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 final class SAPPosting extends AbstractPosting implements AccountingListAggregatedPostingSubmit
 {
-    protected function submitPosting(Posting $posting): void
-    {
-    }
-    
     public function submitPostingsToDateLimit(?DateTime $dt = null): void
     {
     }
 }

PHP snippet to change

<?php

#abstract class AbstractPosting
#{
#    abstract protected function submitPosting(Posting $posting): void;
#}

interface AccountingListAggregatedPostingSubmit
{
    public function submitPostingsToDateLimit(?DateTime $dt = null);
}

final class SAPPosting extends AbstractPosting implements AccountingListAggregatedPostingSubmit
{
    protected function submitPosting(Posting $posting): void
    {
    }
    
    public function submitPostingsToDateLimit(?DateTime $dt = null): void
    {
    }
}

Applied Rules:

RemoveEmptyClassMethodRector

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Config rector.php

<?php

use Rector\Config\RectorConfig;
use Rector\DeadCode\Rector\ClassMethod\RemoveEmptyClassMethodRector;

return RectorConfig::configure()
    ->withRules([
        RemoveEmptyClassMethodRector::class
    ]);

Rector version: 0ee134 - released at 2026-09-03 23:51