM_EXCEPT_ARG_LIST,
+ CheckersMessages.GenericParameter_ParameterExceptions,
+ CheckersMessages.GenericParameter_ParameterExceptionsItem);
+ }
+
+ public boolean isFilteredArg(String arg) {
+ Object[] arr = (Object[]) getPreference(
+ getProblemById(ER_ID, getFile()), PARAM_EXCEPT_ARG_LIST);
+ for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
+ String str = (String) arr[i];
+ if (arg.equals(str))
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * @return
+ */
+ public boolean shouldReportForUnknownType() {
+ return (Boolean) getPreference(getProblemById(ER_ID, getFile()),
+ PARAM_UNKNOWN_TYPE);
+ }
+}