HiddenFieldCheck.java

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package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.coding;

import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.FileStatefulCheck;
import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractCheck;
import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailAST;
import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Scope;
import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.utils.CheckUtil;
import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.utils.ScopeUtil;
import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.utils.TokenUtil;

/**
 * <p>
 * Checks that a local variable or a parameter does not shadow
 * a field that is defined in the same class.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * It is possible to configure the check to ignore all property setter methods.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * A method is recognized as a setter if it is in the following form
 * </p>
 * <pre>
 * ${returnType} set${Name}(${anyType} ${name}) { ... }
 * </pre>
 * <p>
 * where ${anyType} is any primitive type, class or interface name;
 * ${name} is name of the variable that is being set and ${Name} its
 * capitalized form that appears in the method name. By default it is expected
 * that setter returns void, i.e. ${returnType} is 'void'. For example
 * </p>
 * <pre>
 * void setTime(long time) { ... }
 * </pre>
 * <p>
 * Any other return types will not let method match a setter pattern. However,
 * by setting <em>setterCanReturnItsClass</em> property to <em>true</em>
 * definition of a setter is expanded, so that setter return type can also be
 * a class in which setter is declared. For example
 * </p>
 * <pre>
 * class PageBuilder {
 *   PageBuilder setName(String name) { ... }
 * }
 * </pre>
 * <p>
 * Such methods are known as chain-setters and a common when Builder-pattern
 * is used. Property <em>setterCanReturnItsClass</em> has effect only if
 * <em>ignoreSetter</em> is set to true.
 * </p>
 * <ul>
 * <li>
 * Property {@code ignoreFormat} - Define the RegExp for names of variables
 * and parameters to ignore.
 * Type is {@code java.util.regex.Pattern}.
 * Default value is {@code null}.
 * </li>
 * <li>
 * Property {@code ignoreConstructorParameter} - Control whether to ignore constructor parameters.
 * Type is {@code boolean}.
 * Default value is {@code false}.
 * </li>
 * <li>
 * Property {@code ignoreSetter} - Allow to ignore the parameter of a property setter method.
 * Type is {@code boolean}.
 * Default value is {@code false}.
 * </li>
 * <li>
 * Property {@code setterCanReturnItsClass} - Allow to expand the definition of a setter method
 * to include methods that return the class' instance.
 * Type is {@code boolean}.
 * Default value is {@code false}.
 * </li>
 * <li>
 * Property {@code ignoreAbstractMethods} - Control whether to ignore parameters
 * of abstract methods.
 * Type is {@code boolean}.
 * Default value is {@code false}.
 * </li>
 * <li>
 * Property {@code tokens} - tokens to check
 * Type is {@code java.lang.String[]}.
 * Validation type is {@code tokenSet}.
 * Default value is:
 * <a href="https://checkstyle.org/apidocs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/TokenTypes.html#VARIABLE_DEF">
 * VARIABLE_DEF</a>,
 * <a href="https://checkstyle.org/apidocs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/TokenTypes.html#PARAMETER_DEF">
 * PARAMETER_DEF</a>,
 * <a href="https://checkstyle.org/apidocs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/TokenTypes.html#PATTERN_VARIABLE_DEF">
 * PATTERN_VARIABLE_DEF</a>,
 * <a href="https://checkstyle.org/apidocs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/TokenTypes.html#LAMBDA">
 * LAMBDA</a>,
 * <a href="https://checkstyle.org/apidocs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/TokenTypes.html#RECORD_COMPONENT_DEF">
 * RECORD_COMPONENT_DEF</a>.
 * </li>
 * </ul>
 * <p>
 * To configure the check:
 * </p>
 * <pre>
 *  &lt;module name=&quot;HiddenField&quot;/&gt;
 * </pre>
 * <pre>
 * public class SomeClass {
 *
 *   private String field;
 *   private String testField;
 *
 *   public SomeClass(String testField) { // violation, 'testField' param hides 'testField' field
 *   }
 *   public void method(String param) { // OK
 *       String field = param; // violation, 'field' variable hides 'field' field
 *   }
 *   public void setTestField(String testField) { // violation, 'testField' param
 *                                                // hides 'testField' field
 *       this.field = field;
 *   }
 *   public SomeClass setField(String field) { // violation, 'field' param hides 'field' field
 *       this.field = field;
 *   }
 * }
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>
 * To configure the check so that it checks local variables but not parameters:
 * </p>
 * <pre>
 * &lt;module name=&quot;HiddenField&quot;&gt;
 *   &lt;property name=&quot;tokens&quot; value=&quot;VARIABLE_DEF&quot;/&gt;
 * &lt;/module&gt;
 * </pre>
 * <pre>
 * public class SomeClass {
 *
 *   private String field;
 *   private String testField;
 *
 *   public SomeClass(String testField) { // OK, 'testField' param doesn't hide any field
 *   }
 *   public void method(String param) { // OK
 *       String field = param; // violation, 'field' variable hides 'field' field
 *   }
 *   public void setTestField(String testField) { // OK, 'testField' param doesn't hide any field
 *       this.field = field;
 *   }
 *   public SomeClass setField(String field) { // OK, 'field' param doesn't hide any field
 *       this.field = field;
 *   }
 * }
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>
 * To configure the check so that it ignores the variables and parameters named "test":
 * </p>
 * <pre>
 * &lt;module name=&quot;HiddenField&quot;&gt;
 *   &lt;property name=&quot;ignoreFormat&quot; value=&quot;^testField&quot;/&gt;
 * &lt;/module&gt;
 * </pre>
 * <pre>
 * public class SomeClass {
 *
 *   private String field;
 *   private String testField;
 *
 *   public SomeClass(String testField) { // OK, because it match ignoreFormat
 *   }
 *   public void method(String param) { // OK
 *       String field = param; // violation, 'field' variable hides 'field' field
 *   }
 *   public void setTestField(String testField) { // OK, because it match ignoreFormat
 *       this.field = field;
 *   }
 *   public SomeClass setField(String field) { // violation, 'field' param hides 'field' field
 *       this.field = field;
 *   }
 * }
 * </pre>
 * <p>
 * To configure the check so that it ignores constructor parameters:
 * </p>
 * <pre>
 * &lt;module name=&quot;HiddenField&quot;&gt;
 *   &lt;property name=&quot;ignoreConstructorParameter&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;
 * &lt;/module&gt;
 * </pre>
 * <pre>
 * public class SomeClass {
 *
 *   private String field;
 *   private String testField;
 *
 *   public SomeClass(String testField) { // OK, 'testField' param doesn't hide any field
 *   }
 *   public void method(String param) { // OK
 *       String field = param; // violation, 'field' variable hides 'field' field
 *   }
 *   public void setTestField(String testField) { // violation, 'testField' variable
 *                                                // hides 'testField' field
 *       this.field = field;
 *   }
 *   public SomeClass setField(String field) { // violation, 'field' param hides 'field' field
 *       this.field = field;
 *   }
 * }
 * </pre>
 * <p>
 * To configure the check so that it ignores the parameter of setter methods:
 * </p>
 * <pre>
 * &lt;module name=&quot;HiddenField&quot;&gt;
 *   &lt;property name=&quot;ignoreSetter&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;
 * &lt;/module&gt;
 * </pre>
 * <pre>
 * public class SomeClass {
 *
 *   private String field;
 *   private String testField;
 *
 *   public SomeClass(String testField) { // violation, 'testField' param hides 'testField' field
 *   }
 *   public void method(String param) { // OK
 *       String field = param; // violation, 'field' variable hides 'field' field
 *   }
 *   public void setTestField(String testField) { // OK, 'testField' param doesn't hide any field
 *       this.field = field;
 *   }
 *   public SomeClass setField(String field) { // violation, 'field' param hides 'field' field
 *       this.field = field;
 *   }
 * }
 * </pre>
 * <p>
 * To configure the check so that it ignores the parameter of setter methods
 * recognizing setter as returning either {@code void} or a class in which it is declared:
 * </p>
 * <pre>
 * &lt;module name=&quot;HiddenField&quot;&gt;
 *   &lt;property name=&quot;ignoreSetter&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;
 *   &lt;property name=&quot;setterCanReturnItsClass&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;
 * &lt;/module&gt;
 * </pre>
 * <pre>
 * public class SomeClass {
 *
 *   private String field;
 *   private String testField;
 *
 *   public SomeClass(String testField) { // violation, 'testField' param hides 'testField' field
 *   }
 *   public void method(String param) { // OK
 *       String field = param; // violation, 'field' variable hides 'field' field
 *   }
 *   public void setTestField(String testField) { // OK, 'testField' param doesn't hide any field
 *       this.field = field;
 *   }
 *   public SomeClass setField(String field) { // OK, 'field' param doesn't hide any field
 *       this.field = field;
 *   }
 * }
 * </pre>
 * <p>
 * To configure the check so that it ignores parameters of abstract methods:
 * </p>
 * <pre>
 * &lt;module name=&quot;HiddenField&quot;&gt;
 *   &lt;property name=&quot;ignoreAbstractMethods&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;
 * &lt;/module&gt;
 * </pre>
 * <pre>
 * abstract class SomeClass {
 *
 *   private String field;
 *
 *   public SomeClass(int field) { // violation, 'field' param hides a 'field' field
 *     float field; // violation, 'field' variable hides a 'field' field
 *   }
 *   public abstract int method(String field); // OK
 * }
 *
 * public class Demo extends SomeClass {
 *
 *   public int method(String param){
 *     return param;
 *   }
 * }
 * </pre>
 * <p>
 * Parent is {@code com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TreeWalker}
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * Violation Message Keys:
 * </p>
 * <ul>
 * <li>
 * {@code hidden.field}
 * </li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * @since 3.0
 */
@FileStatefulCheck
public class HiddenFieldCheck
    extends AbstractCheck {

    /**
     * A key is pointing to the warning message text in "messages.properties"
     * file.
     */
    public static final String MSG_KEY = "hidden.field";

    /**
     * Stack of sets of field names,
     * one for each class of a set of nested classes.
     */
    private FieldFrame frame;

    /** Define the RegExp for names of variables and parameters to ignore. */
    private Pattern ignoreFormat;

    /**
     * Allow to ignore the parameter of a property setter method.
     */
    private boolean ignoreSetter;

    /**
     * Allow to expand the definition of a setter method to include methods
     * that return the class' instance.
     */
    private boolean setterCanReturnItsClass;

    /** Control whether to ignore constructor parameters. */
    private boolean ignoreConstructorParameter;

    /** Control whether to ignore parameters of abstract methods. */
    private boolean ignoreAbstractMethods;

    @Override
    public int[] getDefaultTokens() {
        return getAcceptableTokens();
    }

    @Override
    public int[] getAcceptableTokens() {
        return new int[] {
            TokenTypes.VARIABLE_DEF,
            TokenTypes.PARAMETER_DEF,
            TokenTypes.CLASS_DEF,
            TokenTypes.ENUM_DEF,
            TokenTypes.ENUM_CONSTANT_DEF,
            TokenTypes.PATTERN_VARIABLE_DEF,
            TokenTypes.LAMBDA,
            TokenTypes.RECORD_DEF,
            TokenTypes.RECORD_COMPONENT_DEF,
        };
    }

    @Override
    public int[] getRequiredTokens() {
        return new int[] {
            TokenTypes.CLASS_DEF,
            TokenTypes.ENUM_DEF,
            TokenTypes.ENUM_CONSTANT_DEF,
            TokenTypes.RECORD_DEF,
        };
    }

    @Override
    public void beginTree(DetailAST rootAST) {
        frame = new FieldFrame(null, true, null);
    }

    @Override
    public void visitToken(DetailAST ast) {
        final int type = ast.getType();
        switch (type) {
            case TokenTypes.VARIABLE_DEF:
            case TokenTypes.PARAMETER_DEF:
            case TokenTypes.PATTERN_VARIABLE_DEF:
            case TokenTypes.RECORD_COMPONENT_DEF:
                processVariable(ast);
                break;
            case TokenTypes.LAMBDA:
                processLambda(ast);
                break;
            default:
                visitOtherTokens(ast, type);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Process a lambda token.
     * Checks whether a lambda parameter shadows a field.
     * Note, that when parameter of lambda expression is untyped,
     * ANTLR parses the parameter as an identifier.
     *
     * @param ast the lambda token.
     */
    private void processLambda(DetailAST ast) {
        final DetailAST firstChild = ast.getFirstChild();
        if (firstChild != null
                && firstChild.getType() == TokenTypes.IDENT) {
            final String untypedLambdaParameterName = firstChild.getText();
            if (frame.containsStaticField(untypedLambdaParameterName)
                || isInstanceField(firstChild, untypedLambdaParameterName)) {
                log(firstChild, MSG_KEY, untypedLambdaParameterName);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Called to process tokens other than {@link TokenTypes#VARIABLE_DEF}
     * and {@link TokenTypes#PARAMETER_DEF}.
     *
     * @param ast token to process
     * @param type type of the token
     */
    private void visitOtherTokens(DetailAST ast, int type) {
        // A more thorough check of enum constant class bodies is
        // possible (checking for hidden fields against the enum
        // class body in addition to enum constant class bodies)
        // but not attempted as it seems out of the scope of this
        // check.
        final DetailAST typeMods = ast.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.MODIFIERS);
        final boolean isStaticInnerType =
                typeMods != null
                        && typeMods.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.LITERAL_STATIC) != null;
        final String frameName;

        if (type == TokenTypes.CLASS_DEF
                || type == TokenTypes.ENUM_DEF) {
            frameName = ast.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.IDENT).getText();
        }
        else {
            frameName = null;
        }
        final FieldFrame newFrame = new FieldFrame(frame, isStaticInnerType, frameName);

        // add fields to container
        final DetailAST objBlock = ast.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.OBJBLOCK);
        // enum constants may not have bodies
        if (objBlock != null) {
            DetailAST child = objBlock.getFirstChild();
            while (child != null) {
                if (child.getType() == TokenTypes.VARIABLE_DEF) {
                    final String name =
                        child.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.IDENT).getText();
                    final DetailAST mods =
                        child.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.MODIFIERS);
                    if (mods.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.LITERAL_STATIC) == null) {
                        newFrame.addInstanceField(name);
                    }
                    else {
                        newFrame.addStaticField(name);
                    }
                }
                child = child.getNextSibling();
            }
        }
        if (ast.getType() == TokenTypes.RECORD_DEF) {
            final DetailAST recordComponents =
                ast.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.RECORD_COMPONENTS);

            // For each record component definition, we will add it to this frame.
            TokenUtil.forEachChild(recordComponents,
                TokenTypes.RECORD_COMPONENT_DEF, node -> {
                    final String name = node.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.IDENT).getText();
                    newFrame.addInstanceField(name);
                });
        }
        // push container
        frame = newFrame;
    }

    @Override
    public void leaveToken(DetailAST ast) {
        if (ast.getType() == TokenTypes.CLASS_DEF
            || ast.getType() == TokenTypes.ENUM_DEF
            || ast.getType() == TokenTypes.ENUM_CONSTANT_DEF
            || ast.getType() == TokenTypes.RECORD_DEF) {
            // pop
            frame = frame.getParent();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Process a variable token.
     * Check whether a local variable or parameter shadows a field.
     * Store a field for later comparison with local variables and parameters.
     *
     * @param ast the variable token.
     */
    private void processVariable(DetailAST ast) {
        if (!ScopeUtil.isInInterfaceOrAnnotationBlock(ast)
            && !CheckUtil.isReceiverParameter(ast)
            && (ScopeUtil.isLocalVariableDef(ast)
                || ast.getType() == TokenTypes.PARAMETER_DEF
                || ast.getType() == TokenTypes.PATTERN_VARIABLE_DEF)) {
            // local variable or parameter. Does it shadow a field?
            final DetailAST nameAST = ast.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.IDENT);
            final String name = nameAST.getText();

            if ((frame.containsStaticField(name) || isInstanceField(ast, name))
                    && !isMatchingRegexp(name)
                    && !isIgnoredParam(ast, name)) {
                log(nameAST, MSG_KEY, name);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Checks whether method or constructor parameter is ignored.
     *
     * @param ast the parameter token.
     * @param name the parameter name.
     * @return true if parameter is ignored.
     */
    private boolean isIgnoredParam(DetailAST ast, String name) {
        return isIgnoredSetterParam(ast, name)
            || isIgnoredConstructorParam(ast)
            || isIgnoredParamOfAbstractMethod(ast);
    }

    /**
     * Check for instance field.
     *
     * @param ast token
     * @param name identifier of token
     * @return true if instance field
     */
    private boolean isInstanceField(DetailAST ast, String name) {
        return !isInStatic(ast) && frame.containsInstanceField(name);
    }

    /**
     * Check name by regExp.
     *
     * @param name string value to check
     * @return true is regexp is matching
     */
    private boolean isMatchingRegexp(String name) {
        return ignoreFormat != null && ignoreFormat.matcher(name).find();
    }

    /**
     * Determines whether an AST node is in a static method or static
     * initializer.
     *
     * @param ast the node to check.
     * @return true if ast is in a static method or a static block;
     */
    private static boolean isInStatic(DetailAST ast) {
        DetailAST parent = ast.getParent();
        boolean inStatic = false;

        while (parent != null && !inStatic) {
            if (parent.getType() == TokenTypes.STATIC_INIT) {
                inStatic = true;
            }
            else if (parent.getType() == TokenTypes.METHOD_DEF
                        && !ScopeUtil.isInScope(parent, Scope.ANONINNER)
                        || parent.getType() == TokenTypes.VARIABLE_DEF) {
                final DetailAST mods =
                    parent.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.MODIFIERS);
                inStatic = mods.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.LITERAL_STATIC) != null;
                break;
            }
            else {
                parent = parent.getParent();
            }
        }
        return inStatic;
    }

    /**
     * Decides whether to ignore an AST node that is the parameter of a
     * setter method, where the property setter method for field 'xyz' has
     * name 'setXyz', one parameter named 'xyz', and return type void
     * (default behavior) or return type is name of the class in which
     * such method is declared (allowed only if
     * {@link #setSetterCanReturnItsClass(boolean)} is called with
     * value <em>true</em>).
     *
     * @param ast the AST to check.
     * @param name the name of ast.
     * @return true if ast should be ignored because check property
     *     ignoreSetter is true and ast is the parameter of a setter method.
     */
    private boolean isIgnoredSetterParam(DetailAST ast, String name) {
        boolean isIgnoredSetterParam = false;
        if (ignoreSetter && ast.getType() == TokenTypes.PARAMETER_DEF) {
            final DetailAST parametersAST = ast.getParent();
            final DetailAST methodAST = parametersAST.getParent();
            if (parametersAST.getChildCount() == 1
                && methodAST.getType() == TokenTypes.METHOD_DEF
                && isSetterMethod(methodAST, name)) {
                isIgnoredSetterParam = true;
            }
        }
        return isIgnoredSetterParam;
    }

    /**
     * Determine if a specific method identified by methodAST and a single
     * variable name aName is a setter. This recognition partially depends
     * on mSetterCanReturnItsClass property.
     *
     * @param aMethodAST AST corresponding to a method call
     * @param aName name of single parameter of this method.
     * @return true of false indicating of method is a setter or not.
     */
    private boolean isSetterMethod(DetailAST aMethodAST, String aName) {
        final String methodName =
            aMethodAST.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.IDENT).getText();
        boolean isSetterMethod = false;

        if (("set" + capitalize(aName)).equals(methodName)) {
            // method name did match set${Name}(${anyType} ${aName})
            // where ${Name} is capitalized version of ${aName}
            // therefore this method is potentially a setter
            final DetailAST typeAST = aMethodAST.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.TYPE);
            final String returnType = typeAST.getFirstChild().getText();
            if (typeAST.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.LITERAL_VOID) != null
                    || setterCanReturnItsClass && frame.isEmbeddedIn(returnType)) {
                // this method has signature
                //
                //     void set${Name}(${anyType} ${name})
                //
                // and therefore considered to be a setter
                //
                // or
                //
                // return type is not void, but it is the same as the class
                // where method is declared and and mSetterCanReturnItsClass
                // is set to true
                isSetterMethod = true;
            }
        }

        return isSetterMethod;
    }

    /**
     * Capitalizes a given property name the way we expect to see it in
     * a setter name.
     *
     * @param name a property name
     * @return capitalized property name
     */
    private static String capitalize(final String name) {
        String setterName = name;
        // we should not capitalize the first character if the second
        // one is a capital one, since according to JavaBeans spec
        // setXYzz() is a setter for XYzz property, not for xYzz one.
        if (name.length() == 1 || !Character.isUpperCase(name.charAt(1))) {
            setterName = name.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH) + name.substring(1);
        }
        return setterName;
    }

    /**
     * Decides whether to ignore an AST node that is the parameter of a
     * constructor.
     *
     * @param ast the AST to check.
     * @return true if ast should be ignored because check property
     *     ignoreConstructorParameter is true and ast is a constructor parameter.
     */
    private boolean isIgnoredConstructorParam(DetailAST ast) {
        boolean result = false;
        if (ignoreConstructorParameter
                && ast.getType() == TokenTypes.PARAMETER_DEF) {
            final DetailAST parametersAST = ast.getParent();
            final DetailAST constructorAST = parametersAST.getParent();
            result = constructorAST.getType() == TokenTypes.CTOR_DEF;
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Decides whether to ignore an AST node that is the parameter of an
     * abstract method.
     *
     * @param ast the AST to check.
     * @return true if ast should be ignored because check property
     *     ignoreAbstractMethods is true and ast is a parameter of abstract methods.
     */
    private boolean isIgnoredParamOfAbstractMethod(DetailAST ast) {
        boolean result = false;
        if (ignoreAbstractMethods
                && ast.getType() == TokenTypes.PARAMETER_DEF) {
            final DetailAST method = ast.getParent().getParent();
            if (method.getType() == TokenTypes.METHOD_DEF) {
                final DetailAST mods = method.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.MODIFIERS);
                result = mods.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.ABSTRACT) != null;
            }
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Setter to define the RegExp for names of variables and parameters to ignore.
     *
     * @param pattern a pattern.
     */
    public void setIgnoreFormat(Pattern pattern) {
        ignoreFormat = pattern;
    }

    /**
     * Setter to allow to ignore the parameter of a property setter method.
     *
     * @param ignoreSetter decide whether to ignore the parameter of
     *     a property setter method.
     */
    public void setIgnoreSetter(boolean ignoreSetter) {
        this.ignoreSetter = ignoreSetter;
    }

    /**
     * Setter to allow to expand the definition of a setter method to include methods
     * that return the class' instance.
     *
     * @param aSetterCanReturnItsClass if true then setter can return
     *        either void or class in which it is declared. If false then
     *        in order to be recognized as setter method (otherwise
     *        already recognized as a setter) must return void.  Later is
     *        the default behavior.
     */
    public void setSetterCanReturnItsClass(
        boolean aSetterCanReturnItsClass) {
        setterCanReturnItsClass = aSetterCanReturnItsClass;
    }

    /**
     * Setter to control whether to ignore constructor parameters.
     *
     * @param ignoreConstructorParameter decide whether to ignore
     *     constructor parameters.
     */
    public void setIgnoreConstructorParameter(
        boolean ignoreConstructorParameter) {
        this.ignoreConstructorParameter = ignoreConstructorParameter;
    }

    /**
     * Setter to control whether to ignore parameters of abstract methods.
     *
     * @param ignoreAbstractMethods decide whether to ignore
     *     parameters of abstract methods.
     */
    public void setIgnoreAbstractMethods(
        boolean ignoreAbstractMethods) {
        this.ignoreAbstractMethods = ignoreAbstractMethods;
    }

    /**
     * Holds the names of static and instance fields of a type.
     */
    private static class FieldFrame {

        /** Name of the frame, such name of the class or enum declaration. */
        private final String frameName;

        /** Is this a static inner type. */
        private final boolean staticType;

        /** Parent frame. */
        private final FieldFrame parent;

        /** Set of instance field names. */
        private final Set<String> instanceFields = new HashSet<>();

        /** Set of static field names. */
        private final Set<String> staticFields = new HashSet<>();

        /**
         * Creates new frame.
         *
         * @param parent parent frame.
         * @param staticType is this a static inner type (class or enum).
         * @param frameName name associated with the frame, which can be a
         */
        /* package */ FieldFrame(FieldFrame parent, boolean staticType, String frameName) {
            this.parent = parent;
            this.staticType = staticType;
            this.frameName = frameName;
        }

        /**
         * Adds an instance field to this FieldFrame.
         *
         * @param field  the name of the instance field.
         */
        public void addInstanceField(String field) {
            instanceFields.add(field);
        }

        /**
         * Adds a static field to this FieldFrame.
         *
         * @param field  the name of the instance field.
         */
        public void addStaticField(String field) {
            staticFields.add(field);
        }

        /**
         * Determines whether this FieldFrame contains an instance field.
         *
         * @param field the field to check.
         * @return true if this FieldFrame contains instance field field.
         */
        public boolean containsInstanceField(String field) {
            return instanceFields.contains(field)
                    || parent != null
                    && !staticType
                    && parent.containsInstanceField(field);
        }

        /**
         * Determines whether this FieldFrame contains a static field.
         *
         * @param field the field to check.
         * @return true if this FieldFrame contains static field field.
         */
        public boolean containsStaticField(String field) {
            return staticFields.contains(field)
                    || parent != null
                    && parent.containsStaticField(field);
        }

        /**
         * Getter for parent frame.
         *
         * @return parent frame.
         */
        public FieldFrame getParent() {
            return parent;
        }

        /**
         * Check if current frame is embedded in class or enum with
         * specific name.
         *
         * @param classOrEnumName name of class or enum that we are looking
         *     for in the chain of field frames.
         *
         * @return true if current frame is embedded in class or enum
         *     with name classOrNameName
         */
        private boolean isEmbeddedIn(String classOrEnumName) {
            FieldFrame currentFrame = this;
            boolean isEmbeddedIn = false;
            while (currentFrame != null) {
                if (Objects.equals(currentFrame.frameName, classOrEnumName)) {
                    isEmbeddedIn = true;
                    break;
                }
                currentFrame = currentFrame.parent;
            }
            return isEmbeddedIn;
        }

    }

}