Why you should care

EXIT instruction is designed to exit the entire script hence the purpose of having only one instruction at a time. EXIT instruction has the capability of causing some of the script to be unread if placed incorrectly. As a result, the script will have compilation errors.

Business Impacts

EXIT is an instruction that can add complexity if not used properly which results in a loss of time that could be used towards innovating the script instead.

Acceleration

CAST Recommendations

References

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/system-exit-in-java/

Style Guide

How we detect

This Code insight suggests that only one EXIT instruction should be present, and if possible, it should be the last instruction of the script.

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