ReturnAfterIfThenElse.java

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/*
 * @test
 * @bug 4144008
 * @summary Both branches of if-then-else preceding end of method must not return normally,
 * even if boolean expression is constant.
 *
 * @run compile/fail ReturnAfterIfThenElse.java
 */

public class ReturnAfterIfThenElse {
    int method() {
        if (false) {
            // no return here
        } else {
            return 1;
        }
        // ERROR
        // A return statement is required here,
        // becase, according to the special rules
        // for if-then-else in JLS 14.19, the
        // preceding statement *can* complete normally.
    }
}