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== Noncompliant Code Example
----
if (x == 0) {
doSomething()
} else if (x == 1) {
doSomethingElse()
}
== Compliant Solution
} else {
throw IllegalStateException()
== Exceptions
When all branches of an `+if+`-`+else if+` end with `+return+`, `+break+` or `+throw+`, the code that comes after the `+if+` implicitly behaves as if it was in an `+else+` clause. This rule will therefore ignore that case.
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