Question

i have:

  if (Constants.IS_LIVE_MOD == false)
        account = Constants.OM_ACCOUNT;
  else
        account = "abc";

i am getting a dead code warning on ‘else’. Why is it so and wat is the solution for it. Please help.

Answer 1

I assume the IS_LIVE_MOD constant is a final variable that is declared as false, if so then the variable is always false and can’t be changed, and so the else statement will never be invoked. Therefore it is dead code.

E.g.

private static final boolean MY_VAR = false;

if(MY_VAR == false) {
    System.out.println("Always does this");
}
else {
    System.out.println("Dead code");
}