## com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle
Class TreeWalker

    java.lang.Object
      com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AutomaticBean
          com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractViolationReporter
              com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractFileSetCheck
                  com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TreeWalker

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Configurable, Contextualizable, FileSetCheck

    public final class TreeWalker

extends AbstractFileSetCheck

Responsible for walking an abstract syntax tree and notifying interested checks at each each node.

Version:
  1.0
Author:
  Oliver Burn

Constructor Summary
`TreeWalker()` Creates a new `TreeWalker` instance.

Method Summary
`void` `destroy()` Cleans up the object.
`void` `finishLocalSetup()` Provides a hook to finish the part of this component's setup that was not handled by the bean introspection.
`static DetailAST` `parse(FileContents aContents)` Static helper method to parses a Java source file.
`protected void` `processFiltered(File aFile, List<String> aLines)` Called to process a file that matches the specified file extensions.
`void` `setCacheFile(String aFileName)`
`void` `setClassLoader(ClassLoader aClassLoader)`
`void` `setModuleFactory(ModuleFactory aModuleFactory)` Sets the module factory for creating child modules (Checks).
`void` `setTabWidth(int aTabWidth)`
`void` `setupChild(Configuration aChildConf)` Called by configure() for every child of this component's Configuration.

Methods inherited from class com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AbstractFileSetCheck
`beginProcessing, finishProcessing, fireErrors, getMessageCollector, getMessageDispatcher, init, log, log, process, setFileExtensions, setMessageDispatcher`

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

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Methods inherited from interface com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Configurable
`configure`

Methods inherited from interface com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Contextualizable
`contextualize`

Constructor Detail

### TreeWalker

    public TreeWalker()

  Creates a new `TreeWalker` instance.

Method Detail

### setTabWidth

    public void setTabWidth(int aTabWidth)

  Parameters:
    `aTabWidth` - the distance between tab stops

### setCacheFile

    public void setCacheFile(String aFileName)

  Parameters:
    `aFileName` - the cache file

### setClassLoader

    public void setClassLoader(ClassLoader aClassLoader)

  Parameters:
    `aClassLoader` - class loader to resolve classes with.

### setModuleFactory

    public void setModuleFactory(ModuleFactory aModuleFactory)

  Sets the module factory for creating child modules (Checks).

  Parameters:
    `aModuleFactory` - the factory

### finishLocalSetup

    public void finishLocalSetup()

  Description copied from class: `AutomaticBean`
  Provides a hook to finish the part of this component's setup that was not handled by the bean introspection.

  The default implementation does nothing.

  Overrides:
    `finishLocalSetup` in class `AutomaticBean`

### setupChild

    public void setupChild(Configuration aChildConf)
                    throws CheckstyleException

  Description copied from class: `AutomaticBean`
  Called by configure() for every child of this component's Configuration.

  The default implementation does nothing.

  Overrides:
    `setupChild` in class `AutomaticBean`
  Parameters:
    `aChildConf` - a child of this component's Configuration
  Throws:
    `CheckstyleException` - if there is a configuration error.
  See Also:
    `Configuration.getChildren()`

### processFiltered

    protected void processFiltered(File aFile,
                                   List<String> aLines)

  Description copied from class: `AbstractFileSetCheck`
  Called to process a file that matches the specified file extensions.

  Specified by:
    `processFiltered` in class `AbstractFileSetCheck`
  Parameters:
    `aFile` - the file to be processed
    `aLines` - an immutable list of the contents of the file.

### parse

    public static DetailAST parse(FileContents aContents)
                           throws antlr.RecognitionException,
                                  antlr.TokenStreamException

  Static helper method to parses a Java source file.

  Parameters:
    `aContents` - contains the contents of the file
  Returns:
    the root of the AST
  Throws:
    `antlr.TokenStreamException` - if lexing failed
    `antlr.RecognitionException` - if parsing failed

### destroy

    public void destroy()

  Description copied from class: `AbstractFileSetCheck`
  Cleans up the object.

  Specified by:
    `destroy` in interface `FileSetCheck`
  Overrides:
    `destroy` in class `AbstractFileSetCheck`

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