Useless private
access modifier. Open
private
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Checks for redundant access modifiers, including those with no
code, those which are repeated, and leading public
modifiers in a
class or module body. Conditionally-defined methods are considered as
always being defined, and thus access modifiers guarding such methods
are not redundant.
This cop has ContextCreatingMethods
option. The default setting value
is an empty array that means no method is specified.
This setting is an array of methods which, when called, are known to
create its own context in the module's current access context.
It also has MethodCreatingMethods
option. The default setting value
is an empty array that means no method is specified.
This setting is an array of methods which, when called, are known to
create other methods in the module's current access context.
Example:
# bad
class Foo
public # this is redundant (default access is public)
def method
end
end
# bad
class Foo
# The following is redundant (methods defined on the class'
# singleton class are not affected by the private modifier)
private
def self.method3
end
end
# bad
class Foo
protected
define_method(:method2) do
end
protected # this is redundant (repeated from previous modifier)
[1,2,3].each do |i|
define_method("foo#{i}") do
end
end
end
# bad
class Foo
private # this is redundant (no following methods are defined)
end
# good
class Foo
private # this is not redundant (a method is defined)
def method2
end
end
# good
class Foo
# The following is not redundant (conditionally defined methods are
# considered as always defining a method)
private
if condition?
def method
end
end
end
# good
class Foo
protected # this is not redundant (a method is defined)
define_method(:method2) do
end
end
Example: ContextCreatingMethods: concerning
# Lint/UselessAccessModifier:
# ContextCreatingMethods:
# - concerning
# good
require 'active_support/concern'
class Foo
concerning :Bar do
def some_public_method
end
private
def some_private_method
end
end
# this is not redundant because `concerning` created its own context
private
def some_other_private_method
end
end
Example: MethodCreatingMethods: delegate
# Lint/UselessAccessModifier:
# MethodCreatingMethods:
# - delegate
# good
require 'active_support/core_ext/module/delegation'
class Foo
# this is not redundant because `delegate` creates methods
private
delegate :method_a, to: :method_b
end