Avoid Method Override That Only Delegates to Super

WarningAnti-Patterns & Bad Practices#EC NO_EMPTY_OVERRIDERemote Enabled

Overview

Avoid method override that only calls super.

ATC Finding Message: Empty method override; method only delegates to super

Rationale

Redefining a method only to immediately call the superclass method without performing any additional initialization, logging, argument transformation, or side effect is redundant. It clutters the method implementation, adds needless call stack overhead, and requires maintenance whenever super signatures change. Omit the empty override and let polymorphism delegate to the superclass naturally.

Non-Compliant

METHOD do_work.
  super->do_work( ).
ENDMETHOD.

Compliant

" Omit method redefinition and let superclass handle execution naturally

Configuration & Thresholds

This check can be fine-tuned directly in the ATC Check Variant Editor (CHKV) in Eclipse ADT:

Parameter Name	Data Type	Default Value	Description & Guidance
IGNORE_CTOR	Boolean	true	Ignore empty constructor redefinitions (when only calling super->constructor)
IGNORE_CHECK	Boolean	true	Ignore empty redefinitions in test classes or abstract interfaces

Suppression

To suppress findings for this rule, append the pseudo-comment to the statement:

" Standard pseudo-comment:
... "#EC NO_EMPTY_OVERRIDE

" SAP CI_ prefix format:
... "#EC CI_NO_EMPTY_OVERRIDE

Related Rules

• Avoid FRIENDS in class definitions — #EC NO_FRIENDS
• Avoid Purely Static Utility Classes — #EC NO_STATIC_CLS
• Avoid Calling Static Methods via Instance References (->) — #EC NO_STATIC_ARROW

Technical Details

• Native ATC Class: ZCL_SKYLINT_NO_EMPTY_OVERRIDE
• Implementation File: zcl_skylint_no_empty_override.clas.abap