ProTypeStaticCastDowncastCheck.cpp

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//===--- ProTypeStaticCastDowncastCheck.cpp - clang-tidy-------------------===//
//
// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
#include "ProTypeStaticCastDowncastCheck.h"
#include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
#include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h"
 
using namespace clang::ast_matchers;
 
namespace clang::tidy::cppcoreguidelines {
 
void ProTypeStaticCastDowncastCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
  Finder->addMatcher(
      cxxStaticCastExpr(unless(isInTemplateInstantiation())).bind("cast"),
      this);
}
 
void ProTypeStaticCastDowncastCheck::check(
    const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
  const auto *MatchedCast = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<CXXStaticCastExpr>("cast");
  if (MatchedCast->getCastKind() != CK_BaseToDerived)
    return;
 
  QualType SourceType = MatchedCast->getSubExpr()->getType();
  const auto *SourceDecl = SourceType->getPointeeCXXRecordDecl();
  if (!SourceDecl) // The cast is from object to reference
    SourceDecl = SourceType->getAsCXXRecordDecl();
  if (!SourceDecl)
    return;
 
  if (SourceDecl->isPolymorphic())
    diag(MatchedCast->getOperatorLoc(),
         "do not use static_cast to downcast from a base to a derived class; "
         "use dynamic_cast instead")
        << FixItHint::CreateReplacement(MatchedCast->getOperatorLoc(),
                                        "dynamic_cast");
  else
    diag(MatchedCast->getOperatorLoc(),
         "do not use static_cast to downcast from a base to a derived class");
}
 
} // namespace clang::tidy::cppcoreguidelines