static
methods can be accessed without an instance of the enclosing class, so there’s no reason to instantiate a class that has only
static
methods.
public class TextUtils { public static String stripHtml(String source) { return source.replaceAll("<[^>]+>", ""); } } public class TextManipulator { // ... public void cleanText(String source) { TextUtils textUtils = new TextUtils(); // Noncompliant String stripped = textUtils.stripHtml(source); //... } }
public class TextUtils { public static String stripHtml(String source) { return source.replaceAll("<[^>]+>", ""); } } public class TextManipulator { // ... public void cleanText(String source) { String stripped = TextUtils.stripHtml(source); //... } }