Jump statements such as return
and continue
let you change the default flow of program execution, but jump statements
that direct the control flow to the original direction are just a waste of keystrokes.
Noncompliant code example
public void foo() {
while (condition1) {
if (condition2) {
continue; // Noncompliant
} else {
doTheThing();
}
}
return; // Noncompliant; this is a void method
}
Compliant solution
public void foo() {
while (condition1) {
if (!condition2) {
doTheThing();
}
}
}