Java: Deprecate Field.getSourceDeclaration() and Field.isSourceDeclaration()

Also follows the removal of the sourceid column of fields.

Author: igfoo

java/ql/lib/definitions.qll

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ private Element definition(Element e, string kind) {
   e.(TypeAccess).getType().(RefType).getSourceDeclaration() = result and kind = "T"
   or
   exists(Variable v | v = e.(VarAccess).getVariable() |
-    result = v.(Field).getSourceDeclaration() or
+    result = v.(Field) or
     result = v.(Parameter).getSourceDeclaration() or
     result = v.(LocalVariableDecl)
   ) and

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/Location.qll

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ predicate hasName(Element e, string name) {
   or
   methods(e, name, _, _, _, _)
   or
-  fields(e, name, _, _, _)
+  fields(e, name, _, _)
   or
   packages(e, name)
   or

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/Dependency.qll

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ predicate depends(RefType t, RefType dep) {
     or
     // the declaring type of a field accessed in `t`,
     exists(Field f | f.getAnAccess().getEnclosingCallable().getDeclaringType() = t |
-      usesType(f.getSourceDeclaration().getDeclaringType(), dep)
+      usesType(f.getDeclaringType(), dep)
     )
     or
     // the type of a local variable declared in `t`,

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/DependencyCounts.qll

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ predicate numDepends(RefType t, RefType dep, int value) {
         elem = fa and
         fa.getEnclosingCallable().getDeclaringType() = t
       |
-        usesType(fa.getField().getSourceDeclaration().getDeclaringType(), dep)
+        usesType(fa.getField().getDeclaringType(), dep)
       )
       or
       // the type of a local variable declared in `t`,

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/Element.qll

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ private predicate hasChildElement(Element parent, Element e) {
   or
   params(e, _, _, parent, _)
   or
-  fields(e, _, _, parent, _)
+  fields(e, _, _, parent)
   or
   typeVars(e, _, _, parent)
 }

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/Member.qll

@@ -756,13 +756,13 @@ class FieldDeclaration extends ExprParent, @fielddecl, Annotatable {
 /** A class or instance field. */
 class Field extends Member, ExprParent, @field, Variable {
   /** Gets the declared type of this field. */
-  override Type getType() { fields(this, _, result, _, _) }
+  override Type getType() { fields(this, _, result, _) }
 
   /** Gets the Kotlin type of this field. */
   override KotlinType getKotlinType() { fieldsKotlinType(this, result) }
 
   /** Gets the type in which this field is declared. */
-  override RefType getDeclaringType() { fields(this, _, _, result, _) }
+  override RefType getDeclaringType() { fields(this, _, _, result) }
 
   /**
    * Gets the field declaration in which this field is declared.
@@ -794,18 +794,12 @@ class Field extends Member, ExprParent, @field, Variable {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Gets the source declaration of this field.
-   *
-   * For fields that are members of a parameterized
-   * instance of a generic type, the source declaration is the
-   * corresponding field in the generic type.
-   *
-   * For all other fields, the source declaration is the field itself.
+   * DEPRECATED: The result is always `this`.
    */
-  Field getSourceDeclaration() { fields(this, _, _, _, result) }
+  deprecated Field getSourceDeclaration() { result = this }
 
-  /** Holds if this field is the same as its source declaration. */
-  predicate isSourceDeclaration() { this.getSourceDeclaration() = this }
+  /** DEPRECATED: This always holds. */
+  deprecated predicate isSourceDeclaration() { any() }
 
   override predicate isPublic() {
     Member.super.isPublic()

java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/Type.qll

@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ predicate declaresMember(Type t, @member m) {
   or
   constrs(m, _, _, _, t, _)
   or
-  fields(m, _, _, t, _)
+  fields(m, _, _, t)
   or
   enclInReftype(m, t) and
   // Since the type `@member` in the dbscheme includes all `@reftype`s,
@@ -1195,12 +1195,10 @@ class EnumType extends Class {
   EnumType() { isEnumType(this) }
 
   /** Gets the enum constant with the specified name. */
-  EnumConstant getEnumConstant(string name) {
-    fields(result, _, _, this, _) and result.hasName(name)
-  }
+  EnumConstant getEnumConstant(string name) { fields(result, _, _, this) and result.hasName(name) }
 
   /** Gets an enum constant declared in this enum type. */
-  EnumConstant getAnEnumConstant() { fields(result, _, _, this, _) }
+  EnumConstant getAnEnumConstant() { fields(result, _, _, this) }
 
   override predicate isFinal() {
     // JLS 8.9: An enum declaration is implicitly `final` unless it contains

java/ql/src/Advisory/Declarations/NonFinalImmutableField.ql

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class ImmutableField extends Field {
     this.getType() instanceof ImmutableType and
     // The field is only assigned to in a constructor or static initializer of the type it is declared in.
     forall(FieldAccess fw, AnyAssignment ae |
-      fw.getField().getSourceDeclaration() = this and
+      fw.getField() = this and
       fw = ae.getDest()
     |
       ae.getEnclosingCallable().getDeclaringType() = this.getDeclaringType() and

java/ql/src/Violations of Best Practice/Dead Code/NonAssignedFields.ql

@@ -63,15 +63,10 @@ predicate isVMObserver(RefType rt) {
 from Field f, FieldRead fr
 where
   f.fromSource() and
-  fr.getField().getSourceDeclaration() = f and
+  fr.getField() = f and
   not f.getDeclaringType() instanceof EnumType and
-  forall(Assignment ae, Field g | ae.getDest() = g.getAnAccess() and g.getSourceDeclaration() = f |
-    ae.getSource() instanceof NullLiteral
-  ) and
-  not exists(UnaryAssignExpr ua, Field g |
-    ua.getExpr() = g.getAnAccess() and
-    g.getSourceDeclaration() = f
-  ) and
+  forall(Assignment ae | ae.getDest() = f.getAnAccess() | ae.getSource() instanceof NullLiteral) and
+  not exists(UnaryAssignExpr ua | ua.getExpr() = f.getAnAccess()) and
   not f.isFinal() and
   // Exclude fields that may be accessed reflectively.
   not reflectivelyWritten(f) and

java/ql/src/Violations of Best Practice/Dead Code/UnusedField.ql

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ where
   not (f.isPublic() or f.isProtected()) and
   f.fromSource() and
   not f.getDeclaringType() instanceof EnumType and
-  not exists(VarAccess va | va.getVariable().(Field).getSourceDeclaration() = f) and
+  not exists(VarAccess va | va.getVariable() = f) and
   // Exclude results in generated classes.
   not f.getDeclaringType() instanceof GeneratedClass and
   // Exclude fields that may be reflectively read (this includes standard serialization).