AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmts

Deeply nested if..then statements are hard to read.

This rule is defined by the following Java class: net.sourceforge.pmd.rules.AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmtsRule

Example:

                

public class Foo {
 public void bar(int x, int y, int z) {
  if (x>y) {
   if (y>z) {
    if (z==x) {
     // whew, too deep
    }
   }
  }
 }
}

    
            

This rule has the following properties:

NameDefault valueDescription
problemDepth 3 The if statement depth reporting threshold