Pattern: Empty method
Issue: -
A method was found without an implementation. If the method is overriding or implementing a parent method, then mark it with the @Override annotation. This rule should not be used with Java 5 code because you cannot put @Override on a method implementing an interface. Use with Java 6 and higher.
Example of violations:
class SomeClass {
// violation, empty method
public void method1() {}
// violation, empty method
def method2() {}
// OK because of @Override
@Override
public void method3() {}
}
abstract class SomeBaseClass {
// OK, handled by EmptyMethodInAbstractClass Rule
public void method() {}
}