checkexceptionsafety.h

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//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef checkexceptionsafetyH
#define checkexceptionsafetyH
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
#include "check.h"
#include "config.h"
#include "tokenize.h"
 
#include <string>
 
class Settings;
class ErrorLogger;
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()) {}
 
private:
    /** This constructor is used when running checks. */
    CheckExceptionSafety(const Tokenizer *tokenizer, const Settings *settings, ErrorLogger *errorLogger)
        : Check(myName(), tokenizer, settings, errorLogger) {}
 
    void runChecks(const Tokenizer &tokenizer, ErrorLogger *errorLogger) override {
        if (tokenizer.isC())
            return;
 
        CheckExceptionSafety checkExceptionSafety(&tokenizer, &tokenizer.getSettings(), errorLogger);
        checkExceptionSafety.destructors();
        checkExceptionSafety.deallocThrow();
        checkExceptionSafety.checkRethrowCopy();
        checkExceptionSafety.checkCatchExceptionByValue();
        checkExceptionSafety.nothrowThrows();
        checkExceptionSafety.unhandledExceptionSpecification();
        checkExceptionSafety.rethrowNoCurrentException();
    }
 
    /** 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();
 
    /** @brief %Check for functions that throw that shouldn't */
    void nothrowThrows();
 
    /** @brief %Check for unhandled exception specification */
    void unhandledExceptionSpecification();
 
    /** @brief %Check for rethrow not from catch scope */
    void rethrowNoCurrentException();
 
    /** Don't throw exceptions in destructors */
    void destructorsError(const Token * const tok, const std::string &className);
    void deallocThrowError(const Token * const tok, const std::string &varname);
    void rethrowCopyError(const Token * const tok, const std::string &varname);
    void catchExceptionByValueError(const Token *tok);
    void noexceptThrowError(const Token * const tok);
    /** Missing exception specification */
    void unhandledExceptionSpecificationError(const Token * const tok1, const Token * const tok2, const std::string & funcname);
    /** Rethrow without currently handled exception */
    void rethrowNoCurrentExceptionError(const Token *tok);
 
    /** Generate all possible errors (for --errorlist) */
    void getErrorMessages(ErrorLogger *errorLogger, const Settings *settings) const override {
        CheckExceptionSafety c(nullptr, settings, errorLogger);
        c.destructorsError(nullptr, "Class");
        c.deallocThrowError(nullptr, "p");
        c.rethrowCopyError(nullptr, "varname");
        c.catchExceptionByValueError(nullptr);
        c.noexceptThrowError(nullptr);
        c.unhandledExceptionSpecificationError(nullptr, nullptr, "funcname");
        c.rethrowNoCurrentExceptionError(nullptr);
    }
 
    /** Short description of class (for --doc) */
    static std::string myName() {
        return "Exception Safety";
    }
 
    /** wiki formatted description of the class (for --doc) */
    std::string classInfo() const override {
        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\n"
               "- Throwing exception in noexcept, nothrow(), __attribute__((nothrow)) or __declspec(nothrow) function\n"
               "- Unhandled exception specification when calling function foo()\n"
               "- Rethrow without currently handled exception\n";
    }
};
/// @}
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#endif // checkexceptionsafetyH