Avoid deeply nested control flow statements. Open
if (parentName.contains(testPath)) {
falsePositive.add(item);
break;
}
Method has 9 parameters, which is greater than 7 authorized. Open
public static UftTestDiscoveryResult startScanning(File rootDir, BuildListener buildListener, String configurationId, String workspaceId, String scmRepositoryId,
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A long parameter list can indicate that a new structure should be created to wrap the numerous parameters or that the function is doing too many things.
Noncompliant Code Example
With a maximum number of 4 parameters:
public void doSomething(int param1, int param2, int param3, String param4, long param5) { ... }
Compliant Solution
public void doSomething(int param1, int param2, int param3, String param4) { ... }
Exceptions
Methods annotated with :
- Spring's
@RequestMapping
(and related shortcut annotations, like@GetRequest
) - JAX-RS API annotations (like
@javax.ws.rs.GET
) - Bean constructor injection with
@org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
- CDI constructor injection with
@javax.inject.Inject
-
@com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator
may have a lot of parameters, encapsulation being possible. Such methods are therefore ignored.
Refactor this method to reduce its Cognitive Complexity from 21 to the 15 allowed. Open
private static void removeFalsePositiveDataTables(UftTestDiscoveryResult result, List<AutomatedTest> tests, List<ScmResourceFile> scmResourceFiles) {
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Cognitive Complexity is a measure of how hard the control flow of a method is to understand. Methods with high Cognitive Complexity will be difficult to maintain.
See
Merge this if statement with the enclosing one. Open
if (!affectedFile.exists()) {
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Merging collapsible if
statements increases the code's readability.
Noncompliant Code Example
if (file != null) { if (file.isFile() || file.isDirectory()) { /* ... */ } }
Compliant Solution
if (file != null && isFileOrDirectory(file)) { /* ... */ } private static boolean isFileOrDirectory(File file) { return file.isFile() || file.isDirectory(); }
Merge this if statement with the enclosing one. Open
if (fileExist) {
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Merging collapsible if
statements increases the code's readability.
Noncompliant Code Example
if (file != null) { if (file.isFile() || file.isDirectory()) { /* ... */ } }
Compliant Solution
if (file != null && isFileOrDirectory(file)) { /* ... */ } private static boolean isFileOrDirectory(File file) { return file.isFile() || file.isDirectory(); }
Add a private constructor to hide the implicit public one. Open
public class UFTTestDetectionService {
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Utility classes, which are collections of static
members, are not meant to be instantiated. Even abstract utility classes, which can
be extended, should not have public constructors.
Java adds an implicit public constructor to every class which does not define at least one explicitly. Hence, at least one non-public constructor should be defined.
Noncompliant Code Example
class StringUtils { // Noncompliant public static String concatenate(String s1, String s2) { return s1 + s2; } }
Compliant Solution
class StringUtils { // Compliant private StringUtils() { throw new IllegalStateException("Utility class"); } public static String concatenate(String s1, String s2) { return s1 + s2; } }
Exceptions
When class contains public static void main(String[] args)
method it is not considered as utility class and will be ignored by this
rule.
Remove these unused method parameters. Open
private static void handleUftActionChanges(File workspace, UftTestDiscoveryResult result, UFTTestDetectionCallable.ScmChangeAffectedFileWrapper affectedFileWrapper, String affectedFileFullPath) {
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Unused parameters are misleading. Whatever the values passed to such parameters, the behavior will be the same.
Noncompliant Code Example
void doSomething(int a, int b) { // "b" is unused compute(a); }
Compliant Solution
void doSomething(int a) { compute(a); }
Exceptions
The rule will not raise issues for unused parameters:
- that are annotated with
@javax.enterprise.event.Observes
- in overrides and implementation methods
- in interface
default
methods - in non-private methods that only
throw
or that have empty bodies - in annotated methods, unless the annotation is
@SuppressWarning("unchecked")
or@SuppressWarning("rawtypes")
, in which case the annotation will be ignored - in overridable methods (non-final, or not member of a final class, non-static, non-private), if the parameter is documented with a proper javadoc.
@Override void doSomething(int a, int b) { // no issue reported on b compute(a); } public void foo(String s) { // designed to be extended but noop in standard case } protected void bar(String s) { //open-closed principle } public void qix(String s) { throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This method should be implemented in subclasses"); } /** * @param s This string may be use for further computation in overriding classes */ protected void foobar(int a, String s) { // no issue, method is overridable and unused parameter has proper javadoc compute(a); }
See
- CERT, MSC12-C. - Detect and remove code that has no effect or is never executed
Merge this if statement with the enclosing one. Open
if (affectedFile.exists()) {
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Merging collapsible if
statements increases the code's readability.
Noncompliant Code Example
if (file != null) { if (file.isFile() || file.isDirectory()) { /* ... */ } }
Compliant Solution
if (file != null && isFileOrDirectory(file)) { /* ... */ } private static boolean isFileOrDirectory(File file) { return file.isFile() || file.isDirectory(); }
These nested if statements could be combined Open
if (fileExist) {
test.setOctaneStatus(OctaneStatus.MODIFIED);
result.getAllTests().add(test);
}
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CollapsibleIfStatements
Since: PMD 3.1
Priority: Medium
Categories: Style
Remediation Points: 50000
Sometimes two consecutive 'if' statements can be consolidated by separating their conditions with a boolean short-circuit operator.
Example:
void bar() {
if (x) { // original implementation
if (y) {
// do stuff
}
}
}
void bar() {
if (x && y) { // optimized implementation
// do stuff
}
}
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if (!affectedFile.exists()) {
resourceFile.setOctaneStatus(OctaneStatus.DELETED);
result.getAllScmResourceFiles().add(resourceFile);
}
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CollapsibleIfStatements
Since: PMD 3.1
Priority: Medium
Categories: Style
Remediation Points: 50000
Sometimes two consecutive 'if' statements can be consolidated by separating their conditions with a boolean short-circuit operator.
Example:
void bar() {
if (x) { // original implementation
if (y) {
// do stuff
}
}
}
void bar() {
if (x && y) { // optimized implementation
// do stuff
}
}
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if (affectedFile.exists()) {
result.getAllScmResourceFiles().add(resourceFile);
}
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CollapsibleIfStatements
Since: PMD 3.1
Priority: Medium
Categories: Style
Remediation Points: 50000
Sometimes two consecutive 'if' statements can be consolidated by separating their conditions with a boolean short-circuit operator.
Example:
void bar() {
if (x) { // original implementation
if (y) {
// do stuff
}
}
}
void bar() {
if (x && y) { // optimized implementation
// do stuff
}
}