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