Field names: Reserved words

This rule enforces that field names are not reserved words, as mandated in AIP-140.

Details

This rule looks at each field and complains if it the name is a reserved word in a common programming language.

Currently, the linter checks all the reserved words in Java, JavaScript, and Python 3. The exhaustive list of reserved words is found in the code.

Note: Reserved words in Golang are permitted because Golang’s variable casing rules avoids a conflict.

Examples

Incorrect code for this rule:

// Incorrect.
message Book {
  string name = 1;
  bool public = 2;  // Reserved word in Java, JavaScript
}

Correct code for this rule:

// Correct.
message Book {
  string name = 1;
  bool is_public = 2;
}

Disabling

If you need to violate this rule, use a leading comment above the field. Remember to also include an aip.dev/not-precedent comment explaining why.

message Book {
  string name = 1;
  // (-- api-linter: core::0140::reserved-words=disabled
  //     aip.dev/not-precedent: We need to do this because reasons. --)
  bool public = 2;  // Reserved word in Java, JavaScript
}

If you need to violate this rule for an entire file, place the comment at the top of the file.