There are several reasons for a method not to have a method body:
- It is an unintentional omission, and should be fixed to prevent an unexpected behavior in production.
- It is not yet, or never will be, supported. In this case an
NotSupportedException should be thrown.
- The method is an intentionally-blank override. In this case a nested comment should explain the reason for the blank override.
Noncompliant Code Example
public override function doSomething():void {
}
public function doSomethingElse():void {
}
Compliant Solution
public override function doSomething():void {
throw new IllegalOperationError("doSomething cannot be performed because ...");
}
public function doSomethingElse():void {
//This method is empty because ...
}
