1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/controlloop/common/eventmanager/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/eventmanager/Step.java b/controlloop/common/eventmanager/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/eventmanager/Step.java
index ae51c737f..1cbdb53b2 100644
--- a/controlloop/common/eventmanager/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/eventmanager/Step.java
+++ b/controlloop/common/eventmanager/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/eventmanager/Step.java
@@ -178,7 +178,12 @@ public class Step {
      * @param thrown exception that was generated
      * @return {@code null}
      */
-    private OperationOutcome handleException(Throwable thrown) {
+    private OperationOutcome handleException(Throwable thrown) { // NOSONAR
+        /*
+         * disabling sonar about returning the same value because we prefer the code to be
+         * structured this way
+         */
+
         if (thrown instanceof CancellationException || thrown.getCause() instanceof CancellationException) {
             return null;
         }