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Apex

Apex static code analysis

Unique rules to find Bugs, Vulnerabilities, Security Hotspots, and Code Smells in your APEX code

  • All rules 97
  • Vulnerability2
  • Bug26
  • Security Hotspot3
  • Code Smell66
 
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    Impact
      Clean code attribute
        1. Apex classes should contain at most one "@InvocableMethod" annotation

           Bug
        2. DML operations in catch blocks can mask original exceptions

           Bug
        3. Future methods must be static and return void

           Bug
        4. Test classes should have only one @testSetup method

           Bug
        5. Methods with "@AuraEnabled" should be public or global

           Bug
        6. Classes implementing "Database.Batchable" should be declared as "global"

           Bug
        7. Future methods making HTTP callouts should include "callout=true" parameter

           Bug
        8. Future methods should not call other future methods

           Bug
        9. SOQL queries should include LIMIT clauses to prevent hitting governor limits

           Bug
        10. SOQL queries should be assigned to Lists to avoid QueryException

           Bug
        11. Test methods should not have parameters

           Bug
        12. URLs should not be hardcoded in Apex code

           Bug
        13. "@future" methods should not be called in loops

           Bug
        14. Email messages should be sent in batches

           Bug
        15. URLs of Salesforce pages should be relative, not absolute.

           Bug
        16. "getRecordTypeInfosByDeveloperName()" should be used instead of "getRecordTypeInfosByName()"

           Bug
        17. DML statements should not be used inside loops

           Bug
        18. Record IDs should not be hardcoded

           Bug
        19. Triggers should process records in bulk

           Bug
        20. All branches in a conditional structure should not have exactly the same implementation

           Bug
        21. Non-existent operators like "=+" should not be used

           Bug
        22. Related "if"/"else if" statements and "when" in a "switch" should not have the same condition

           Bug
        23. Identical expressions should not be used on both sides of a binary operator

           Bug
        24. All code should be reachable

           Bug
        25. Variables should not be self-assigned

           Bug
        26. Useless "if(true) {...}" and "if(false){...}" blocks should be removed

           Bug

        Record IDs should not be hardcoded

        intentionality - complete
        reliability
        Bug

          Why is this an issue?

          Salesforce Record Ids vary across environments. Thus if a Record Id is hardcoded in Apex code, the code may not work as expected when it is deployed in another environment. This happens because the environment in which the code is deployed may not have the same hardcoded record Id. Hence it is a best practice to avoid hard coding record Ids.

          This rule raises an issue when it detects hardcoded record Ids, i.e. strings which contain 15 or 18 characters and which start with any of the prefixes listed by Salesforce

          Noncompliant code example

          for(Case c: Trigger.new){
             if(c.RecordTypeId=='012500000009tuy'){ // Noncompliant
                // ...
             } else if(c.RecordTypeId=='0123000000095Kmwer'){ // Noncompliant
                // ...
             }
          }
          
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