Added descriptions to GUI settings

src/main/java/datasource/configspec/ConfigSpec.java

@@ -38,15 +38,17 @@ public static final class Section {
 		private static final String DEFAULT_ENTITY_TYPE = "check";
 
 		public final String title;
+		public final String desc;
 
 		private final String checkName;
 		private final String entityType;
 		private final List<Setting> settings;
 
-		public Section(String title, String checkName, String entityTypeOverride, List<Setting> settings) {
+		public Section(String title, String checkName, String desc, String entityTypeOverride, List<Setting> settings) {
 			if (title == null) {throw new NullPointerException("title");}
 			this.title = title;
 			this.checkName = checkName;
+			this.desc = desc;
 			this.entityType = (checkName != null) ? ((entityTypeOverride != null) ? entityTypeOverride : DEFAULT_ENTITY_TYPE) : null;
 			this.settings = (settings != null) ? new ArrayList<Setting>(settings) : null;
 		}
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
 			Section other = (Section)obj;
 			return CmpUtil.areEqual(this.title, other.title)
 				&& CmpUtil.areEqual(this.checkName, other.checkName)
+				&& CmpUtil.areEqual(this.desc, other.desc)
 				&& CmpUtil.areEqual(this.entityType, other.entityType)
 				&& CmpUtil.areEqual(this.settings, other.settings);
 		}

src/main/java/datasource/configspec/JsonFileConfigSpecLoader.java

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ private List<ConfigSpec.Section> readSections(JSONArray sectionsJson, Map<String
 			sections.add(new ConfigSpec.Section(
 				sectionJson.getString("title"),
 				getStringOrNull(sectionJson, "checkName"),
+				getStringOrNull(sectionJson, "desc"),
 				getStringOrNull(sectionJson, "entityTypeOverride"),
 				readSettings(sectionJson, selects)
 			));

src/main/java/gui/SettingsWindow.java

@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ private JPanel initInnerPanel() {
 		private JLabel initTitleLabel(JPanel innerPanel, ConfigSpec.Section section) {
 			JLabel titleLabel = GuiUtil.createHeading(section.title);
 			innerPanel.add(titleLabel);
+			if (section.desc != null) {
+				JLabel descLabel = new JLabel(section.desc);
+				innerPanel.add(descLabel);
+			}
 			innerPanel.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(GuiUtil.PAD));
 			return titleLabel;
 		}

src/main/resources/config-spec.json

@@ -115,23 +115,28 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"title": "No Global Variables",
-			"checkName": "noGlobalVariables"
+			"checkName": "noGlobalVariables",
+			"desc": "Checks for static, non-final fields."
 		},
 		{
 			"title": "Required Overrides",
-			"checkName": "requiredOverrides"
+			"checkName": "requiredOverrides",
+			"desc": "Checks for classes that extends the Comparable interface and implements compareTo() without implementing equals() and classes that implement equals() without implementing hashCode()."
 		},
 		{
 			"title": "Unused Abstractions",
-			"checkName": "unusedAbstractions"
+			"checkName": "unusedAbstractions",
+			"desc": "Checks for any abstract classes that don't have any classes that extend it, or interfaces that don't have any classes implementing it."
 		},
 		{
 			"title": "Immutable Exceptions",
-			"checkName": "immutableExceptions"
+			"checkName": "immutableExceptions",
+			"desc": "Checks for exception classes without non-final fields. Any class whose name ends with 'Exception' or 'Error' will be checked."
 		},
 		{
 			"title": "Information Hiding",
-			"checkName": "informationHiding"
+			"checkName": "informationHiding",
+			"desc": "Checks for classes whose fields violate information hiding"
 		},
 		{
 			"title": "Program to Interface, Not Implementation",
@@ -147,7 +152,8 @@
 					"type": "String[]",
 					"desc": "List of user-specified allowed dependencies (add known interfaces and/or data classes here)."
 				}
-			]
+			],
+			"desc": "Checks for classes who program to concrete implementations rather than interfaces. Programming to interfaces generally provides more flexibility in applications."
 		},
 		{
 			"title": "Low Coupling",
@@ -178,11 +184,13 @@
 					"type": "boolean",
 					"desc": "Specifies whether Classes that reference themselves will be reported (cycles like A → A). Defaults to true."
 				}
-			]
+			],
+			"desc": "Checks for classes who are too closely dependent on one another, when alternative solutions allowing such classes to exist more independently are available."
 		},
 		{
 			"title": "Strategy Pattern",
-			"checkName": "strategyPattern"
+			"checkName": "strategyPattern",
+			"desc": "Checks if a class implements the Strategy pattern by checking for interfaces in its fields and if a concrete subclass implements it."
 		},
 		{
 			"title": "Observer Pattern",
@@ -203,11 +211,13 @@
 					"type": "boolean",
 					"desc": "Specifies whether to check for patterns with only a concrete subject, and no abstract subject."
 				}
-			]
+			],
+			"desc": "Checks if classes properly implement ways to notify multiple objects about events its observing. The observer pattern allows classes to subscribe and unsubscribe from watching for a certain event."
 		},
 		{
 			"title": "Adapter Pattern",
-			"checkName": "adapterPattern"
+			"checkName": "adapterPattern",
+			"desc": "Check if an adapter class does not implement an interface."
 		},
 		{
 			"title": "Constant Interface",
@@ -218,7 +228,8 @@
 					"type": "boolean",
 					"desc": "If true, interfaces with no fields nor methods (\"marker interfaces\") will be ignored. (Defaults to false.)"
 				}
-			]
+			],
+			"desc": "Checks for any interfaces that contains only fields and no methods. This is similar to Data Classes."
 		},
 		{
 			"title": "PlantUML Generator",