Empty functions and methods should be avoided

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Why you should care

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]For maintainability aspect, it is not recommended to have empty functions, methods or classes, as it could decrease readability because readers need to guess whether it’s intentional or not.

Technology scope: ABAP, C#, Go, Groovy, Java, Kotlin, Scala, Swift.

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CAST Recommendations

Check if the object is referenced. If not then remove it.
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How we detect

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]This Code Insight counts one occurrence each time a function, a method or a class is found and that it doesn’t contain any statement.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”5362″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]

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