OPM_OVERLY_PERMISSIVE_METHOD suggests private when should be protected

[ben-manes]

Code	Warning
OPM	This method ...CarrierPublisherHelper.setHazmat(Map, CarrierEntity) is declared more permissively than is used in the code base
Bug type OPM_OVERLY_PERMISSIVE_METHOD (click for details)
In class ...CarrierPublisherHelper
In method ...CarrierPublisherHelper.setHazmat(Map, CarrierEntity)
Value - Method declared public but could be declared private
At CarrierPublisherHelper.java:[lines 230-234]

I think this is because the base class is not abstract. I have another case where it could be package-private.

public class CarrierPublisherHelper implements GenericPublisherDelegate {...}

public class TruckmateCarrierPublisherHelper extends CarrierPublisherHelper {...}

[ben-manes]

Oddly I encountered a case when it suggests making an overridden public method into a private one, which is not allowable. The concrete class with the warning extends an abstract class with public abstract methods. Maybe it was confused by the method name...

This method template.HrefUrlFunction.executeInternal(List) is declared more permissively than is used in the code base
Bug type OPM_OVERLY_PERMISSIVE_METHOD (click for details)
In class template.HrefUrlFunction
In method template.HrefUrlFunction.executeInternal(List)
Value - Method declared public but could be declared private
At HrefUrlFunction.java:[lines 31-39]