EmptyBlockCheck.java

/*
 * Sonar C-Rules Plugin
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 * dev@sonar.codehaus.org
 *
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package org.sonar.c.checks;

import org.sonar.check.BelongsToProfile;
import org.sonar.check.IsoCategory;
import org.sonar.check.Priority;
import org.sonar.check.Rule;

import com.sonar.sslr.api.AstNode;
import com.sonarsource.c.plugin.CCheck;

@Rule(key = "C.EmptyBlock", name = "Avoid empty block", isoCategory = IsoCategory.Reliability, priority = Priority.MAJOR,
    description = "<p>In most case, en empty block represents a missing implementation.</p>")
@BelongsToProfile(title = CChecksConstants.SONAR_C_WAY_PROFILE_KEY, priority = Priority.MAJOR)
public class EmptyBlockCheck extends CCheck {

  @Override
  public void init() {
    subscribeTo(getCGrammar().compoundStatement);
  }

  public void visitNode(AstNode node) {
    if (node.getNumberOfChildren() == 2) { // An empty compoundStatement contains only a left and a right curly braces
      log("Avoid empty block.", node);
    }
  }

}