Method never invoked

objectscriptQuality release 
1.3.6
Id 
OS0088
Rule type 
Code Smell
Severity 

Major

Major
SQALE characteristic 
  • Reliability
    • Instruction
Tags 
design, maintainability
Remediation function 
Constant/issue
Remediation cost 
1h

There are several reasons for a method not to have a method body:

  • It is an unintentional omission, and should be fixed to prevent an unexpected behavior in production.
  • It is not yet, or never will be, supported. In this case remove it.
  • The method is an intentionally-blank override. In this case a nested comment should explain the reason for the blank override.

Noncompliant Code Example

ClassMethod foo() As %String
{
}

ClassMethod bar() As %String
{
}

Compliant Solution

ClassMethod foo() As %String
{
    Quit "Hello"
}

ClassMethod bar() As %String
{
    // We need to do something here
}