SONAR-15836 Language files are not automatically published

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/resources/Language.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/resources/Language.java
index 18c4f94781e..1dc5e9145e5 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/resources/Language.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/resources/Language.java
@@ -53,4 +53,11 @@ public interface Language {
    */
   String[] getFileSuffixes();
 
+  /**
+   * Whether all files identified with this language should be sent to SonarQube, even if no data is reported for them
+   * @since 9.3
+   */
+  default boolean publishAllFiles() {
+    return true;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/resources/AbstractLanguageTest.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/resources/AbstractLanguageTest.java
index d1fd1d782de..73256aace1c 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/resources/AbstractLanguageTest.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/resources/AbstractLanguageTest.java
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ public class AbstractLanguageTest {
       public String[] getFileSuffixes() {
         return lang1.getFileSuffixes();
       }
+
+      @Override
+      public boolean publishAllFiles() {
+        return true;
+      }
     })).isTrue();
 
     assertThat(lang1)
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ public class AbstractLanguageTest {
 
   @Test
   public void should_not_define_language_with_too_long_key() {
-    assertThatThrownBy(() -> new TooLongKeyLanguage())
+    assertThatThrownBy(TooLongKeyLanguage::new)
       .isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
       .hasMessage("The following language key exceeds 20 characters: 'aKeyWhichIsVeryVeryVeryVeryVeryLong'");
   }