InlineFormatString
Prefer to create format strings inline, instead of extracting them to a single-use constant

The problem

Prefer to use literal format strings directly in the call to a formatting method over extracting them to a constant. That is, prefer this:

throw new IllegalArgumentException(
    String.format("Uh oh, can't use %s with %s", badArgA, badArgB));

to this:

private static final String ERROR_MESSAGE = "Uh oh, can't use %s with %s";
...
throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format(ERROR_MESSAGE, badArgA, badArgB));

Extracting the format string to a constant makes it harder to read the String.format call, and to see that the correct format arguments are being passed.

If a single format string is used by multiple calls to String.format, consider extracting a helper method instead of making the string a constant:

String errorMessage(String badArgA, String badArgB) {
  return String.format("Uh oh, can't use %s with %s", badArgA, badArgB);
}
...
throw new IllegalArgumentException(errorMessage(badArgA, badArgB));

Suppression

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