This rule raises an issue when multiple branches of a regex alternative match the same input. == Why is this an issue? include::../description.adoc[] === Code examples ==== Noncompliant code example [source,java,diff-id=1,diff-type=noncompliant] ---- "[ab]|a" // Noncompliant: the "|a" is redundant because "[ab]" already matches "a" ".*|a" // Noncompliant: .* matches everything, so any other alternative is redundant ---- ==== Compliant solution [source,java,diff-id=1,diff-type=compliant] ---- "[ab]" ".*" ---- ifdef::env-github,rspecator-view[] ''' == Implementation Specification (visible only on this page) === Message Remove or rework this redundant alternative === Highlighting The redundant alternative endif::env-github,rspecator-view[]