Class: RuboCop::Cop::Lint::UselessMethodDefinition

Inherits:
Base
  • Object
show all
Extended by:
AutoCorrector
Defined in:
lib/rubocop/cop/lint/useless_method_definition.rb

Overview

This cop checks for useless method definitions, specifically: empty constructors and methods just delegating to ‘super`.

This cop is marked as unsafe as it can trigger false positives for cases when an empty constructor just overrides the parent constructor, which is bad anyway.

Examples:

# bad
def initialize
  super
end

def method
  super
end

# good - with default arguments
def initialize(x = Object.new)
  super
end

# good
def initialize
  super
  initialize_internals
end

def method(*args)
  super(:extra_arg, *args)
end

Constant Summary collapse

MSG = 
'Useless method definition detected.'

Constants inherited from Base

Base::RESTRICT_ON_SEND

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from Base

#config, #processed_source

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from AutoCorrector

support_autocorrect?

Methods inherited from Base

#add_global_offense, #add_offense, autocorrect_incompatible_with, badge, #callbacks_needed, callbacks_needed, #config_to_allow_offenses, #config_to_allow_offenses=, #cop_config, #cop_name, cop_name, department, documentation_url, exclude_from_registry, #excluded_file?, #external_dependency_checksum, inherited, #initialize, joining_forces, lint?, match?, #message, #offenses, #on_investigation_end, #on_new_investigation, #on_other_file, #ready, #relevant_file?, support_autocorrect?, support_multiple_source?, #target_rails_version, #target_ruby_version

Methods included from ExcludeLimit

#exclude_limit

Methods included from AutocorrectLogic

#autocorrect?, #autocorrect_enabled?, #autocorrect_requested?, #correctable?, #disable_uncorrectable?, #safe_autocorrect?

Methods included from IgnoredNode

#ignore_node, #ignored_node?, #part_of_ignored_node?

Methods included from Util

silence_warnings

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from RuboCop::Cop::Base

Instance Method Details

#on_def(node) ⇒ Object Also known as: on_defs 



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# File 'lib/rubocop/cop/lint/useless_method_definition.rb', line 42

def on_def(node)
  return if optional_args?(node)
  return unless delegating?(node.body, node)

  add_offense(node) { |corrector| corrector.remove(node) }
end