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Empty 'synchronized' block

Reports synchronized statements with empty bodies. While theoretically this may be the semantics intended, this construction is confusing, and often the result of a typo.

Example:

synchronized(lock) { }

Inspection Details

Available in:

IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3, Qodana for JVM 2023.3

Plugin:

Groovy, 233.SNAPSHOT

Last modified: 13 July 2023