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<section name="SeverityMatchFilter">
<subsection name="Description">
<p>Since Checkstyle 3.2</p>
<p>
Filter <code>SeverityMatchFilter</code> decides
audit events according to the <a href="config.html#Severity">severity
level</a> of the event.
</p>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Properties">
<table>
<tr>
<th>name</th>
<th>description</th>
<th>type</th>
<th>default value</th>
<th>since</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>severity</td>
<td>the severity level of this filter</td>
<td><a href="property_types.html#severity">Severity</a></td>
<td><code>error</code></td>
<td>3.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>acceptOnMatch</td>
<td>
If acceptOnMatch is <code>true</code>, then
the filter accepts an audit event if and only if there is
a match between the event's severity level and property
severity. If acceptOnMatch
is <code>false</code>, then the filter
accepts an audit event if and only if there is not a match
between the event's severity level and property severity.
</td>
<td><a href="property_types.html#boolean">Boolean</a></td>
<td><code>true</code></td>
<td>3.2</td>
</tr>
</table>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Examples">
<p>
For example, the following configuration fragment directs the
Checker to not report audit events with severity
level <code>info</code>:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;SeverityMatchFilter&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;severity&quot; value=&quot;info&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;acceptOnMatch&quot; value=&quot;false&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Example of Usage">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/search?q=path%3Aconfig+filename%3Acheckstyle_checks.xml+repo%3Acheckstyle%2Fcheckstyle+SeverityMatchFilter">
Checkstyle Style</a>
</li>
</ul>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Package">
<p> com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.filters </p>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Parent Module">
<p> <a href="config.html#Checker">Checker</a> </p>
</subsection>
</section>
<section name="SuppressionCommentFilter">
<subsection name="Description">
<p>Since Checkstyle 3.5</p>
<p>
Filter <code>SuppressionCommentFilter</code> uses
pairs of comments to suppress audit events.
</p>
<p>
Rationale: Sometimes there are legitimate reasons for violating
a check. When this is a matter of the code in question and not
personal preference, the best place to override the policy is in
the code itself. Semi-structured comments can be associated
with the check. This is sometimes superior to a separate
suppressions file, which must be kept up-to-date as the source
file is edited.
</p>
<p>
Note that the suppression comment should be put before the violation. You can use more
than one suppression comment each on separate line.
</p>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Properties">
<table>
<tr>
<th>name</th>
<th>description</th>
<th>type</th>
<th>default value</th>
<th>since</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>offCommentFormat</td>
<td>comment pattern to trigger filter to begin suppression</td>
<td><a href="property_types.html#regexp">Regular Expression</a></td>
<td><code>"CHECKSTYLE:OFF"</code></td>
<td>3.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>onCommentFormat</td>
<td>comment pattern to trigger filter to end suppression</td>
<td><a href="property_types.html#regexp">Regular Expression</a></td>
<td><code>"CHECKSTYLE:ON"</code></td>
<td>3.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>checkFormat</td>
<td>check pattern to suppress</td>
<td><a href="property_types.html#regexp">Regular Expression</a></td>
<td><code>".*"</code></td>
<td>3.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>messageFormat</td>
<td>message pattern to suppress</td>
<td><a href="property_types.html#regexp">Regular Expression</a></td>
<td><code>null</code></td>
<td>3.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>checkCPP</td>
<td>whether to check C++ style comments (<code>//</code>)</td>
<td><a href="property_types.html#boolean">Boolean</a></td>
<td><code>true</code></td>
<td>3.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>checkC</td>
<td>whether to check C style comments (<code>/* ... */</code>)</td>
<td><a href="property_types.html#boolean">Boolean</a></td>
<td><code>true</code></td>
<td>3.5</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
offCommentFormat and onCommentFormat must have equal <a
href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Matcher.html#groupCount()">paren counts</a>.
</p>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Examples">
<p>
To configure a filter to suppress audit events between a comment
containing <code>CHECKSTYLE:OFF</code> and a comment containing
<code>CHECKSTYLE:ON</code>:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;TreeWalker&quot;&gt;
...
&lt;module name=&quot;SuppressionCommentFilter&quot;/&gt;
...
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
<p>
To configure a filter to suppress audit events between a comment
containing line <code>BEGIN GENERATED CODE</code> and a comment
containing line <code>END GENERATED CODE</code>:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;SuppressionCommentFilter&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;offCommentFormat&quot; value=&quot;BEGIN GENERATED CODE&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;onCommentFormat&quot; value=&quot;END GENERATED CODE&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/module>
</source>
<source>
//BEGIN GENERATED CODE
@Override
public boolean equals(Object obj) { ... } // No violation events will be reported
@Override
public int hashCode() { ... } // No violation events will be reported
//END GENERATED CODE
. . .
</source>
<p>
To configure a filter so that <code>// stop constant
check</code> and <code>// resume constant check</code> marks
legitimate constant names:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;SuppressionCommentFilter&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;offCommentFormat&quot; value=&quot;stop constant check&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;onCommentFormat&quot; value=&quot;resume constant check&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;checkFormat&quot; value=&quot;ConstantNameCheck&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/module>
</source>
<source>
//stop constant check
public static final int someConstant; // won't warn here
//resume constant check
public static final int someConstant; // will warn here as constant's name doesn't match the
// pattern &quot;^[A-Z][A-Z0-9]*$&quot;
</source>
<p>
To configure a filter so that <code>UNUSED OFF:
<i>var</i></code> and <code>UNUSED ON: <i>var</i></code> marks a
variable or parameter known not to be used by the code by
matching the variable name in the message:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;SuppressionCommentFilter&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;offCommentFormat&quot; value=&quot;UNUSED OFF\: (\w+)&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;onCommentFormat&quot; value=&quot;UNUSED ON\: (\w+)&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;checkFormat&quot; value=&quot;Unused&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;messageFormat&quot; value=&quot;^Unused \w+ '$1'.$&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
<source>
private static void foo(int a, int b) // UNUSED OFF: b
{
System.out.println(a);
}
private static void foo1(int a, int b) // UNUSED ON: b
{
System.out.println(a);
}
</source>
<p>
To configure a filter so that name of suppressed check mentioned
in comment <code>CSOFF: <i>regexp</i></code>
and <code>CSON: <i>regexp</i></code> mark a matching check:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;SuppressionCommentFilter&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;offCommentFormat&quot; value=&quot;CSOFF\: ([\w\|]+)&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;onCommentFormat&quot; value=&quot;CSON\: ([\w\|]+)&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;checkFormat&quot; value=&quot;$1&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
<source>
public static final int lowerCaseConstant; // CSOFF: ConstantNameCheck
public static final int lowerCaseConstant1; // CSON: ConstantNameCheck
</source>
<p>
To configure a filter to suppress all audit events between a comment
containing <code>CHECKSTYLE_OFF: ALMOST_ALL</code> and a comment containing
<code>CHECKSTYLE_OFF: ALMOST_ALL</code> except for the <em>EqualsHashCode</em> check:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;SuppressionCommentFilter&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;offCommentFormat&quot; value=&quot;CHECKSTYLE_OFF: ALMOST_ALL&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;onCommentFormat&quot; value=&quot;CHECKSTYLE_ON: ALMOST_ALL&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;checkFormat&quot; value=&quot;^((?!(EqualsHashCode)).)*$&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
<source>
public static final int array []; // CHECKSTYLE_OFF: ALMOST_ALL
private String [] strArray;
private int array1 []; // CHECKSTYLE_ON: ALMOST_ALL
</source>
<p>
To configure a filter to suppress Check's violation message <b>which matches
specified message in messageFormat</b> (so suppression will be not only by
Check's name, but by message text additionally, as the same Check could report
different by message format violations) between a comment
containing <code>stop</code> and comment containing <code>resume</code>:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;SuppressionCommentFilter&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;offCommentFormat&quot; value=&quot;stop&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;onCommentFormat&quot; value=&quot;resume&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;checkFormat&quot; value=&quot;IllegalTypeCheck&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;messageFormat&quot; value=&quot;^Declaring variables, return values or parameters of type 'GregorianCalendar' is not allowed.$&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
<p>
Code before filter above is applied with Check's audit events:
</p>
<source>
...
GregorianCalendar calendar; // Warning here: Declaring variables, return values or parameters of type 'GregorianCalendar' is not allowed.
HashSet hashSet; // Warning here: Declaring variables, return values or parameters of type 'HashSet' is not allowed.
...
</source>
<p>
Code after filter is applied:
</p>
<source>
...
//stop
GregorianCalendar calendar; // No warning here as it is suppressed by filter.
HashSet hashSet; // Warning here: Declaring variables, return values or parameters of type 'HashSet' is not allowed.
//resume
...
</source>
<p>
It is possible to specify an ID of checks, so that it can be leveraged by the
SuppressionCommentFilter to skip validations. The following examples show how to skip
validations near code that is surrounded with <code>// CSOFF &lt;ID> (reason)</code>
and <code>// CSON &lt;ID></code>, where ID is the ID of checks you want to suppress.
</p>
<p>
Examples of Checkstyle checks configuration:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;RegexpSinglelineJava&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;id&quot; value=&quot;ignore&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name="format" value="^.*@Ignore\s*$"/&gt;
&lt;property name="message" value="@Ignore should have a reason."/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
&lt;module name=&quot;RegexpSinglelineJava&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;id&quot; value=&quot;systemout&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name="format" value="^.*System\.(out|err).*$"/&gt;
&lt;property name="message" value="Don't use System.out/err, use SLF4J instead."/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
<p>
Example of SuppressionCommentFilter configuration (checkFormat which is set to '$1'
points that ID of the checks is in the first group of offCommentFormat and
onCommentFormat regular expressions):
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name="SuppressionCommentFilter&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name="offCommentFormat" value="CSOFF (\w+) \(\w+\)"/&gt;
&lt;property name="onCommentFormat" value="CSON (\w+)"/&gt;
&lt;property name="checkFormat" value="$1"/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
<source>
// CSOFF ignore (test has not been implemented yet)
@Ignore // should NOT fail RegexpSinglelineJava
@Test
public void testMethod() { }
// CSON ignore
// CSOFF systemout (debug)
public static void foo() {
System.out.println("Debug info."); // should NOT fail RegexpSinglelineJava
}
// CSON systemout
</source>
<p>
Example of how to configure the check to suppress more than one checks.
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name="SuppressionCommentFilter&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name="offCommentFormat" value="@cs-\: ([\w\|]+)"/&gt;
&lt;property name="checkFormat" value="$1"/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
<source>
// @cs-: ClassDataAbstractionCoupling
// @cs-: MagicNumber
@Service // no violations from ClassDataAbstractionCoupling here
@Transactional
public class UserService {
private int value = 10022; // no violations from MagicNumber here
}
</source>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Example of Usage">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/search?q=path%3Aconfig+filename%3Acheckstyle_checks.xml+repo%3Acheckstyle%2Fcheckstyle+SuppressionCommentFilter">
Checkstyle Style</a>
</li>
</ul>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Package">
<p> com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.filters </p>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Parent Module">
<p> <a href="config.html#TreeWalker">TreeWalker</a> </p>
</subsection>
</section>
<section name="SuppressionFilter">
<subsection name="Description">
<p>Since Checkstyle 3.2</p>
<p>
Filter <code>SuppressionFilter</code> rejects
audit events for Check errors according to
a <a href="config.html#XML_Structure"><em>suppressions XML
document</em></a> in a file. If there is no configured
suppressions file or the optional is set to true and
suppressions file was not found the Filter accepts all audit events.
</p>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Properties">
<table>
<tr>
<th>name</th>
<th>description</th>
<th>type</th>
<th>default value</th>
<th>since</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>file</td>
<td>
the location of the <em>suppressions XML document</em> file.
The order the location is checked is:
<ol>
<li>as a filesystem location</li>
<li>
if no file found, and the location starts with either
<code>http://</code> or <code>https://</code>, then it
is interpreted as a URL
</li>
<li>
if no file found, then passed to the
<code>ClassLoader.getResource()</code> method.
</li>
</ol>
</td>
<td><a href="property_types.html#string">string</a></td>
<td><code>none</code></td>
<td>3.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>optional</td>
<td>
Tells what to do when the file is not existing. If
optional is set to false the file must exist, or else
it ends with error. On the other hand if optional is
true and file is not found, the filter accept all
audit events.
</td>
<td><a href="property_types.html#boolean">Boolean</a></td>
<td><code>false</code></td>
<td>6.15</td>
</tr>
</table>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Examples">
<p>
For example, the following configuration fragment directs the
Checker to use a <code>SuppressionFilter</code>
with suppressions
file <code>config/suppressions.xml</code>:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;SuppressionFilter&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;file&quot; value=&quot;config/suppressions.xml&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;optional&quot; value=&quot;false&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
<p>
A <a href="config.html#XML_Structure"><em>suppressions XML
document</em></a> contains a set
of <code>suppress</code> elements, where
each <code>suppress</code> element can have the
following attributes:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<code>files</code> -
a <a href="property_types.html#regexp">Regular Expression</a>
matched against the file name associated with an audit
event. It is optional.
</li>
<li>
<code>checks</code> -
a <a href="property_types.html#regexp">Regular Expression</a>
matched against the name of the check associated with an audit
event. Optional as long as <code>id</code> or <code>message</code> is specified.
</li>
<li>
<code>message</code> -
a <a href="property_types.html#regexp">Regular Expression</a>
matched against the message of the check associated with an audit
event. Optional as long as <code>checks</code> or <code>id</code> is specified.
</li>
<li>
<code>id</code> -
a <a href="property_types.html#string">string</a>
matched against the ID of the check associated with an audit
event. Optional as long as <code>checks</code> or <code>message</code> is specified.
</li>
<li>
<code>lines</code> - a comma-separated list of
values, where each value is
an <a href="property_types.html#integer">integer</a> or a
range of integers denoted by integer-integer. It is optional.
</li>
<li>
<code>columns</code> - a comma-separated list of
values, where each value is
an <a href="property_types.html#integer">integer</a> or a
range of integers denoted by integer-integer. It is optional.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
Each audit event is checked against
each <code>suppress</code> element. It is
suppressed if all specified attributes match against the audit
event.
</p>
<p>
You can download template of empty suppression filter
<a href="files/suppressions_none.xml">here</a>.
</p>
<p>
The following suppressions XML document directs
a <code>SuppressionFilter</code> to
reject <code>JavadocStyleCheck</code> errors for
lines 82 and 108 to 122 of
file <code>AbstractComplexityCheck.java</code>,
and <code>MagicNumberCheck</code> errors for line
221 of file <code>JavadocStyleCheck.java</code>,
and '<code>Missing a Javadoc comment</code>' errors
for all lines and files:
</p>
<source>
&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?&gt;
&lt;!DOCTYPE suppressions PUBLIC
&quot;-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Suppressions 1.1//EN&quot;
&quot;http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/dtds/suppressions_1_1.dtd&quot;&gt;
&lt;suppressions&gt;
&lt;suppress checks=&quot;JavadocStyleCheck&quot;
files=&quot;AbstractComplexityCheck.java&quot;
lines=&quot;82,108-122&quot;/&gt;
&lt;suppress checks=&quot;MagicNumberCheck&quot;
files=&quot;JavadocStyleCheck.java&quot;
lines=&quot;221&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/suppressions&gt;
&lt;suppress message=&quot;Missing a Javadoc comment&quot;/&gt;&lt;/suppressions&gt;
</source>
<p>
As another example to suppress Check by module id:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;DescendantToken&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;id&quot; value=&quot;stringEqual&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;tokens&quot; value=&quot;EQUAL,NOT_EQUAL&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;limitedTokens&quot; value=&quot;STRING_LITERAL&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;maximumNumber&quot; value=&quot;0&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;maximumDepth&quot; value=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
&lt;module name=&quot;DescendantToken&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;id&quot; value=&quot;switchNoDefault&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;tokens&quot; value=&quot;LITERAL_SWITCH&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;maximumDepth&quot; value=&quot;2&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;limitedTokens&quot; value=&quot;LITERAL_DEFAULT&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;minimumNumber&quot; value=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
<p>
Then the following can be used to suppress only the first
check and not the second by using
the <code>id</code> attribute:
</p>
<source>
&lt;suppress id=&quot;stringEqual&quot; files=&quot;SomeTestCode.java&quot;/&gt;
</source>
<p>
Suppress checks for hidden files and folders:
</p>
<source>
&lt;suppress files=&quot;[/\\]\..+&quot; checks=&quot;.*&quot;/&gt;
</source>
<p>
Suppress checks for Maven-generated code:
</p>
<source>
&lt;suppress files=&quot;[/\\]target[/\\]&quot; checks=&quot;.*&quot;/&gt;
</source>
<p>
Suppress checks for archives, classes and other binary files:
</p>
<source>
&lt;suppress files=&quot;.+\.(?:jar|zip|war|class|tar|bin)$&quot; checks=&quot;.*&quot;/&gt;
</source>
<p>
Suppress checks for image files:
</p>
<source>
&lt;suppress files=&quot;.+\.(?:png|gif|jpg|jpeg)$&quot; checks=&quot;.*&quot;/&gt;
</source>
<p>
Suppress checks for non-java files:
</p>
<source>
&lt;suppress files=&quot;.+\.(?:txt|xml|csv|sh|thrift|html|sql|eot|ttf|woff|css|png)$&quot; checks=&quot;.*&quot;/&gt;
</source>
<p>
Suppress all checks in generated sources:
</p>
<source>
&lt;suppress checks=&quot;.*&quot; files=&quot;com[\\/]mycompany[\\/]app[\\/]gen[\\/]&quot;/&gt;
</source>
<p>
Suppress FileLength check on integration tests in certain folder:
</p>
<source>
&lt;suppress checks=&quot;FileLength&quot; files=&quot;com[\\/]mycompany[\\/]app[\\/].*IT.java&quot;/&gt;
</source>
<p>
Suppress naming errors on variable named 'log' in all files:
</p>
<source>
&lt;suppress message=&quot;Name 'log' must match pattern&quot;/&gt;
</source>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Example of Usage">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/search?q=path%3Aconfig+filename%3Acheckstyle_checks.xml+repo%3Acheckstyle%2Fcheckstyle+SuppressionFilter">
Checkstyle Style</a>
</li>
</ul>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Package">
<p> com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.filters </p>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Parent Module">
<p> <a href="config.html#Checker">Checker</a> </p>
</subsection>
</section>
<section name="SuppressionXpathFilter">
<subsection name="Description">
<p>Since Checkstyle 8.6</p>
<p>
Filter <code>SuppressionXpathFilter</code> works as
<a href="config_filters.html#SuppressionFilter">SuppressionFilter</a>.
Additionally, filter processes <code>suppress-xpath</code> elements,
which contains xpath-expressions. Xpath-expressions
are queries for suppressed nodes inside the AST tree.
</p>
<p>
Note, after resolving
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4530">issue 4530</a>
CLI will have option to generate the basic suppression xpath to elements.
</p>
<p>
Currently, filter supports the following
checks:
</p>
<ul>
<li>CyclomaticComplexityCheck</li>
<li>DeclarationOrderCheck</li>
<li>DefaultComesLastCheck</li>
<li>ExplicitInitializationCheck</li>
<li>FallThroughCheck</li>
<li>HiddenFieldCheck</li>
<li>IllegalCatchCheck</li>
<li>IllegalThrowsCheck</li>
<li>JavadocMethodCheck</li>
<li>JavadocVariableCheck</li>
<li>ImportControlCheck</li>
<li>LeftCurlyCheck</li>
<li>MethodParamPadCheck</li>
<li>MultipleVariableDeclarationCheck</li>
<li>NestedForDepthCheck</li>
<li>NestedIfDepthCheck</li>
<li>NestedTryDepthCheck</li>
<li>NPathComplexityCheck</li>
<li>OneStatementPerLineCheck</li>
<li>OuterTypeNumberCheck</li>
<li>RequireThisCheck</li>
<li>RightCurlyCheck</li>
</ul>
<p>
Note, that support for other Checks will be available after resolving
<a href="https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/4830">issue 4830</a>.
</p>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Properties">
<table>
<tr>
<th>name</th>
<th>description</th>
<th>type</th>
<th>default value</th>
<th>since</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>file</td>
<td>
the location of the <em>suppressions XML document</em> file.
The order the location is checked is:
<ol>
<li>as a filesystem location</li>
<li>
if no file found, and the location starts with either
<code>http://</code> or <code>https://</code>, then it
is interpreted as a URL
</li>
<li>
if no file found, then passed to the
<code>ClassLoader.getResource()</code> method.
</li>
</ol>
</td>
<td><a href="property_types.html#string">string</a></td>
<td><code>none</code></td>
<td>8.6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>optional</td>
<td>
Tells what to do when the file is not existing. If
optional is set to false the file must exist, or else
it ends with error. On the other hand if optional is
true and file is not found, the filter accept all
audit events.
</td>
<td><a href="property_types.html#boolean">Boolean</a></td>
<td><code>false</code></td>
<td>8.6</td>
</tr>
</table>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Examples">
<p>
For example, the following configuration fragment directs the
Checker to use a <code>SuppressionXpathFilter</code>
with suppressions
file <code>config/suppressions.xml</code>:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;SuppressionXpathFilter&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;file&quot; value=&quot;config/suppressions.xml&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;optional&quot; value=&quot;false&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
<p>
A <a href="config.html#XML_Structure"><em>suppressions XML
document</em></a> contains a set
of <code>suppress</code> and <code>suppress-xpath</code> elements, where
each <code>suppress-xpath</code> element can have the
following attributes:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<code>files</code> -
a <a href="property_types.html#regexp">Regular Expression</a>
matched against the file name associated with an audit
event. It is optional.
</li>
<li>
<code>checks</code> -
a <a href="property_types.html#regexp">Regular Expression</a>
matched against the name of the check associated with an audit
event. Optional as long as <code>id</code> or <code>message</code> is specified.
</li>
<li>
<code>message</code> -
a <a href="property_types.html#regexp">Regular Expression</a>
matched against the message of the check associated with an audit
event. Optional as long as <code>checks</code> or <code>id</code> is specified.
</li>
<li>
<code>id</code> -
a <a href="property_types.html#string">string</a>
matched against the ID of the check associated with an audit
event. Optional as long as <code>checks</code> or <code>message</code> is specified.
</li>
<li>
<code>query</code> -
a <a href="property_types.html#string">string</a>
xpath query. It is optional.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
Each audit event is checked against
each <code>suppress</code> and <code>suppress-xpath</code> element. It is
suppressed if all specified attributes match against the audit
event.
</p>
<p>
The following suppressions XML document directs
a <code>SuppressionXpathFilter</code> to
reject <code>CyclomaticComplexity</code> errors for
all methods with name <i>sayHelloWorld</i> inside <i>FileOne</i>
and <i>FileTwo</i> classes:
</p>
<source>
&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?&gt;
&lt;!DOCTYPE suppressions PUBLIC
&quot;-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Suppressions Xpath Experimental 1.2//EN&quot;
&quot;http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/dtds/suppressions_1_2_xpath_experimental.dtd&quot;&gt;
&lt;suppressions&gt;
&lt;suppress-xpath checks=&quot;CyclomaticComplexity&quot;
files=&quot;FileOne.java,FileTwo.java&quot;
query=&quot;//METHOD_DEF[@text='sayHelloWorld']&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/suppressions&gt;
</source>
<p>
Suppress checks for package definitions:
</p>
<source>
&lt;suppress-xpath checks=&quot;.*&quot; query=&quot;/PACKAGE_DEF&quot;/&gt;
</source>
<p>
Suppress checks for parent element of the first variable definition:
</p>
<source>
&lt;suppress-xpath checks=&quot;.*&quot; query=&quot;(//VARIABLE_DEF)[1]/..&quot;/&gt;
</source>
<p>
Suppress checks for elements which are either class definitions,
either method definitions.
</p>
<source>
&lt;suppress-xpath checks=&quot;.*&quot; query=&quot;//CLASS_DEF | //METHOD_DEF&quot;/&gt;
</source>
<p>
Suppress checks for certain methods:
</p>
<source>
&lt;suppress-xpath checks=&quot;.*&quot; query=&quot;//METHOD_DEF[@text='getSomeVar'
or @text='setSomeVar']&quot;/&gt;
</source>
<p>
Suppress checks for variable <i>testVariable</i> inside <i>testMethod</i> method
inside <i>TestClass</i> class.
</p>
<source>
&lt;suppress-xpath checks=&quot;.*&quot; query=&quot;/CLASS_DEF[@text='TestClass']
//METHOD_DEF[@text='testMethod']//VARIABLE_DEF[@text='testVariable']&quot;/&gt;
</source>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Example of Usage">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/search?q=path%3Aconfig+filename%3Acheckstyle_checks.xml+repo%3Acheckstyle%2Fcheckstyle+SuppressionXpathFilter">
Checkstyle Style</a>
</li>
</ul>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Package">
<p> com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.filters </p>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Parent Module">
<p> <a href="config.html#TreeWalker">TreeWalker</a> </p>
</subsection>
</section>
<section name="SuppressWarningsFilter">
<subsection name="Description">
<p>Since Checkstyle 5.7</p>
<p>
Filter <code>SuppressWarningsFilter</code> uses annotations to
suppress audit events.
</p>
<p>
Rationale: Same as for
<code>SuppressionCommentFilter</code>. In the contrary to it
here, comments are not used comments but the builtin syntax of
<code>@SuppressWarnings</code>. This can be perceived as a
more elegant solution than using comments. Also this approach
maybe supported by various IDE.
</p>
<p>
Usage: This filter only works in conjunction with a
<a href="config_annotation.html#SuppressWarningsHolder">SuppressWarningsHolder</a>, since that check finds
the annotations in the Java files and makes them available for
the filter. Because of that, a configuration that includes
this filter must also include
<code>SuppressWarningsHolder</code> as a child module of the
<code>TreeWalker</code>. Name of check in annotation is case-insensitive
and should be written with any dotted prefix or "Check" suffix removed.
</p>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Examples">
<p>
To configure the check that makes tha annotations available to
the filter.
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name="TreeWalker"&gt;
...
&lt;module name="SuppressWarningsHolder" /&gt;
...
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
<p>To configure filter to suppress audit events for annotations add:</p>
<source>
&lt;module name="SuppressWarningsFilter" /&gt;
</source>
<source>
@SuppressWarnings({"memberName"})
private int J; // should NOT fail MemberNameCheck
@SuppressWarnings({"MemberName"})
@SuppressWarnings({"NoWhitespaceAfter"})
private int [] ARRAY; // should NOT fail MemberNameCheck and NoWhitespaceAfterCheck
</source>
<p>
It is possible to specify an ID of checks, so that it can be leveraged by the
SuppressWarningsFilter to skip validations. The following examples show how to skip
validations near code that has <code>@SuppressWarnings("checkstyle:&lt;ID>")</code> or
just <code>@SuppressWarnings("&lt;ID>")</code> annotation, where ID is the ID of checks
you want to suppress.
</p>
<p>
Example of Checkstyle check configuration:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name="RegexpSinglelineJava&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name="id" value="systemout"/&gt;
&lt;property name="format" value=&quot;^.*System\.(out|err).*$&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name="message" value="Don't use System.out/err, use SLF4J instead."/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
<p>
To make the annotations available to the filter.
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;TreeWalker&quot;&gt;
...
&lt;module name=&quot;SuppressWarningsHolder&quot; /&gt;
...
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
<p>
To configure filter to suppress audit events for annotations add:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;SuppressWarningsFilter&quot; /&gt;
</source>
<source>
@SuppressWarnings("checkstyle:systemout")
public static void foo() {
System.out.println("Debug info."); // should NOT fail RegexpSinglelineJava
}
</source>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Example of Usage">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/search?q=path%3Aconfig+filename%3Acheckstyle_checks.xml+repo%3Acheckstyle%2Fcheckstyle+SuppressWarningsFilter">
Checkstyle Style</a>
</li>
</ul>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Package">
<p> com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.filters </p>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Parent Module">
<p> <a href="config.html#Checker">Checker</a> </p>
</subsection>
</section>
<section name="SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter">
<subsection name="Description">
<p>Since Checkstyle 5.0</p>
<p>
Filter <code>SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter</code> uses
individual comments to suppress audit events.
</p>
<p>
Rationale: Same as <code>SuppressionCommentFilter</code>.
Whereas the SuppressionCommentFilter uses matched pairs of
filters to turn on/off comment matching,
<code>SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter</code> uses
single comments. This requires fewer lines to mark a region, and
may be aesthetically preferable in some contexts.
</p>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Properties">
<table>
<tr>
<th>name</th>
<th>description</th>
<th>type</th>
<th>default value</th>
<th>since</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>commentFormat</td>
<td>comment pattern to trigger filter to begin suppression</td>
<td><a href="property_types.html#regexp">Regular Expression</a></td>
<td><code>"SUPPRESS CHECKSTYLE (\w+)"</code></td>
<td>5.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>checkFormat</td>
<td>check pattern to suppress</td>
<td><a href="property_types.html#regexp">Regular Expression</a></td>
<td><code>".*"</code></td>
<td>5.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>messageFormat</td>
<td>message pattern to suppress</td>
<td><a href="property_types.html#regexp">Regular Expression</a></td>
<td><code>null</code></td>
<td>5.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>influenceFormat</td>
<td>a negative/zero/positive value that defines the number of
lines preceding/at/following the suppression comment</td>
<td><a href="property_types.html#regexp">Regular Expression</a></td>
<td><code>"0"</code></td>
<td>5.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>checkCPP</td>
<td>whether to check C++ style comments (<code>//</code>)</td>
<td><a href="property_types.html#boolean">Boolean</a></td>
<td><code>true</code></td>
<td>5.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>checkC</td>
<td>whether to check C style comments (<code>/* ... */</code>)</td>
<td><a href="property_types.html#boolean">Boolean</a></td>
<td><code>true</code></td>
<td>5.0</td>
</tr>
</table>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Examples">
<p>
To configure a filter to suppress audit events for <i>check</i>
on any line with a comment <code>SUPPRESS CHECKSTYLE <i>check</i></code>:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter&quot;/&gt;
</source>
<source>
private int [] array; // SUPPRESS CHECKSTYLE
</source>
<p>
To configure a filter to suppress all audit events on any line
containing the comment <code>CHECKSTYLE IGNORE THIS LINE</code>:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;commentFormat&quot; value=&quot;CHECKSTYLE IGNORE THIS LINE&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;checkFormat&quot; value=&quot;.*&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;influenceFormat&quot; value=&quot;0&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/module>
</source>
<source>
public static final int lowerCaseConstant; // CHECKSTYLE IGNORE THIS LINE
</source>
<p>
To configure a filter so that
<code>// OK to catch (Throwable|Exception|RuntimeException) here</code>
permits the current and previous line to avoid generating an IllegalCatch
audit event:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;commentFormat&quot; value=&quot;OK to catch (\w+) here&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;checkFormat&quot; value=&quot;IllegalCatchCheck&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;messageFormat&quot; value=&quot;$1&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;influenceFormat&quot; value=&quot;-1&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/module>
</source>
<source>
. . .
catch (RuntimeException re) {
// OK to catch RuntimeException here
}
catch (Throwable th) { ... }
. . .
</source>
<p>
To configure a filter so that <code>CHECKSTYLE IGNORE <i>check</i> FOR NEXT <i>var</i> LINES</code>
avoids triggering any audits for the given check for the current line and the next <i>var</i> lines
(for a total of <i>var</i>+1 lines):
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;commentFormat&quot; value=&quot;CHECKSTYLE IGNORE (\w+) FOR NEXT (\d+) LINES&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;checkFormat&quot; value=&quot;$1&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;influenceFormat&quot; value=&quot;$2&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
<source>
public static final int lowerCaseConstant; // CHECKSTYLE IGNORE ConstantNameCheck FOR NEXT 3 LINES
public static final int lowerCaseConstant1;
public static final int lowerCaseConstant2;
public static final int lowerCaseConstant3;
public static final int lowerCaseConstant4; // will warn here
</source>
<p>
To configure a filter to avoid any audits on code like:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;commentFormat&quot; value=&quot;ALLOW (\\w+) ON PREVIOUS LINE&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;checkFormat&quot; value=&quot;$1&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;influenceFormat&quot; value=&quot;-1&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
<source>
private int D2;
// ALLOW MemberName ON PREVIOUS LINE
. . .
</source>
<p>
To configure a filter to allow suppress one or more Checks(separated by &quot;|&quot;)
and demand comment no less than 14 symbols:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name="SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name="commentFormat" value="@cs\.suppress \[(\w+(\|\w+)*)\] \w[-\.'`,:;\w ]{14,}"/&gt;
&lt;property name="checkFormat" value="$1"/&gt;
&lt;property name="influenceFormat" value="1"/&gt;
&lt;/module>
</source>
<source>
public static final int [] array; // @cs.suppress [ConstantName|NoWhitespaceAfter] A comment here
</source>
<p>
It is possible to specify an ID of checks, so that it can be leveraged by the
SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter to skip validations. The following examples
show how to skip validations near code that has comment like
<code>// @cs-: &lt;ID/> (reason)</code>, where ID is the ID of checks you want to
suppress.
</p>
<p>
Examples of Checkstyle checks configuration:
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;RegexpSinglelineJava&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;id&quot; value=&quot;ignore&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name="format" value="^.*@Ignore\s*$"/&gt;
&lt;property name="message" value="@Ignore should have a reason."/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
&lt;module name=&quot;RegexpSinglelineJava&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;id&quot; value=&quot;systemout&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name="format" value="^.*System\.(out|err).*$"/&gt;
&lt;property name="message" value="Don't use System.out/err, use SLF4J instead."/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
<p>
Example of SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter configuration (checkFormat which
is set to '$1' points that ID of the checks is in the first group of
commentFormat regular expressions):
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name=&quot;SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;commentFormat&quot; value=&quot;@cs-: (\w+) \(\w+\)"/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;checkFormat&quot; value=&quot;$1&quot;/&gt;
&lt;property name=&quot;influenceFormat&quot; value=&quot;0&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
<source>
@Ignore // @cs-: ignore (test has not been implemented yet)
@Test
public void testMethod() { }
public static void foo() {
System.out.println("Debug info."); // @cs-: systemout (should not fail RegexpSinglelineJava)
}
</source>
<p>
Example of how to configure the check to suppress more than one checks.
The influence format format is specified in the second regexp group.
</p>
<source>
&lt;module name="SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter&quot;&gt;
&lt;property name="commentFormat" value="@cs-\: ([\w\|]+) influence (\d+)"/&gt;
&lt;property name="checkFormat" value="$1"/&gt;
&lt;property name="influenceFormat" value="$2"/&gt;
&lt;/module&gt;
</source>
<source>
// @cs-: ClassDataAbstractionCoupling influence 2
// @cs-: MagicNumber influence 4
@Service // no violations from ClassDataAbstractionCoupling here
@Transactional
public class UserService {
private int value = 10022; // no violations from MagicNumber here
}
</source>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Example of Usage">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/search?q=path%3Aconfig+filename%3Acheckstyle_checks.xml+repo%3Acheckstyle%2Fcheckstyle+SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter">
Checkstyle Style</a>
</li>
</ul>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Package">
<p> com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.filters </p>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Parent Module">
<p> <a href="config.html#TreeWalker">TreeWalker</a> </p>
</subsection>
</section>
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</document>