How to exclude a constructor in findbugs?

Question

I can exclude a regular method like this in my findbugs-exclude.xml:

<Match>
    <Class name="com.my.package.MyClass"/>
    <Method name="calculateSomeValue"/>
    <Bug pattern="CLI_CONSTANT_LIST_INDEX"/>
</Match>

But what if I want to ignore the bug pattern being flagged in a constructor?

I've tried

<Method name="MyClass"/>

and

<Method name="new"/>

which don't seem to work.

MyClass only defines one constructor.

Maybe this will works `` I think you have to encode the `<` and `>` but i'm not sure. — , Feb 24 '17 at 18:02
Nice call, I used ``. If you want to post as an answer, I can accept it. — Vivek Chavda, Feb 24 '17 at 19:32

score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 24 '17 at 19:34

15

You have to use this code for exclude constructor

<Method name="&lt;init&gt;"/>

answered Feb 24 '17 at 19:34

This also works with [Spotbugs](https://spotbugs.github.io), the Findbugs successor. – Karsten Silz Jan 17 '20 at 10:45

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