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+/**
+ * @name Class QLDoc style.
+ * @description The QLDoc for a class should start with "A", "An", or "The".
+ * @kind problem
+ * @problem.severity warning
+ * @id ql/class-doc-style
+ * @tags maintainability
+ * @precision very-high
+ */
+
+import ql
+
+bindingset[s]
+predicate badStyle(string s) {
+  not s.replaceAll("/**", "")
+      .replaceAll("*", "")
+      .splitAt("\n")
+      .trim()
+      .matches(["A %", "An %", "The %"])
+}
+
+from Class c
+where
+  badStyle(c.getQLDoc().getContents()) and
+  not c.isPrivate()
+select c.getQLDoc(), "The QLDoc for a class should start with 'A', 'An', or 'The'."