MyCodanChecker.java

package ch.hsr.ifs.cdttesting.example.examplecodantest;

import org.eclipse.cdt.codan.core.cxx.model.AbstractIndexAstChecker;
import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IASTDeclaration;
import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IASTFunctionDefinition;
import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IASTTranslationUnit;

/**
 * Note that this class should actually not be contained in the testing-plugin-project but rather in the plugin-project itself (should be
 * self-explaining)
 */
public class MyCodanChecker extends AbstractIndexAstChecker {

	/**
	 * Note that this is/must be the same checker-id as defined in plugin.xml
	 */
	public static final String MY_CHECKER_ID = "ch.hsr.ifs.myCodanCheckerId";
	/**
	 * Note that this is/must be the same problem-id as defined in plugin.xml
	 */
	public static final String MY_PROBLEM_ID = "ch.hsr.ifs.myCodanProblemId";

	@Override
	public void processAst(IASTTranslationUnit ast) {
		String name = "unknown";
		IASTDeclaration firstDecl = ast.getDeclarations()[0];
		if (firstDecl instanceof IASTFunctionDefinition) {
			IASTFunctionDefinition functionDecl = (IASTFunctionDefinition) firstDecl;
			name = functionDecl.getDeclarator().getName().getRawSignature();
		}
		reportProblem(MY_PROBLEM_ID, firstDecl, name); // note that the name-string is inserted into the "messagePattern" by replacing the "{0}" of the pattern.
	}
}