ABSTRACT

This statement will never be executed.

EXPLANATION

The surrounding code makes it impossible for this statement to ever be executed.

Example: The condition for the second if statement is impossible to satisfy. It requires that the variable s be non-null, while on the only path where s can be assigned a non-null value there is a return statement.


String s = null;

if (b) {
s = "Yes";
return;
}

if (s != null) {
Dead();
}

REFERENCES

[1] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3 - (STIG 3) APP3050 CAT II

[2] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration - (CWE) CWE ID 561