#1440 NPE in AvoidCallingFinalize

pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/finalizers/AvoidCallingFinalizeRule.java

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTPrimaryPrefix;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTPrimarySuffix;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.AbstractJavaRule;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.symboltable.MethodScope;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.symboltable.ScopedNode;
 
 public class AvoidCallingFinalizeRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
 
@@ -27,14 +28,9 @@ public class AvoidCallingFinalizeRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
         if (name.getImage() == null || !name.getImage().endsWith("finalize")) {
             return ctx;
         }
-        MethodScope meth = name.getScope().getEnclosingScope(MethodScope.class);
+        if (!checkForViolation(name)) {
-        if (meth.getName().equals("finalize")) {
             return ctx;
         }
-        if (checked.contains(meth)) {
-            return ctx;
-        }
-        checked.add(meth);
         addViolation(ctx, name);
         return ctx;
     }
@@ -48,15 +44,24 @@ public class AvoidCallingFinalizeRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
         if (firstSuffix == null || firstSuffix.getImage() == null || !firstSuffix.getImage().endsWith("finalize")) {
             return super.visit(pp, ctx);
         }
-        MethodScope meth = pp.getScope().getEnclosingScope(MethodScope.class);
+        if (!checkForViolation(pp)) {
-        if (meth.getName().equals("finalize")) {
             return super.visit(pp, ctx);
         }
-        if (checked.contains(meth)) {
-            return super.visit(pp, ctx);
-        }
-        checked.add(meth);
         addViolation(ctx, pp);
         return super.visit(pp, ctx);
     }
+
+    private boolean checkForViolation(ScopedNode node) {
+        MethodScope meth = node.getScope().getEnclosingScope(MethodScope.class);
+        if (meth != null && "finalize".equals(meth.getName())) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (meth != null && checked.contains(meth)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (meth != null) {
+            checked.add(meth);
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
 }

pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/finalizers/xml/AvoidCallingFinalize.xml

@@ -79,6 +79,18 @@ public class Foo {
    } 
   }); 
  }
+}
+     ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>#1440 NPE in AvoidCallingFinalize</description>
+        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class InputFinalize {
+    {
+        super.finalize();
+    }
 }
         ]]></code>
     </test-code>

src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 **Bugfixes:**
 
+*   java-finalizers/AvoidCallingFinalize
+    *   [#1440](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1440/): NPE in AvoidCallingFinalize
 *   java-unusedcode/UnusedPrivateField
     *   [#1428](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1428/): False positive in UnusedPrivateField when local variable hides member variable
 *   General