Always true & Unreachable code

public void setValueAt(Object aValue, int row, int column) {
  ...
  int index = indexOf(newName);
  if (index >= 0) {                  // <=
    Window window = tool.getActiveWindow();
    Msg.showInfo(getClass(), window, "Duplicate Name",
                 "Name already exists: " + newName);
    return;
  }

  ExternalPath path = paths.get(row); // <=
  ...
}
private int indexOf(String name) {
  for (int i = 0; i < paths.size(); i++) {
    ExternalPath path = paths.get(i);
    if (path.getName().equals(name)) {
      return i;
    }
  }
  return 0;
}

PVS-Studio warnings:

• V6007 Expression ‘index >= 0’ is always true. ExternalNamesTableModel.java:105
• V6019 Unreachable code detected. It is possible that an error is present. ExternalNamesTableModel.java:109

Something distracted the developer, and they accidentally implemented the indexOf method in such a way that it returns 0, i.e. the index of the first element of the paths collection, instead of -1 for a non-existent value. This will happen even if the collection is empty. Or maybe they generated the method but forgot to change the default return value. Anyway, the setValueAt method will refuse any offered value and show the message “Name already exists” even if there’s not a single name in the collection.

By the way, the indexOf method is not used anywhere else, and its value is actually needed only to determine if the sought element exists. Rather than writing a separate method and playing around with indexes, it would probably be better to write a for-each loop right in the setValueAt method and have it return when encountering the matching element.

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