SONAR-7049 check max length of rule/rule param fields

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/server/rule/RulesDefinition.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/server/rule/RulesDefinition.java
index e9c878c0218..15e96c7189c 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/server/rule/RulesDefinition.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/server/rule/RulesDefinition.java
@@ -426,6 +426,9 @@ public interface RulesDefinition {
   }
 
   interface NewExtendedRepository {
+    /**
+     * Create a rule with specified key. Max length of key is 200 characters.
+     */
     NewRule createRule(String ruleKey);
 
     @CheckForNull
@@ -692,6 +695,10 @@ public interface RulesDefinition {
       return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The optional description, in HTML format, has no max length. It's exclusive with markdown description
+     * (see {@link #setMarkdownDescription(String)})
+     */
     public NewRule setHtmlDescription(@Nullable String s) {
       if (markdownDescription != null) {
         throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("Rule '%s' already has a Markdown description", this));
@@ -716,6 +723,10 @@ public interface RulesDefinition {
       return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The optional description, in a restricted Markdown format, has no max length. It's exclusive with HTML description
+     * (see {@link #setHtmlDescription(String)})
+     */
     public NewRule setMarkdownDescription(@Nullable String s) {
       if (htmlDescription != null) {
         throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("Rule '%s' already has an HTML description", this));
@@ -792,6 +803,9 @@ public interface RulesDefinition {
       return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create a parameter with given unique key. Max length of key is 128 characters.
+     */
     public NewParam createParam(String paramKey) {
       if (paramsByKey.containsKey(paramKey)) {
         throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("The parameter '%s' is declared several times on the rule %s", paramKey, this));
@@ -1020,7 +1034,7 @@ public interface RulesDefinition {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Plain-text description. Can be null.
+     * Plain-text description. Can be null. Max length is 4000 characters.
      */
     public NewParam setDescription(@Nullable String s) {
       this.description = StringUtils.defaultIfBlank(s, null);
@@ -1028,7 +1042,7 @@ public interface RulesDefinition {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Empty default value will be converted to null.
+     * Empty default value will be converted to null. Max length is 4000 characters.
      */
     public NewParam setDefaultValue(@Nullable String s) {
       this.defaultValue = Strings.emptyToNull(s);
diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/server/rule/RulesDefinitionXmlLoader.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/server/rule/RulesDefinitionXmlLoader.java
index 8a8096e4ebf..f088221b883 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/server/rule/RulesDefinitionXmlLoader.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/server/rule/RulesDefinitionXmlLoader.java
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ import static org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils.trim;
  * <pre>
  * &lt;rules&gt;
  *   &lt;rule&gt;
- *     &lt;!-- required key --&gt;
+ *     &lt;!-- required key. Max length is 200. --&gt;
  *     &lt;key&gt;the-rule-key&lt;/key&gt;
  *
- *     &lt;!-- required name --&gt;
+ *     &lt;!-- required name. Max length is 200. --&gt;
  *     &lt;name&gt;The purpose of the rule&lt;/name&gt;
  *
  *     &lt;!-- required description, in HTML format --&gt;
@@ -98,11 +98,12 @@ import static org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils.trim;
  *     &lt;!-- Status displayed in rules console. Possible values are BETA, READY (default), DEPRECATED. --&gt;
  *     &lt;status&gt;BETA&lt;/status&gt;
  *
- *     &lt;!-- Optional tags. See org.sonar.api.server.rule.RuleTagFormat. --&gt;
+ *     &lt;!-- Optional tags. See org.sonar.api.server.rule.RuleTagFormat. The maximal length of all tags is 4000. --&gt;
  *     &lt;tag&gt;style&lt;/tag&gt;
  *     &lt;tag&gt;security&lt;/tag&gt;
  *
  *     &lt;param&gt;
+ *       &lt;!-- Status displayed in rules console. Possible values are BETA, READY (default), DEPRECATED. --&gt;
  *       &lt;key&gt;the-param-key&lt;/key&gt;
  *       &lt;description&gt;
  *         &lt;![CDATA[the optional description, in HTML format]]&gt;