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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+#include <string>
+#include <set>
+
+#include "plugin.hxx"
+
+// Find places where we are returning a pointer to something, where we can be returning a reference.
+// e.g.
+// class A {
+// struct X x;
+// public:
+// X* getX() { return &x; }
+// }
+// which can be:
+// X& getX() { return x; }
+
+namespace {
+
+class ReturnByRef:
+ public RecursiveASTVisitor<ReturnByRef>, public loplugin::Plugin
+{
+public:
+ explicit ReturnByRef(InstantiationData const & data): Plugin(data) {}
+
+ virtual void run() override { TraverseDecl(compiler.getASTContext().getTranslationUnitDecl()); }
+
+ bool VisitCXXMethodDecl(const CXXMethodDecl * decl);
+private:
+ bool isInUnoIncludeFile(SourceLocation spellingLocation) const;
+ bool isInMainFile(SourceLocation spellingLocation) const;
+};
+
+bool ReturnByRef::VisitCXXMethodDecl(const CXXMethodDecl * functionDecl) {
+ if (ignoreLocation(functionDecl)) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ if (functionDecl->isVirtual()) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ if (!functionDecl->isInstance()) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ if (!functionDecl->hasBody()) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ // ignore stuff that forms part of the stable URE interface
+ if (isInUnoIncludeFile(compiler.getSourceManager().getSpellingLoc(
+ functionDecl->getCanonicalDecl()->getNameInfo().getLoc()))) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ QualType t1 { functionDecl->getResultType() };
+ if (!t1->isPointerType()) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ // Ignore stuff like:
+ // operator Window *(){ return &m_rWindow; }
+ if (dyn_cast< CXXConversionDecl >( functionDecl ) != nullptr) {
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ The AST here looks like:
+ -CompoundStmt
+ `-ReturnStmt
+ `-UnaryOperator
+ `-MemberExpr
+ `-CXXThisExpr
+ */
+
+ const CompoundStmt* compoundStmt = dyn_cast< CompoundStmt >( functionDecl->getBody() );
+ if (compoundStmt == nullptr || compoundStmt->body_begin() == compoundStmt->body_end()) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ const ReturnStmt* returnStmt = dyn_cast<ReturnStmt>(*compoundStmt->child_begin());
+ if (returnStmt == nullptr) {
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ const Stmt* nextStmt = dyn_cast<Expr>(*returnStmt->child_begin())->IgnoreParens();
+ const UnaryOperator* unaryOperator = dyn_cast<UnaryOperator>(nextStmt);
+ if (unaryOperator == nullptr || unaryOperator->getOpcode() != UO_AddrOf) {
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ nextStmt = dyn_cast<Expr>(*unaryOperator->child_begin())->IgnoreParens();
+ const MemberExpr* memberExpr = dyn_cast<MemberExpr>(nextStmt);
+ if (memberExpr == nullptr) {
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ nextStmt = dyn_cast<Expr>(*memberExpr->child_begin())->IgnoreParens();
+ const CXXThisExpr* cXXThisExpr = dyn_cast<CXXThisExpr>(nextStmt);
+ if (cXXThisExpr == nullptr) {
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ report(
+ DiagnosticsEngine::Warning,
+ "rather return by reference",
+ functionDecl->getSourceRange().getBegin())
+ << functionDecl->getSourceRange();
+ // display the location of the class member declaration so I don't have to search for it by hand
+ report(
+ DiagnosticsEngine::Note,
+ "rather return by reference",
+ functionDecl->getCanonicalDecl()->getSourceRange().getBegin())
+ << functionDecl->getCanonicalDecl()->getSourceRange();
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+bool ReturnByRef::isInUnoIncludeFile(SourceLocation spellingLocation) const {
+ StringRef name {
+ compiler.getSourceManager().getFilename(spellingLocation) };
+ return isInMainFile(spellingLocation)
+ ? (name == SRCDIR "/cppu/source/cppu/compat.cxx"
+ || name == SRCDIR "/cppuhelper/source/compat.cxx"
+ || name == SRCDIR "/sal/osl/all/compat.cxx")
+ : (name.startswith(SRCDIR "/include/com/")
+ || name.startswith(SRCDIR "/include/cppu/")
+ || name.startswith(SRCDIR "/include/cppuhelper/")
+ || name.startswith(SRCDIR "/include/osl/")
+ || name.startswith(SRCDIR "/include/rtl/")
+ || name.startswith(SRCDIR "/include/sal/")
+ || name.startswith(SRCDIR "/include/salhelper/")
+ || name.startswith(SRCDIR "/include/systools/")
+ || name.startswith(SRCDIR "/include/typelib/")
+ || name.startswith(SRCDIR "/include/uno/")
+ || name.startswith(SRCDIR "/workdir/")
+ || name == SRCDIR "/include/comphelper/implbase_var.hxx");
+}
+
+bool ReturnByRef::isInMainFile(SourceLocation spellingLocation) const {
+#if (__clang_major__ == 3 && __clang_minor__ >= 4) || __clang_major__ > 3
+ return compiler.getSourceManager().isInMainFile(spellingLocation);
+#else
+ return compiler.getSourceManager().isFromMainFile(spellingLocation);
+#endif
+}
+
+loplugin::Plugin::Registration< ReturnByRef > X("returnbyref");
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */