LexicographicalAnnotationAttributeListing

SUGGESTION

Style

Summary

Where possible, sort annotation array attributes lexicographically

Suppression

Suppress false positives by adding the suppression annotation @SuppressWarnings("LexicographicalAnnotationAttributeListing") to the enclosing element.

Disable this pattern completely by adding -Xep:LexicographicalAnnotationAttributeListing:OFF as compiler argument. Learn more.

Samples

Replacement

Shows the difference in example code before and after the bug pattern is applied.

 import static java.math.RoundingMode.DOWN;
 import static java.math.RoundingMode.UP;
 
 import java.math.RoundingMode;
 
 interface A {
   @interface Foo {
     String[] value() default {};
 
     Class<?>[] cls() default {};
 
     RoundingMode[] enums() default {};
 
     Bar[] anns() default {};
   }
 
   @interface Bar {
     String[] value() default {};
   }
 
-  @Foo({" ", "", "b", "a"})
+  @Foo({"", " ", "a", "b"})
   A unsortedString();
 
-  @Foo(cls = {long.class, int.class})
+  @Foo(cls = {int.class, long.class})
   A unsortedClasses();
 
-  @Foo(enums = {UP, DOWN})
+  @Foo(enums = {DOWN, UP})
   A unsortedEnums();
 
-  @Foo(anns = {@Bar("b"), @Bar("a")})
+  @Foo(anns = {@Bar("a"), @Bar("b")})
   A unsortedAnns();
 
-  @Foo(anns = {@Bar("a"), @Bar({"b", "a"})})
+  @Foo(anns = {@Bar("a"), @Bar({"a", "b"})})
   A unsortedInnderAnns();
 }

Identification

Shows code lines which will (not) be flagged by this bug pattern.
A //BUG: Diagnostic contains: comment is placed above any violating line.

import static java.math.RoundingMode.DOWN;
import static java.math.RoundingMode.UP;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyOrder;
import io.swagger.annotations.ApiImplicitParam;
import io.swagger.annotations.ApiImplicitParams;
import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Parameter;
import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Parameters;
import java.math.RoundingMode;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;

interface A {
  @interface Foo {
    String[] value() default {};

    int[] ints() default {};

    Class<?>[] cls() default {};

    RoundingMode[] enums() default {};

    Bar[] anns() default {};
  }

  @interface Bar {
    String[] value() default {};
  }

  @Foo({})
  A noString();

  @Foo({"a"})
  A oneString();

  @Foo({"a", "b"})
  A sortedStrings();
  // BUG: Diagnostic contains:
  @Foo({"b", "a"})
  A unsortedString();

  @Foo({"ab", "Ac"})
  A sortedStringCaseInsensitive();
  // BUG: Diagnostic contains:
  @Foo({"ac", "Ab"})
  A unsortedStringCaseInsensitive();

  @Foo({"A", "a"})
  A sortedStringCaseInsensitiveWithTotalOrderFallback();
  // BUG: Diagnostic contains:
  @Foo({"a", "A"})
  A unsortedStringCaseInsensitiveWithTotalOrderFallback();

  @Foo(ints = {})
  A noInts();

  @Foo(ints = {0})
  A oneInt();

  @Foo(ints = {0, 1})
  A sortedInts();

  @Foo(ints = {1, 0})
  A unsortedInts();

  @Foo(cls = {})
  A noClasses();

  @Foo(cls = {int.class})
  A oneClass();

  @Foo(cls = {int.class, long.class})
  A sortedClasses();
  // BUG: Diagnostic contains:
  @Foo(cls = {long.class, int.class})
  A unsortedClasses();

  @Foo(enums = {})
  A noEnums();

  @Foo(enums = {DOWN})
  A oneEnum();

  @Foo(enums = {DOWN, UP})
  A sortedEnums();
  // BUG: Diagnostic contains:
  @Foo(enums = {UP, DOWN})
  A unsortedEnums();

  @Foo(anns = {})
  A noAnns();

  @Foo(anns = {@Bar("a")})
  A oneAnn();

  @Foo(anns = {@Bar("a"), @Bar("b")})
  A sortedAnns();
  // BUG: Diagnostic contains:
  @Foo(anns = {@Bar("b"), @Bar("a")})
  A unsortedAnns();
  // BUG: Diagnostic contains:
  @Foo(anns = {@Bar("a"), @Bar({"b", "a"})})
  A unsortedInnderAnns();

  @Foo({"a=foo", "a.b=bar", "a.c=baz"})
  A hierarchicallySorted();
  // BUG: Diagnostic contains:
  @Foo({"a.b=bar", "a.c=baz", "a=foo"})
  A hierarchicallyUnsorted();

  @JsonPropertyOrder({"field2", "field1"})
  A dto();

  @ApiImplicitParams({@ApiImplicitParam("p2"), @ApiImplicitParam("p1")})
  A firstEndpoint();

  @Parameters({@Parameter(name = "p2"), @Parameter(name = "p1")})
  A secondEndpoint();

  @XmlType(propOrder = {"field2", "field1"})
  class XmlTypeDummy {}

  @PropertySource({"field2", "field1"})
  class PropertySourceDummy {}

  @TestPropertySource(locations = {"field2", "field1"})
  class FirstTestPropertySourceDummy {}

  @TestPropertySource({"field2", "field1"})
  class SecondTestPropertySourceDummy {}
}

package pkg;

interface A {
  @interface Foo {
    String[] value() default {};

    String[] value2() default {};
  }

  @interface Bar {
    String[] value() default {};

    String[] value2() default {};
  }

  @interface Baz {
    String[] value() default {};

    String[] value2() default {};
  }

  // BUG: Diagnostic contains:
  @Foo({"b", "a"})
  A fooValue();
  // BUG: Diagnostic contains:
  @Foo(value2 = {"b", "a"})
  A fooValue2();

  @Bar({"b", "a"})
  A barValue();
  // BUG: Diagnostic contains:
  @Bar(value2 = {"b", "a"})
  A barValue2();

  @Baz({"b", "a"})
  A bazValue();

  @Baz(value2 = {"b", "a"})
  A bazValue2();
}