PCOA_PARTIALLY_CONSTRUCTED_OBJECT_ACCESS False Positive

[fullben]

The plugin reports Constructor makes call to non-final method when a constructor calls a private method.

Environment

• com.github.spotbugs version 5.0.13
• fb-contrib version 7.4.3.sb
• Gradle-based Java project, project has classes such as the one outlined below:

public class SomeClass {

  private final String s;

  public SomeClass(String s) {
    doSomething();
    this.s = s;
  }

  private void doSomething() {
    ...
  }
}

Current Behavior

A bug (Constructor makes call to non-final method) is reported.

Expected Behavior

No bug is reported, as private methods are implicitly final and cannot be overridden, therefore do not pose an issue.

[mebigfatguy]

does doSomething call public methods in the class?