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38 lines
867 B
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There are several reasons for a method not to have a method body:
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* It is an unintentional omission and should be fixed to prevent unexpected behavior in production.
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* It is not yet, or never will be, supported. In this case an ``++UnsupportedOperationException++`` should be thrown.
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* The method is an intentionally-blank override. In this case a nested comment should explain the reason for the blank override.
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== Noncompliant Code Example
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public function doSomething() {
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}
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public function doSomethingElse() {
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}
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== Compliant Solution
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public function doSomething() {
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// Do nothing because of X and Y.
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}
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public function doSomethingElse() {
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throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
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}
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== Exceptions
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Empty methods in abstract classes
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abstract class Animal {
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public function speak() {} // default implementation ignored
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}
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