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[BUG][code-analyzer] sfge: calling toString() on an enum aborts the entry point (UnimplementedMethodException)
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Description
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### Bug Description
**Engine:** `sfge` (Salesforce Graph Engine) · **Rule:** `ApexFlsViolation` (DevPreview) · **Selector:** `--rule-selector sfge`
`ApexEnumValue.apply` implements only `name()`, `ordinal()` and (when indeterminate) `equals()`, then falls through to `throw new UnimplementedMethodException(this, vertex)` at `ApexEnumValue.java:123`.
`toString()` is universal in Apex — every enum inherits it — so any path that calls it on an enum value aborts.
```apex
Schema.DisplayType dt = Account.Name.getDescribe().getType();
a.Description = dt.toString();
```
### Output / Logs
```shell
UnimplementedMethodException: ApexEnumValue:toString, vertex=MethodCallExpressionVertex{fullMethodName=dt.toString, ...}:
com.salesforce.graph.symbols.apex.ApexEnumValue.apply(ApexEnumValue.java:123);
com.salesforce.graph.symbols.PathScopeVisitor.handleApexValueMethod(PathScopeVisitor.java:1487);
com.salesforce.graph.symbols.PathScopeVisitor.afterVisit(PathScopeVisitor.java:1242); ...
```
### Steps To Reproduce
1. Create an empty SFDX project (`sfdx-project.json` with a single `force-app` package directory).
2. Add `force-app/main/default/classes/EnumToString.cls` with the class shown below, plus a standard `EnumToString.cls-meta.xml` (apiVersion 62.0).
3. Add `code-analyzer.yml`:
```yaml
engines:
sfge:
java_thread_timeout: 900000
java_thread_count: 4
```
4. Run:
```
sf code-analyzer run --rule-selector sfge --workspace . --config-file code-analyzer.yml
```
5. The run reports an `InternalExecutionError` for the entry point instead of analysing it. That entry point yields no `ApexFlsViolation` findings at all, and nothing in the summary indicates coverage was lost.
```apex
public with sharing class EnumToString {
@AuraEnabled
public static void run() {
Schema.DisplayType dt = Account.Name.getDescribe().getType();
Account a = new Account();
a.Description = dt.toString();
insert a;
}
}
```
### Expected Behavior
`toString()` on an enum should resolve like `name()` does — returning the value name when determinate, and an indeterminate string otherwise. Suggested fix: handle `toString` alongside `METHOD_NAME` in `ApexEnumValue.apply`, and add it to `INDETERMINANT_VALUE_PROVIDERS`.
More generally, an unmodelled method on a known value type should degrade to an indeterminate value rather than abort the entry point.
### Operating System
macOS 26.5.2
### Salesforce CLI Version
@salesforce/cli/2.147.7 darwin-arm64 node-v24.5.0
### Code Analyzer Plugin (code-analyzer) Version
code-analyzer 5.15.0
### Node Version
v24.5.0
### Java Version
openjdk version "11.0.32" 2026-07-21
### Python Version
N/A
### Additional Context (Screenshots, Files, etc)
In our codebase this accounts for 8 occurrences across 4 distinct `@AuraEnabled` entry points — the highest count of any single unimplemented-method signature we hit.
Same class of gap as #1510, #1044 and #1003 (all on `ApexStringValue`), which were closed in the 2026-06-30 pre-v5 sweep.
### Workaround
Replace `enumValue.toString()` with `enumValue.name()`, which sfge does model. Semantically equivalent for standard enums.
### Urgency
Moderate
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with ApexEnumValue.java around line 123 and trace the handling shown through PathScopeVisitor.java. Run the provided sf code-analyzer command against the EnumToString reproduction. Done means enum toString() no longer aborts the entry point, returns a determinate or indeterminate value as appropriate, and analysis completes without losing coverage.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Active
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- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 76/100