GSoC 2024 - Java 21 Language Features Support

[mohamed mahfouz]

Monday, 27 May report

What I did on 27 May:

1. Start Working on Creating and documenting Check Update Procedure for  New Language Features: https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/14889
2. Created a draft PR to discuss with mentors the main structure of the document:https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/14904

What I'll be doing this week:
1. Start working on simple sections of the document
2. Create a list of all grammar that has been created or updated since Java 14

[mohamed mahfouz]

  Thursday, 30 May report

what I did:

1. finish all sections of the Check Update Procedure document

2. Make a list of all created/updated grammar since Java 14 and share it with mentors

what I'll be doing this week:

 open one tracker issue for each new language feature with all the required details

[mohamed mahfouz]

Monday, 3 June report

what I did:
1. Merged PR: https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/14904

2. The new language features list is done and approved by mentors

what I'll be doing this week:

Investigation period (open tracker and child issues)

[mohamed mahfouz]

Thursday, 6 June report

what I did; 

opened 2 tracker issues for record pattern and unnamed patterns & variable syntax 

1. https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/14890

2.  https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/14942

what I'll be doing till  Monday:
1. open third tracker issue for pattern matching for switch syntax

2. add most of children issues for each tracker issue to the project

[mohamed mahfouz]

Monday, 10 June report

what I did:

1.  2 Merged PRs: 

•    https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/14958
•    https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/14965

2. open another tracker issue and children issues based on the investigation

what I'll be doing till  Thursday:

1. open the last tracker issue for sealed classes

2. make sure all tracker issues are good to approve

3. open more children issues for each tracker issue

4. PRs for checks updates related to record pattern tracker issue

[mohamed mahfouz]

Tuesday, 13 June report
what I did :

1. 3 open PRs 

    - Issue #14891: MissingSwitchDefault should not violate switch that contains record pattern case label

    - Issue #14688: LocalVaiableNameCheck should allow unnamed variables by default

    - Issue #14981: Add new property to skip FinalLocalVariable violations on unnamed variables
2. finished all the tracker issues and opened more children issue

3. updated the New language features list to reflect the new work

[mohamed mahfouz]

Monday, 17 June report
open PRs:

1. https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/14991

2. https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/14997

[mohamed mahfouz]

Thursday, 20 Jun report:

We need to be 100% clear on what we need to do this summer, we can’t know this until almost all child issues are opened.

and this is done this week, more than 95% of child issues are opened for all the tracker issue

Tracker issues:

1. Add Check Support for Java 21 Pattern Matching for Switch Syntax

2. Add Check Support for Java 21 Record Pattern Syntax

3. Add Check Support for Java 21 Unnamed Variables & Patterns Syntax

4. Add Check Support for Java 17 Sealed Classes

[mohamed mahfouz]

Monday, 24 Jun Report

Open PRs: 

1 . Issue #14979: New Check MissingNullCaseInSwitch

2 . Issue #15012: Update LocalFinalVariableNameCheck to allow unnamed variables by default

[mohamed mahfouz]

Thursday, 27 June Report 

Merged PRs:

1.https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/15130

2. https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/15129

3. https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/15127
Open PRs: 
1. https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/15117
2. https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/pull/15113

addressed all mentors' comments on the child issues to get the approved ASAP

what I will be doing this week: 
sending more PRs for false positives with high priority and starting a new check