Why does SonarQube consider a private filed as unused?

Asked Mar 14 '18 at 10:51

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I have created a class as follows:

package classes;

import lombok.Getter;
import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
import lombok.Setter;

@Getter
@Setter
@NoArgsConstructor
public class Book {
    
    private String title;
    private String number;
    
    public Book(String title, String number) {
        this.title = title;
        this.number = number;
    }
   
}

When I analyse this code with SonarQube I get the following code smell:

Why does SonarQube consider this field as unused?

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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asked Mar 14 '18 at 10:51

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Because you're never actually using it, just assigning it a value. You should have a getter or something inside the class that uses its value. – Federico klez Culloca Mar 14 '18 at 10:52
@Federico klez Culloca, he's using Lombok which generates getters on the fly – amseager Mar 14 '18 at 10:53
@amseager apparently SonarQube doesn't know. – Federico klez Culloca Mar 14 '18 at 10:53
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Also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30073532/sonarqube-lombok-getter-recognition – Federico klez Culloca Mar 14 '18 at 10:55
that means you dont even have a getter for that number. – ΦXocę 웃 Пepeúpa ツ Mar 14 '18 at 10:58
@FedericoklezCulloca in fact you are right it's a duplicate. I tried what they recommended and it worked. So thanks! – ziMtyth Mar 14 '18 at 12:27

Why does SonarQube consider a private filed as unused?

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