== Why is this an issue?

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=== Noncompliant code example

[source,java]
----
public void doSomething(File file, Lock lock) {
  file.delete();  // Noncompliant
  // ...
  lock.tryLock(); // Noncompliant
}
----

=== Compliant solution

[source,java]
----
public void doSomething(File file, Lock lock) {
  if (!lock.tryLock()) {
    // lock failed; take appropriate action
  }
  if (!file.delete()) {
    // file delete failed; take appropriate action
  }
}
----

== Resources

* https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/xzdGBQ[CERT, EXP00-J.] - Do not ignore values returned by methods
* https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/TTZGBQ[CERT, FIO02-J.] - Detect and handle file-related errors
* CWE - https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/754[CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual Exceptional Conditions]

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== Comments And Links
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=== on 1 Dec 2014, 10:13:50 Freddy Mallet wrote:
Hi @Ann, I let you specify this one and would only track call to File.delete() for the time being. Thanks

=== on 11 May 2016, 18:22:00 Michael Gumowski wrote:
Updated to add case of ``++Lock.tryLock()++``.

=== on 18 Aug 2016, 14:37:57 Ann Campbell wrote:
``++File.mkdirs++`` excluded because Javadoc says: "true if and only if the directory was created, along with all necessary parent directories; false otherwise." Meaning that it will return ``++true++`` if it had to create the dir and ``++false++`` if the dir already existed. Either way, I have my dir.

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