Unnecessary 'continue' statement

Reports continue statements if they are the last reachable statements in the loop. These continue statements are unnecessary and can be safely removed.

Example:

for (String element: elements) {
  System.out.println();
  continue;
}

After the quick-fix is applied:

for (String element: elements) {
  System.out.println();
}

The inspection doesn't analyze JSP files.

Use the Ignore in then branch of 'if' statement with 'else' branch option to ignore continue statements when they are placed in a then branch of a complete if-else statement.

Example:

for (String element: elements) {
  if(element.isEmpty()) {
    continue;
  } else {
    //...
  }
}

Inspection options

Option	Type	Default
Ignore in then branch of 'if' statement with 'else' branch	Checkbox	false

Inspection Details
Available in:	IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3, Qodana for JVM 2023.3
Plugin:	Java, 233.SNAPSHOT

Last modified: 13 July 2023