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Title:	EXP00-J. Do not ignore values returned by methods
Author:	Dhruv Mohindra	Aug 02, 2008
Last Changed by:	David Svoboda	Aug 06, 2025
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/xzdGBQ
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Parent Page     Page: Rule 02. Expressions (EXP)

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    java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html#replac…
    mindprod.com/jgloss/gotchas.html
    https://rules.sonarsource.com/java/RSPEC-2201
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/java/Rule+AA.+R…
    https://rules.sonarsource.com/java/RSPEC-899
    java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/File.html#delete()
    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v6101/
    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v6010/
    https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/secure-codin…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    cwe.mitre.org/
    cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/252.html
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/java/PVS-Studio
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…

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