Regex Rules Reference

The Regex rules help you search for specific string patterns in your code. To select these rules, use --rule-selector regex. For example, to run all the Regex rules:

Description: Detects usage of the Limits.getHeapSize() Apex method in for, while, and do-while loops.

Default Severity: 2 (High)

Default Tags: Recommended, Performance, Apex

Example(s):

• [Bad] Code that causes a violation:

Description: Detects usage of Salesforce API versions that are 3 or more years old.

Default Severity: 2 (High)

Default Tags: Recommended, Security, Xml

Description: Detects usage of terms that reinforce implicit bias.

Default Severity: 5 (Info)

Default Tags: Recommended, BestPractices

More Information: Salesforce Updates Technical Language in Ongoing Effort to Address Implicit Bias.

Description: Detects private methods within abstract or virtual Apex classes when the corresponding API version of the class is less than 61.0.

Default Severity: 2 (High)

Default Tags: Recommended, BestPractices, Apex

Example(s):

• [Bad] Code that causes a violation:

With this metadata XML file:

Description: Detects trailing whitespace (tabs or spaces) at the end of lines of code and lines that are only whitespace.

Default Severity: 5 (Info)

Default Tags: Recommended, CodeStyle, Apex