ComplexBooleanConstant
Non-trivial compile time constant boolean expressions shouldn't be used.

Severity
WARNING

The problem

When a boolean expression is a compile-time constant (e.g.: 2 < 1, 1 == 1, 'a' < 'A'), these expressions can be directly replaced with true or false, as appropriate. In any context where these expressions are used, true or false is a more readable alternative:

if (2 < 1) {
  // Some code I don't want to run right now
}

while (1 == 1) {
  // Some loop that I will manually break out of
}

assert 1 != 2; // I want to force an AssertionFailure if assertions are enabled

if (false) {
  // Some code I don't want to run right now
}

while (true) {
  // Some loop that I will manually break out of
}

assert false; // I want to force an AssertionFailure if assertions are enabled

When some boolean expression is a compile-time constant unexpectedly, it generally represents a bug in the code:

for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  System.out.println("Is " + i + " greater than 50?: " + (1 > 50));
}

// Prints "... false" 100 times, since i > 50 is mistyped as 1 > 50

Suppression

Suppress false positives by adding the suppression annotation @SuppressWarnings("ComplexBooleanConstant") to the enclosing element.