MutablePublicArray
Non-empty arrays are mutable, so this `public static final` array is not a constant and can be modified by clients of this class. Prefer an ImmutableList, or provide an accessor method that returns a defensive copy.

Severity
WARNING

The problem

Nonzero-length arrays are mutable. Declaring one public static final indicates that the developer expects it to be a constant, which is not the case. Making it public is especially dangerous since clients of this code can modify the contents of the array.

There are two ways to fix this problem:

  1. Refactor the array to an ImmutableList.
  2. Make the array private and add a public method that returns a copy of the private array.

See Effective Java 3rd Edition ยง15 for more details.

Suppression

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