javacutil/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/javacutil/InternalUtils.java

package org.checkerframework.javacutil;

import com.sun.source.tree.Tree;
import com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment;
import com.sun.tools.javac.util.Context;
import com.sun.tools.javac.util.JCDiagnostic.DiagnosticPosition;
import javax.annotation.processing.ProcessingEnvironment;

/** Miscellaneous static utility methods. */
public class InternalUtils {

  // Class cannot be instantiated.
  private InternalUtils() {
    throw new AssertionError("Class InternalUtils cannot be instantiated.");
  }

  /**
   * Helper function to extract the javac Context from the javac processing environment.
   *
   * @param env the processing environment
   * @return the javac Context
   */
  public static Context getJavacContext(ProcessingEnvironment env) {
    return ((JavacProcessingEnvironment) env).getContext();
  }

  /**
   * Obtain the class loader for {@code clazz}. If that is not available, return the system class
   * loader.
   *
   * @param clazz the class whose class loader to find
   * @return the class loader used to {@code clazz}, or the system class loader, or null if both are
   *     unavailable
   */
  public static ClassLoader getClassLoaderForClass(Class<? extends Object> clazz) {
    ClassLoader classLoader = clazz.getClassLoader();
    return classLoader == null ? ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader() : classLoader;
  }

  /**
   * Compares tree1 to tree2 by the position at which a diagnostic (e.g., an error message) for the
   * tree should be printed.
   */
  public static int compareDiagnosticPosition(Tree tree1, Tree tree2) {
    DiagnosticPosition pos1 = (DiagnosticPosition) tree1;
    DiagnosticPosition pos2 = (DiagnosticPosition) tree2;

    int preferred = Integer.compare(pos1.getPreferredPosition(), pos2.getPreferredPosition());
    if (preferred != 0) {
      return preferred;
    }

    return Integer.compare(pos1.getStartPosition(), pos2.getStartPosition());
  }
}