Formulate rule/bugs descriptions consistently

detekt-rules-errorprone/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/bugs/AvoidReferentialEquality.kt

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class AvoidReferentialEquality(config: Config) : Rule(config) {
     override val issue = Issue(
         "AvoidReferentialEquality",
         Severity.Warning,
-        "Avoid using referential equality checks",
+        "Avoid using referential equality and prefer to use referential equality checks instead.",
         Debt.FIVE_MINS
     )
 

detekt-rules-errorprone/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/bugs/CastToNullableType.kt

@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtBinaryExpressionWithTypeRHS
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtNullableType
 
 /**
- * Disallow to cast to nullable types. There are cases where `as String?` is misused as the safe cast (`as? String`),
- * so if you want to prevent those cases, turn on this rule.
+ * Disallow to cast to nullable types.
+ * There are cases where `as String?` is misused as safe cast (`as? String`).
+ * So if you want to prevent those cases, turn on this rule.
  *
  * <noncompliant>
  * fun foo(a: Any?) {
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ class CastToNullableType(config: Config = Config.empty) : Rule(config) {
     override val issue: Issue = Issue(
         javaClass.simpleName,
         Severity.Defect,
-        "Disallow to cast to nullable types",
+        "Disallow to cast to nullable types.",
         Debt.FIVE_MINS
     )
 

detekt-rules-errorprone/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/bugs/DontDowncastCollectionTypes.kt

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class DontDowncastCollectionTypes(config: Config) : Rule(config) {
     override val issue = Issue(
         "DontDowncastCollectionTypes",
         Severity.Warning,
-        "Down-casting immutable collection types is breaking the collection contract",
+        "Down-casting immutable collection types is breaking the collection contract.",
         Debt.TEN_MINS
     )
 

detekt-rules-errorprone/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/bugs/DuplicateCaseInWhenExpression.kt

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.internal.ActiveByDefault
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtWhenExpression
 
 /**
- * Flags duplicate case statements in when expressions.
+ * Flags duplicate `case` statements in `when` expressions.
  *
- * If a when expression contains the same case statement multiple times they should be merged. Otherwise, it might be
+ * If a `when` expression contains the same `case` statement multiple times they should be merged. Otherwise, it might be
  * easy to miss one of the cases when reading the code, leading to unwanted side effects.
  *
  * <noncompliant>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class DuplicateCaseInWhenExpression(config: Config) : Rule(config) {
     override val issue = Issue(
         "DuplicateCaseInWhenExpression",
         Severity.Warning,
-        "Duplicated case statements in when expression. Both cases should be merged.",
+        "Duplicated `case` statements in a `when` expression detected. Both cases should be merged.",
         Debt.TEN_MINS
     )
 

detekt-rules-errorprone/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/bugs/EqualsAlwaysReturnsTrueOrFalse.kt

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtReturnExpression
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.psiUtil.collectDescendantsOfType
 
 /**
- * Reports equals() methods which will always return true or false.
+ * Reports `equals()` methods which will always return true or false.
  *
  * Equals methods should always report if some other object is equal to the current object.
  * See the Kotlin documentation for Any.equals(other: Any?):
@@ -43,10 +43,9 @@ class EqualsAlwaysReturnsTrueOrFalse(config: Config = Config.empty) : Rule(confi
     override val issue = Issue(
         "EqualsAlwaysReturnsTrueOrFalse",
         Severity.Defect,
-        "Having an equals method which always returns true or false is not a good idea. " +
+        "Having an `equals()` method that always returns true or false is not a good idea. " +
             "It does not follow the contract of this method. " +
-            "Consider a good default implementation. " +
-            "For example this == other",
+            "Consider a good default implementation (e.g. `this == other`).",
         Debt.TWENTY_MINS
     )
 

detekt-rules-errorprone/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/bugs/ExplicitGarbageCollectionCall.kt

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class ExplicitGarbageCollectionCall(config: Config) : Rule(config) {
     override val issue = Issue(
         "ExplicitGarbageCollectionCall",
         Severity.Defect,
-        "Don't try to be smarter than the JVM. Your code should work independently if the garbage " +
+        "Don't try to be smarter than the JVM. Your code should work independently whether the garbage " +
             "collector is disabled or not. If you face memory issues, " +
             "try tuning the JVM options instead of relying on code itself.",
         Debt.TWENTY_MINS

detekt-rules-errorprone/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/bugs/ImplicitUnitReturnType.kt

@@ -45,12 +45,10 @@ class ImplicitUnitReturnType(config: Config) : Rule(config) {
     override val issue = Issue(
         javaClass.simpleName,
         Severity.Defect,
-        """
-            Functions using expression statements have an implicit return type.
-            Changing the type of the expression accidentally, changes the function return type.
-            This may lead to backward incompatibility.
-            Use a block statement to make clear this function will never return a value.
-        """.trimIndent(),
+        "Functions using expression statements have an implicit return type. " +
+            "Changing the type of the expression accidentally, changes the function return type. " +
+            "This may lead to backward incompatibility. " +
+            "Use a block statement to make clear this function will never return a value.",
         Debt.FIVE_MINS
     )
 

detekt-rules-errorprone/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/bugs/IteratorHasNextCallsNextMethod.kt

@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ class IteratorHasNextCallsNextMethod(config: Config = Config.empty) : Rule(confi
     override val issue = Issue(
         "IteratorHasNextCallsNextMethod",
         Severity.Defect,
-        "The hasNext() method of an Iterator implementation should not call the next() method. " +
-            "The state of the iterator should not be changed inside the hasNext() method. " +
-            "The hasNext() method is not supposed to have any side effects.",
+        "The `hasNext()` method of an Iterator implementation should not call the `next()` method. " +
+            "The state of the iterator should not be changed inside the `hasNext()` method. " +
+            "The `hasNext()` method is not supposed to have any side effects.",
         Debt.TEN_MINS
     )
 

detekt-rules-errorprone/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/bugs/IteratorNotThrowingNoSuchElementException.kt

@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ class IteratorNotThrowingNoSuchElementException(config: Config = Config.empty) :
     override val issue = Issue(
         "IteratorNotThrowingNoSuchElementException",
         Severity.Defect,
-        "The next() method of an Iterator implementation should throw a NoSuchElementException " +
-            "when there are no more elements to return",
+        "The `next()` method of an `Iterator` implementation should throw a `NoSuchElementException` " +
+            "when there are no more elements to return.",
         Debt.TEN_MINS
     )
 

detekt-rules-errorprone/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/bugs/LateinitUsage.kt

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class LateinitUsage(config: Config = Config.empty) : Rule(config) {
     override val issue = Issue(
         javaClass.simpleName,
         Severity.Defect,
-        "Usage of lateinit detected. Using lateinit for property initialization " +
+        "Usage of `lateinit` detected. Using `lateinit` for property initialization " +
             "is error prone, try using constructor injection or delegation.",
         Debt.TWENTY_MINS
     )

detekt-rules-errorprone/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/bugs/MissingPackageDeclaration.kt

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class MissingPackageDeclaration(config: Config = Config.empty) : Rule(config) {
     override val issue = Issue(
         javaClass.simpleName,
         Severity.Maintainability,
-        "Kotlin source files should define a package",
+        "Kotlin source files should define a package.",
         debt = Debt.FIVE_MINS
     )
 

detekt-rules-errorprone/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/bugs/UnreachableCode.kt

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class UnreachableCode(config: Config = Config.empty) : Rule(config) {
     override val issue = Issue(
         "UnreachableCode",
         Severity.Warning,
-        "Unreachable code detected. This code should be removed",
+        "Unreachable code detected. This code should be removed.",
         Debt.TEN_MINS
     )
 

detekt-rules-errorprone/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/bugs/UnsafeCallOnNullableType.kt

@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ class UnsafeCallOnNullableType(config: Config = Config.empty) : Rule(config) {
     override val issue: Issue = Issue(
         "UnsafeCallOnNullableType",
         Severity.Defect,
-        "It will throw a NullPointerException at runtime if your nullable value is null.",
+        "Unsafe calls on nullable types detected. These calls will throw a NullPointerException in case " +
+            "the nullable value is null.",
         Debt.TWENTY_MINS
     )
 

detekt-rules-errorprone/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/bugs/UnusedUnaryOperator.kt

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class UnusedUnaryOperator(config: Config = Config.empty) : Rule(config) {
     override val issue = Issue(
         javaClass.simpleName,
         Severity.Defect,
-        "This unary operator is not used",
+        "This unary operator is unused.",
         Debt.FIVE_MINS
     )
 

detekt-rules-errorprone/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/bugs/WrongEqualsTypeParameter.kt

@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ class WrongEqualsTypeParameter(config: Config = Config.empty) : Rule(config) {
     override val issue = Issue(
         "WrongEqualsTypeParameter",
         Severity.Defect,
-        "Wrong parameter type for equals() method found. " +
-            "To correctly override the equals() method use Any?",
+        "Wrong parameter type for `equals()` method found. " +
+            "To correctly override the `equals()` method use `Any?`.",
         Debt.TEN_MINS
     )