1.2.1297. Unused Protected Methods

The following protected methods are unused in children class. As such, they may be considered for being private.

Methods reported by this analysis are not used by children, yet they are protected. No usage of those methods were found.

This analysis is impacted by dynamic method calls.

<?php

class Foo {
    // This method is not used
    protected function unusedBar() {}
    protected function usedInFoo() {}
    protected function usedInFooFoo() {}

    public function bar2() {
        // some code
        $this->usedInFoo();
    }
}

class FooFoo extends Foo {
    protected function bar() {}

    public function bar2() {
        // some code
        $this->usedInFooFoo();
    }
}

class someOtherClass {
    protected function bar() {
        // This is not related to foo.
        $this->unusedbar();
    }
}

?>

1.2.1297.1. Suggestions

• Make use of the protected method in the code

• Remove the method

1.2.1297.2. Specs

Short name	Classes/UnusedProtectedMethods
Rulesets	All, Changed Behavior, Dead code
Exakat since	0.8.4
PHP Version	All
Severity	Major
Time To Fix	Slow (1 hour)
Precision	Very high
Features	unused
Related rule	Unused Public Methods
Available in	Entreprise Edition, Exakat Cloud