JVM	Platform	Status
OpenJDK (Temurin) Current	Linux
OpenJDK (Temurin) LTS	Linux
OpenJDK (Temurin) Current	Windows
OpenJDK (Temurin) LTS	Windows

The junreachable package implements a set of exception types for unambiguously marking code that is supposed to be unreachable (but that the compiler cannot prove is unreachable).

As the Java platform evolves, libraries that may have been necessary in the past can become unnecessary due to new platform features. The junreachable package falls into this category: There are now far fewer instances in the Java language where the compiler cannot determine that a given section of code is unreachable. In particular, switch expressions and sealed types eliminate many of the situations where unreachable code had to be explicitly marked.

This package is in maintenance mode and will not see any new functionality.

• Exceptions for marking unreachable code.
• High coverage test suite.
• OSGi-ready
• JPMS-ready
• ISC license.

Throw the UnreachableCodeException exception at lines of code that are expected to be unreachable, but that the compiler cannot prove are really unreachable. If this exception ends up being thrown, it will unambiguously signal that the code wasn't as unreachable as the developer thought; this is clearly a bug.

Throw the UnimplementedCodeException exception at lines of code that have yet to contain real implementations. If this exception ends up being thrown, it is immediately clear to users and developers alike what happened: The user tried to use some part of the code that hasn't yet been properly implemented.