Merge pull request #3938 from VoidxHoshi:master

[java] Modify SimplifiedTernary to meet the missing case #3603 #3938

.all-contributorsrc

@@ -6621,6 +6621,15 @@
       "contributions": [
         "code"
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "VoidxHoshi",
+      "name": "LaLucid",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/55886143?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/VoidxHoshi",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code"
+      ]
     }
   ],
   "contributorsPerLine": 7,

docs/pages/release_notes.md

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
   * [#2505](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2505): \[doc] Improve side bar to show release date
 * java
   * [#3068](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3068): \[java] Some tests should not depend on real rules
+  * [#3603](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3603): \[java] SimplifiedTernary: no violation for 'condition ? true : false' case
   * [#3889](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3889): \[java] Catch LinkageError in UselessOverridingMethodRule
   * [#3910](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3910): \[java] UnusedPrivateField - Allow the ignored fieldnames to be configurable
 * java-bestpractices
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
 * [#3910](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3910): \[java] UnusedPrivateField - Allow the ignored fieldnames to be configurable - [@laoseth](https://github.com/laoseth)
 * [#3928](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3928): \[plsql] Fix plsql parsing error in parenthesis groups - [@LiGaOg](https://github.com/LiGaOg)
 * [#3935](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3935): \[plsql] Fix parser exception in EXECUTE IMMEDIATE BULK COLLECT #3687 - [@Scrsloota](https://github.com/Scrsloota)
+* [#3938](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3938): \[java] Modify SimplifiedTernary to meet the missing case #3603 - [@VoidxHoshi](https://github.com/VoidxHoshi)
 
 {% endtocmaker %}
 

pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/design.xml

@@ -1291,12 +1291,11 @@ public void foo() throws Exception {
 Look for ternary operators with the form `condition ? literalBoolean : foo`
 or `condition ? foo : literalBoolean`.
 
-These expressions can be simplified respectively to
+These expressions can be simplified as follows:
-`condition || foo`  when the literalBoolean is true
+* `condition ? true : expr` simplifies to `condition || expr`
-`!condition && foo` when the literalBoolean is false
+* `condition ? false : expr` simplifies to `!condition && expr`
-or
+* `condition ? expr : true` simplifies to `!condition || expr`
-`!condition || foo` when the literalBoolean is true
+* `condition ? expr : false` simplifies to `condition && expr`
-`condition && foo`  when the literalBoolean is false
 ]]>
         </description>
         <priority>3</priority>
@@ -1305,9 +1304,9 @@ or
             <property name="xpath">
                 <value>
 <![CDATA[
-//ConditionalExpression[not(PrimaryExpression/*/Literal) and (Expression/PrimaryExpression/*/Literal/BooleanLiteral)]
+//ConditionalExpression
-|
+  [(Expression|.)/PrimaryExpression/*/Literal/BooleanLiteral]
-//ConditionalExpression[not(Expression/PrimaryExpression/*/Literal) and (PrimaryExpression/*/Literal/BooleanLiteral)]
+  [not((Expression|.)/PrimaryExpression/*/Literal/NullLiteral)]
 ]]>
                 </value>
             </property>
@@ -1330,6 +1329,10 @@ public class Foo {
     public void test4() {
         final boolean otherValue = condition ? something() : false; // can be as simple as condition && something();
     }
+
+    public boolean test5() {
+        return condition ? true : false; // can be as simple as return condition;
+    }
 }
 ]]>
         </example>

pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/SimplifiedTernary.xml

@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ public class Foo {
     </test-code>
 
     <test-code>
-        <description>condition ? true : false</description>
+        <description>#3603 condition ? true : false</description>
-        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
     public boolean test() {
-        return condition ? true : false; // Existing rule
+        return condition ? true : false;
     }
 }
         ]]></code>