[java] if-statement triggers ConsecutiveAppendsShouldReuse

[cowwoc]

Affects PMD Version:
7.0.0

Rule:

Please provide the rule name and a link to the rule documentation: https://docs.pmd-code.org/latest/pmd_rules_java_performance.html#consecutiveappendsshouldreuse

Description:
It seems that invoking StringBuilder.append() within an if-statement triggers a false-positive of the ConsecutiveAppendsShouldReuse rule. At least, I don't see how the code could be modified to please this rule.

Code Sample demonstrating the issue:

StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder();
if (nameOfOther == null)
	message.append(validator.configuration().stringMappers().toString(other));
else
	message.append(MessageBuilder.quoteName(nameOfOther));
message.append('.');

Error Message:

[INFO] PMD Failure: com.github.cowwoc.requirements.java.internal.implementation.message.ComparableMessages:47 Rule:ConsecutiveAppendsShouldReuse Priority:3 StringBuffer (or StringBuilder).append is called consecutively without reusing the target variable..

where line 47 points to message.append(validator.configuration().stringMappers().toString(other));

Running PMD through: Maven
maven-pmd-plugin 3.21.2