include::../description.adoc[] == Noncompliant Code Example ---- if (condition1) { do_something(); } elseif (condition2) { do_something_else(); } ---- == Compliant Solution ---- if (condition1) { do_something(); } elseif (condition2) { do_something_else(); } else { throw new InvalidArgumentException('message'); } ---- == Exceptions When all branches of an ``++if-elseif++`` end with ``++return++``, ``++break++``, ``++continue++`` 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. include::../see.adoc[] ifdef::env-github,rspecator-view[] ''' == Comments And Links (visible only on this page) include::../comments-and-links.adoc[] endif::env-github,rspecator-view[]