Similar to closed (but not really) https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1156/, and not related to subclass as https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1257/
False positive "Avoid unused private methods such as 'getPrivate(Object)'", with the very simple code :
public class TestPrivate<T> {
protected Object getProtected(final T bean) {
return getPrivate(bean);
}
private Object getPrivate(final Object bean) {
return bean;
}
}
Test class is provided
This will be fixed with the next release (5.2.1).
This looks to be causing some additional false positives now though as well. setTotals is flagged as unused, but that is not true.
public <T extends Ledgerable, X extends Ledgerable> void createLedgerAndChangeHistory(T oldObject, X updatedObject, boolean isChildLedgerEntry) throws ServiceException { LedgerEntry entry = new LedgerEntry(); try { if (oldObject instanceof BudgetPackage || oldObject instanceof SpiEntity) { setTotals(oldObject); } // do other stuff } catch (ServiceException e) { } } } private <X extends Ledgerable> void setTotals(X ledgerable) throws ServiceException { // do stuff }