Merge pull request #7988 from Marcono1234/marcono1234/sealed-types-predicates

Java: Add predicates for sealed classes

Author: atorralba

java/ql/lib/change-notes/2022-02-14-sealed-classes-predicates.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+category: feature
+---
+* Added predicates `ClassOrInterface.getAPermittedSubtype` and `isSealed` exposing information about sealed classes.

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

@@ -913,6 +913,12 @@ class ClassOrInterface extends RefType, @classorinterface {
     not this.isProtected() and
     not this.isPublic()
   }
+
+  /** Gets a permitted subtype in case this class or interface is a sealed class (Java 17 feature). */
+  ClassOrInterface getAPermittedSubtype() { permits(this, result) }
+
+  /** Holds if this class or interface is explicitly or implicitly a sealed class (Java 17 feature). */
+  predicate isSealed() { exists(this.getAPermittedSubtype()) }
 }
 
 private string getAPublicObjectMethodSignature() {