The rule description says “According to Joshua Block, the constant interface pattern is a poor use of interfaces.” True, I fully agree.
However, Joshua Block also says that a constant interface is “an interface which contains no methods, it consists solely of static fields, each exporting a constant.”
So, IMHO, this rule should not trigger for interfaces having methods, even if it define a constant.
Problem seen with SonarQube 7.9.2 CE using Java plugin V6.3.2.
The citation comes from:
Joshua Bloch: Effective Java, 2nd edition. Addison Wesley, 2008.
p. 98: “Item 19: Use interfaces only to define types”
The item starts with:
When a class implements an interface, the interface serves as a type that can be used to refer to instances of the class. That a class implements an interface should therefore say something about what a client can do with instances of the class. It is inappropriate to define an interface for any other purpose.
One kind of interface that fails this test is the so-called constant interface. Such an interface contains no methods; it consists solely of static final fields, each exporting a constant.