QL: Merge pull request #96 from github/erik-krogh/dont-use-getaqlclass

add query to detect uses of getAQlClass

Author: MathiasVP

ql/src/queries/performance/DontUseGetAQlClass.ql

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+/**
+ * @name Don't use getAQlClass.
+ * @description Any use of getAQlClass causes both compile-time and runtime to be significantly slower.
+ * @kind problem
+ * @problem.severity warning
+ * @id ql/dont-use-getaqlclass
+ * @tags performance
+ * @precision very-high
+ */
+
+import ql
+
+from Call call
+where
+  (
+    call.(PredicateCall).getPredicateName() = "getAQlClass" or
+    call.(MemberCall).getMemberName() = "getAQlClass"
+  ) and
+  not call.getLocation().getFile().getAbsolutePath().matches("%/" + ["meta", "test"] + "/%") and
+  not call.getLocation().getFile().getBaseName().toLowerCase() =
+    ["consistency.ql", "test.ql", "tst.ql", "tests.ql"]
+select call, "Don't use .getAQlClass"