The setString method leads to a false positive

[honghua (chen honghua)]

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• which versions are you using (SonarQube, Scanner, Plugin, and any relevant extension)
  Enterprise edition 8.9 sonarqube

• what are you trying to achieve
  Analyze a very old project and check that it should not be a bug issue.

• what have you tried so far to achieve this

Line 173 reports a bug issue, which we think is a false positive .

[Colin]

Hey there.

Please read this post on how to report a false-positive:

How to Report a False-positive / False-negative

Hey SonarSource Community! False-positives happen, as do false-negatives, and we’re eager to fix them. We are thrilled when our users report problems, so we can make our products better. What is a false-positive (FP)? A false-positive is when an issue is raised unexpectedly on code that should not trigger an issue, or where the suggested action doesn’t make any sense for the code. What is a false-negative (FN)? A false-negative is when an issue should be raised on a piece of code, but isn’t…

A photograph of a computer screen won’t suffice – we need a proper code snippet.

Thanks!