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Inline adoc files when they are included exactly once. Also fix language tags because this inlining gives us better information on what language the code is written in.
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== Why is this an issue?
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A chain of ``++if-else-if++`` or ``++switch-case++`` statements is evaluated from top to bottom. At most, only one branch will be executed: the first one with a condition that evaluates to ``++true++`` or that matches the discriminant of the ``++switch++``.
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Therefore, duplicating a condition automatically leads to dead code. Usually, this is due to a copy/paste error. At best, it's simply dead code and at worst, it's a bug that is likely to induce further bugs as the code is maintained, and obviously it could lead to unexpected behavior.
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_Note that this rule requires Node.js to be available during analysis._
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=== Noncompliant code example
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[source,javascript]
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----
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if (param == 1)
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openWindow();
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else if (param == 2)
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closeWindow();
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else if (param == 1) // Noncompliant
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moveWindowToTheBackground();
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switch (param) {
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case 1:
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openWindow();
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break;
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case 2:
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closeWindow();
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break;
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case 1: // Noncompliant
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moveWindowToTheBackground();
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break;
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}
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----
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=== Compliant solution
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[source,javascript]
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----
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if (param == 1)
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openWindow();
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else if (param == 2)
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closeWindow();
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else if (param == 3)
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moveWindowToTheBackground();
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switch (param) {
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case 1:
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openWindow();
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break;
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case 2:
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closeWindow();
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break;
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case 3:
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moveWindowToTheBackground();
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break;
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}
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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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This branch duplicates the one on line n.
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include::../highlighting.adoc[]
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'''
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== Comments And Links
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(visible only on this page)
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include::../comments-and-links.adoc[]
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endif::env-github,rspecator-view[]
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