Constant condition in 'assert' statement

Reports assert statement conditions that are constants. assert statements with constant conditions will either always fail or always succeed. Such statements might be left over after a refactoring and are probably not intended.

Example:

    void foo() {
        assert true;
    }

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ConstantAssertCondition

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This inspection depends on the Java feature 'Assertions', which is available since Java 1.4.

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2024.2, Qodana for JVM 2024.2,
Can be installed with plugin:	Java, 242.22892

Last modified: 11 September 2024