UnusedLocalVariableCheck.java

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// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
// Copyright (C) 2001-2005  Oliver Burn
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package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.usage;

import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailAST;
import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.ScopeUtils;
import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;


/**
 * <p>Checks that a local variable is read.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * An example of how to configure the check is:
 * </p>
 * <pre>
 * <module name="usage.UnusedLocalVariable"/>
 * </pre>
 *
 * @author Rick Giles
 */
public class UnusedLocalVariableCheck extends AbstractUsageCheck
{
    /** @see com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Check */
    public int[] getDefaultTokens()
    {
        return new int[] {
            TokenTypes.VARIABLE_DEF,
        };
    }

    /** @see com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.usage.AbstractUsageCheck */
    public String getErrorKey()
    {
        return "unused.local";
    }

    /** @see com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.usage.AbstractUsageCheck */
    public boolean mustCheckReferenceCount(DetailAST aAST)
    {
        return ScopeUtils.isLocalVariableDef(aAST);
    }
}