#1161 Confusing Ternary should skip else if statements (or have a property to do so)

[Ulli Hafner]

While I like the check for a statement like

if (!condition) {
} 
else {
}

I would like to suppress checks for statements like

if (!condition) {
} 
else if (otherCondition) {
}
else {
}

If I invert the condition in the first if, then the whole statement will be more complex since you need a block inside the first block.

It would be nice if either such statements would not be processed anymore (or if there would be a property that could be activated).

[Andreas Dangel]

I've added a property "ignoreElseIf". It will be available with PMD 5.1 in February.