Class HideUtilityClassConstructorCheck

com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.design.HideUtilityClassConstructorCheck

public class HideUtilityClassConstructorCheck

extends Check

Make sure that utility classes (classes that contain only static methods) do not have a public constructor.

Rationale: Instantiating utility classes does not make sense. A common mistake is forgetting to hide the default constructor.

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Methods inherited from class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Check
`beginTree`, `destroy`, `finishTree`, `getAcceptableTokens`, `getClassLoader`, `getDefaultTokens`, `getFileContents`, `getLines`, `getRequiredTokens`, `getTabWidth`, `getTokenNames`, `init`, `leaveToken`, `log`, `log`, `setClassLoader`, `setFileContents`, `setMessages`, `setTabWidth`, `setTokens`, `visitToken`

Methods inherited from class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractViolationReporter
`getMessageBundle`, `getSeverity`, `getSeverityLevel`, `log`, `log`, `log`, `log`, `log`, `log`, `log`, `log`, `log`, `log`, `log`, `setSeverity`

Methods inherited from class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AutomaticBean
`configure`, `contextualize`, `finishLocalSetup`, `getConfiguration`, `setupChild`

public int[] getDefaultTokens()

Overrides:
getDefaultTokens in interface Check
See Also:
Check

public void visitToken(DetailAST aAST)

Overrides:
visitToken in interface Check
See Also:
Check

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