Fixed most reported issues by SonarCloud.

ambassador/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/ambassador/RemoteService.java

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class RemoteService implements RemoteServiceInterface {
    *
    * @param value integer value to be multiplied.
    * @return if waitTime is less than {@link RemoteService#THRESHOLD}, it returns value * 10,
-   *     otherwise {@link RemoteServiceInterface#FAILURE}.
+   *     otherwise {@link RemoteServiceStatus#FAILURE}.
    */
   @Override
   public long doRemoteFunction(int value) {
@@ -74,6 +74,6 @@ public class RemoteService implements RemoteServiceInterface {
     } catch (InterruptedException e) {
       LOGGER.error("Thread sleep state interrupted", e);
     }
-    return waitTime <= THRESHOLD ? value * 10 : FAILURE;
+    return waitTime <= THRESHOLD ? value * 10 : RemoteServiceStatus.FAILURE.getRemoteServiceStatusValue();
   }
 }

ambassador/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/ambassador/RemoteServiceInterface.java

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ package com.iluwatar.ambassador;
  * Interface shared by ({@link RemoteService}) and ({@link ServiceAmbassador}).
  */
 interface RemoteServiceInterface {
-  int FAILURE = -1;
 
   long doRemoteFunction(int value);
 }

ambassador/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/ambassador/RemoteServiceStatus.java

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.iluwatar.ambassador;
+
+/**
+ * Holds information regarding the status of the Remote Service.
+ *
+ * !Attention - This Enum replaces the integer value previously stored in {@link RemoteServiceInterface}
+ * as SonarCloud was identifying it as an issue. All test cases have been checked after changes, without failures.
+ */
+
+public enum RemoteServiceStatus {
+    FAILURE(-1)
+    ;
+
+    private final long remoteServiceStatusValue;
+
+    RemoteServiceStatus(long remoteServiceStatusValue) {
+        this.remoteServiceStatusValue = remoteServiceStatusValue;
+    }
+
+    public long getRemoteServiceStatusValue() {
+        return remoteServiceStatusValue;
+    }
+}

ambassador/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/ambassador/ServiceAmbassador.java

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 package com.iluwatar.ambassador;
 
+import static com.iluwatar.ambassador.RemoteServiceStatus.FAILURE;
 import static java.lang.Thread.sleep;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -58,14 +59,14 @@ public class ServiceAmbassador implements RemoteServiceInterface {
 
   private long safeCall(int value) {
     var retries = 0;
-    var result = (long) FAILURE;
+    var result = FAILURE.getRemoteServiceStatusValue();
 
     for (int i = 0; i < RETRIES; i++) {
       if (retries >= RETRIES) {
-        return FAILURE;
+        return FAILURE.getRemoteServiceStatusValue();
       }
 
-      if ((result = checkLatency(value)) == FAILURE) {
+      if ((result = checkLatency(value)) == FAILURE.getRemoteServiceStatusValue()) {
         LOGGER.info("Failed to reach remote: (" + (i + 1) + ")");
         retries++;
         try {

ambassador/src/test/java/com/iluwatar/ambassador/AppTest.java

@@ -25,13 +25,23 @@ package com.iluwatar.ambassador;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
+
 /**
  * Application test
  */
 class AppTest {
 
+  /**
+   * Issue: Add at least one assertion to this test case.
+   *
+   * Solution: Inserted assertion to check whether the execution of the main method in {@link App}
+   * throws an exception.
+   */
+
   @Test
-  void test() {
-    App.main(new String[]{});
+  void shouldExecuteApplicationWithoutException() {
+
+    assertDoesNotThrow(() -> App.main(new String[]{}));
   }
 }

ambassador/src/test/java/com/iluwatar/ambassador/ClientTest.java

@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ class ClientTest {
     Client client = new Client();
     var result = client.useService(10);
 
-    assertTrue(result == 100 || result == RemoteService.FAILURE);
+    assertTrue(result == 100 || result == RemoteServiceStatus.FAILURE.getRemoteServiceStatusValue());
   }
 }

ambassador/src/test/java/com/iluwatar/ambassador/RemoteServiceTest.java

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class RemoteServiceTest {
   void testFailedCall() {
     var remoteService = new RemoteService(new StaticRandomProvider(0.21));
     var result = remoteService.doRemoteFunction(10);
-    assertEquals(RemoteServiceInterface.FAILURE, result);
+    assertEquals(RemoteServiceStatus.FAILURE.getRemoteServiceStatusValue(), result);
   }
 
   @Test

ambassador/src/test/java/com/iluwatar/ambassador/ServiceAmbassadorTest.java

@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ class ServiceAmbassadorTest {
   @Test
   void test() {
     long result = new ServiceAmbassador().doRemoteFunction(10);
-    assertTrue(result == 100 || result == RemoteServiceInterface.FAILURE);
+    assertTrue(result == 100 || result == RemoteServiceStatus.FAILURE.getRemoteServiceStatusValue());
   }
 }