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org.codenarc.rule.basic
[Groovy] Class ReturnsNullInsteadOfEmptyCollectionRule

java.lang.Object
  org.codenarc.rule.AbstractRule
      org.codenarc.rule.AbstractAstVisitorRule
          org.codenarc.rule.basic.ReturnsNullInsteadOfEmptyCollectionRule

class ReturnsNullInsteadOfEmptyCollectionRule
extends AbstractAstVisitorRule

This rule detects when null is returned from a method that might return a collection. Instead of null, return a zero length array.

Authors:
Hamlet D'Arcy
Version:
\$Revision: 602 \$ - \$Date: 2011-02-08 16:37:40 -0500 (Tue, 08 Feb 2011) \$


Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class AbstractAstVisitorRule
DEFAULT_CONST_NAME, DEFAULT_FIELD_NAME, DEFAULT_TEST_CLASS_NAMES, DEFAULT_TEST_FILES, DEFAULT_VAR_NAME
 
Property Summary
Class astVisitorClass

String name

int priority

 
Method Summary
 
Methods inherited from class AbstractAstVisitorRule
applyTo, getAstVisitor, shouldApplyThisRuleTo
 
Methods inherited from class AbstractRule
applyTo, applyTo, createViolation, createViolation, createViolationForImport, createViolationForImport, getImportsSortedByLineNumber, getName, getPriority, isReady, packageNameForImport, setName, setPriority, sourceLineAndNumberForImport, sourceLineAndNumberForImport, toString, validate
 

Property Detail

astVisitorClass

Class astVisitorClass


name

String name


priority

int priority


 

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