- added interface method to distinguish fast checkers that can be run in editor as you type

codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/core/model/AbstractChecker.java

@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractChecker implements IChecker {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @return true if checker is enabled in context of resource, if returns false checker's "processResource"  
+	 * @return true if checker is enabled in context of resource, if returns
-	 * method won't be called
+	 *         false checker's "processResource" method won't be called
 	 */
 	public boolean enabledInContext(IResource res) {
 		return true;
@@ -30,28 +30,37 @@ public abstract class AbstractChecker implements IChecker {
 
 	/**
 	 * Reports a simple problem for given file and line
-	 * @param id - problem id
+	 * 
-	 * @param file - file
+	 * @param id
-	 * @param lineNumber - line
+	 *            - problem id
-	 * @param arg - problem argument, if problem does not define error message it will be error message 
+	 * @param file
-	 * (not recommended because of internationalization)
+	 *            - file
+	 * @param lineNumber
+	 *            - line
+	 * @param arg
+	 *            - problem argument, if problem does not define error message
+	 *            it will be error message (not recommended because of
+	 *            internationalization)
 	 */
-	public void reportProblem(String id, IFile file, int lineNumber,
+	public void reportProblem(String id, IFile file, int lineNumber, String arg) {
-			String arg) {
+		getProblemReporter().reportProblem(id,
-		getProblemReporter().reportProblem(id, new ProblemLocation(file,
+				new ProblemLocation(file, lineNumber), arg);
-				lineNumber), arg);
 	}
 
-	
 	/**
-	 * Reports a simple problem for given file and line, error message comes from problem definition 
+	 * Reports a simple problem for given file and line, error message comes
-	 * @param id - problem id
+	 * from problem definition
-	 * @param file - file
+	 * 
-	 * @param lineNumber - line
+	 * @param id
+	 *            - problem id
+	 * @param file
+	 *            - file
+	 * @param lineNumber
+	 *            - line
 	 */
 	public void reportProblem(String id, IFile file, int lineNumber) {
-		getProblemReporter().reportProblem(id, new ProblemLocation(file,
+		getProblemReporter().reportProblem(id,
-				lineNumber), new Object[]{});
+				new ProblemLocation(file, lineNumber), new Object[] {});
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -60,4 +69,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractChecker implements IChecker {
 	protected IProblemReporter getProblemReporter() {
 		return CodanRuntime.getInstance().getProblemReporter();
 	}
+
+	public boolean runInEditor() {
+		return false;
+	}
 }

codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/core/model/AbstractIndexAstChecker.java

@@ -90,4 +90,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractIndexAstChecker extends AbstractChecker implements
 				new ProblemLocation(astFile, astLocation
 						.getStartingLineNumber()), message);
 	}
+
+	public boolean runInEditor() {
+		return true;
+	}
 }

codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/core/model/IChecker.java

@@ -16,4 +16,13 @@ public interface IChecker {
 	public boolean processResource(IResource resource);
 
 	boolean enabledInContext(IResource resource);
+
+	/**
+	 * Checker must implement this method to determine if it can run in editor
+	 * "as you type", checker must be really light weight to run in this mode
+	 * 
+	 * @return true if need to be run in editor as user types, and false
+	 *         otherwise
+	 */
+	boolean runInEditor();
 }

codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/internal/core/CodanBuilder.java

@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ public class CodanBuilder extends IncrementalProjectBuilder implements
 			IFile resource = resources[0];
 			IProblemReporter problemReporter = CodanRuntime.getInstance()
 					.getProblemReporter();
+			// TODO: this is wrong - should not delete all markers -
+			// only those that contributed by the checker that we run now
 			if (problemReporter instanceof CodanMarkerProblemReporter) {
 				((CodanMarkerProblemReporter) problemReporter)
 						.deleteMarkers(resource);
@@ -159,7 +161,8 @@ public class CodanBuilder extends IncrementalProjectBuilder implements
 					boolean run = false;
 					if (checker.enabledInContext(resource))
 						run = true;
-					if (run && checker instanceof ICAstChecker)
+					if (run && checker instanceof ICAstChecker
+							&& checker.runInEditor())
 						((ICAstChecker) checker).processAst(ast);
 				} catch (Throwable e) {
 					CodanCorePlugin.log(e);