#1332 False Positive: UnusedPrivateMethod

pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/symboltable/ClassScope.java

@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.symboltable;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.Node;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTAllocationExpression;
@@ -310,19 +312,20 @@ public class ClassScope extends AbstractJavaScope {
         if (typeImage == null) {
             return null;
         }
-        for (String qualified : this.getEnclosingScope(SourceFileScope.class).getQualifiedTypeNames().keySet()) {
+
-            int fullLength = qualified.length();
+        Set<String> qualifiedNames = new LinkedHashSet<String>();
+        qualifiedNames.addAll(this.getEnclosingScope(SourceFileScope.class).getQualifiedTypeNames().keySet());
+        qualifiedNames.addAll(this.getEnclosingScope(SourceFileScope.class).getExplicitImports());
+
         int nameLength = typeImage.length();
+
+        for (String qualified : qualifiedNames) {
+            int fullLength = qualified.length();
             if (qualified.endsWith(typeImage)
                     && (fullLength == nameLength || qualified.substring(0, fullLength - nameLength).endsWith("."))) {
                 return qualified;
             }
         }
-        for (String qualified : this.getEnclosingScope(SourceFileScope.class).getExplicitImports()) {
-            if (qualified.endsWith(typeImage)) {
-                return qualified;
-            }
-        }
         return typeImage;
     }
 

pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/unusedcode/xml/UnusedPrivateMethod.xml

@@ -1409,6 +1409,40 @@ public class UnusedPrivateMethod {
     private void deleteAllAssetsWithExceptions(int galleryId, boolean purge, Integer... exceptionList) throws MediaServiceException
     {
     }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+    <description>#1332 False Positive: UnusedPrivateMethod</description>
+    <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+    <code><![CDATA[
+package com.acme;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+public class FooTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBar() {
+        assertThat(createBar("", ""), containsString(""));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testFoo() {
+        assertThat(createFoo(""), containsString(""));
+    }
+
+    private String createFoo(String a) {
+        return a;
+    }
+
+    private String createBar(String b, String c) {
+        return b + c;
+    }
 }
     ]]></code>
     </test-code>

src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 **Bugfixes:**
 
+*   [#1332](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1332/): False Positive: UnusedPrivateMethod
 *   [#1333](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1333/): Error while processing Java file with Lambda expressions
 *   [#1338](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1338/): The pmd-java8 POM bears the wrong parent module version