cppcheck/lib/checkexceptionsafety.h

/*
 * Cppcheck - A tool for static C/C++ code analysis
 * Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Daniel Marjamäki and Cppcheck team.
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
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 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

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#ifndef checkexceptionsafetyH
#define checkexceptionsafetyH
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

#include "config.h"
#include "check.h"
#include "settings.h"

class Token;

/// @addtogroup Checks
/// @{



/**
 * @brief %Check exception safety (exceptions shouldn't cause leaks nor corrupt data)
 *
 * The problem with these checks is that Cppcheck can't determine what the valid
 * values are for variables. But in some cases (dead pointers) it can be determined
 * that certain variable values are corrupt.
 */

class CPPCHECKLIB CheckExceptionSafety : public Check {
public:
    /** This constructor is used when registering the CheckClass */
    CheckExceptionSafety() : Check(myName())
    { }

    /** This constructor is used when running checks. */
    CheckExceptionSafety(const Tokenizer *tokenizer, const Settings *settings, ErrorLogger *errorLogger)
        : Check(myName(), tokenizer, settings, errorLogger)
    { }

    /** Checks that uses the simplified token list */
    void runSimplifiedChecks(const Tokenizer *tokenizer, const Settings *settings, ErrorLogger *errorLogger) {
        CheckExceptionSafety checkExceptionSafety(tokenizer, settings, errorLogger);
        checkExceptionSafety.destructors();
        checkExceptionSafety.deallocThrow();
        checkExceptionSafety.checkRethrowCopy();
        checkExceptionSafety.checkCatchExceptionByValue();
    }

    /** Don't throw exceptions in destructors */
    void destructors();

    /** deallocating memory and then throw (dead pointer) */
    void deallocThrow();

    /** Don't rethrow a copy of the caught exception; use a bare throw instead */
    void checkRethrowCopy();

    /** @brief %Check for exceptions that are caught by value instead of by reference */
    void checkCatchExceptionByValue();

private:
    /** Don't throw exceptions in destructors */
    void destructorsError(const Token * const tok) {
        reportError(tok, Severity::error, "exceptThrowInDestructor", "Throwing exception in destructor");
    }

    void deallocThrowError(const Token * const tok, const std::string &varname) {
        reportError(tok, Severity::warning, "exceptDeallocThrow", "Throwing exception in invalid state, " + varname + " points at deallocated memory");
    }

    void rethrowCopyError(const Token * const tok, const std::string &varname) {
        reportError(tok, Severity::style, "exceptRethrowCopy",
                    "Throwing a copy of the caught exception instead of rethrowing the original exception\n"
                    "Rethrowing an exception with 'throw " + varname + ";' makes an unnecessary copy of '" + varname + "'.\n"
                    "To rethrow the caught exception without unnecessary copying or slicing, use a bare 'throw;'.");
    }

    void catchExceptionByValueError(const Token *tok) {
        reportError(tok, Severity::style,
                    "catchExceptionByValue", "Exception should be caught by reference.\n"
                    "The exception is caught as a value. It could be caught "
                    "as a (const) reference which is usually recommended in C++.");
    }

    /** Generate all possible errors (for --errorlist) */
    void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings) const {
        CheckExceptionSafety c(0, settings, errorLogger);
        c.destructorsError(0);
        c.deallocThrowError(0, "p");
        c.rethrowCopyError(0, "varname");
        c.catchExceptionByValueError(0);
    }

    /** Short description of class (for --doc) */
    std::string myName() const {
        return "Exception Safety";
    }

    /** wiki formatted description of the class (for --doc) */
    std::string classInfo() const {
        return "Checking exception safety\n"
               "* Throwing exceptions in destructors\n"
               "* Throwing exception during invalid state\n"
               "* Throwing a copy of a caught exception instead of rethrowing the original exception\n"
               "* exception caught by value instead of by reference";
    }
};
/// @}
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#endif