Do not use parentheses for method calls with no arguments.

This is neater.  Flagged by rubocop

5 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/lib/custodian/alerts/file.rb b/lib/custodian/alerts/file.rb
index cc2a672..5874136 100644
--- a/lib/custodian/alerts/file.rb
+++ b/lib/custodian/alerts/file.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module Custodian
       # Record a raise event for the given test.
       #
       def raise
-        write_message( "RAISE: #{test.target} failed #{test.get_type}-test - #{test.error()}" )
+        write_message( "RAISE: #{test.target} failed #{test.get_type}-test - #{test.error}" )
       end
 
 
diff --git a/lib/custodian/alerts/graphite.rb b/lib/custodian/alerts/graphite.rb
index 34ec73c..2e49125 100644
--- a/lib/custodian/alerts/graphite.rb
+++ b/lib/custodian/alerts/graphite.rb
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ module Custodian
         #
         #  Send via UDP.
         #
-        socket = UDPSocket.new()
+        socket = UDPSocket.new
         socket.send( payload, 0, @target, 2003 );
-        socket.close()
+        socket.close
 
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/custodian/alerts/mauve.rb b/lib/custodian/alerts/mauve.rb
index 8ce14c1..dfa4a04 100644
--- a/lib/custodian/alerts/mauve.rb
+++ b/lib/custodian/alerts/mauve.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ module Custodian
         #
         update         = Mauve::Proto::AlertUpdate.new
         update.alert   = []
-        update.source  = @settings.alert_source()
+        update.source  = @settings.alert_source
         update.replace = false
 
         #
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ module Custodian
         #
         update = Mauve::Proto::AlertUpdate.new
         update.alert   = []
-        update.source  = @settings.alert_source()
+        update.source  = @settings.alert_source
         update.replace = false
 
         #
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ module Custodian
           #
           #  The text from the job-defition
           #
-          user_text = test.get_notification_text()
+          user_text = test.get_notification_text
 
           #
           # Add the user-detail if present
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ module Custodian
           #
           # Add the test-failure message
           #
-          alert.detail = "#{alert.detail}<p>#{test.error()}</p>"
+          alert.detail = "#{alert.detail}<p>#{test.error}</p>"
 
           #
           #  Determine if this is inside/outside the bytemark network
diff --git a/lib/custodian/alerts/redis-state.rb b/lib/custodian/alerts/redis-state.rb
index 7d9daa7..f37cef2 100644
--- a/lib/custodian/alerts/redis-state.rb
+++ b/lib/custodian/alerts/redis-state.rb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ module Custodian
         tmp["type"]   = @test.get_type
         tmp["target"] = @test.target
         tmp["result"] = "RAISE"
-        tmp["reason"] = @test.error()
+        tmp["reason"] = @test.error
         tmp["test"  ] = @test.to_s
         tmp["class" ] = @test.class
 
diff --git a/lib/custodian/alerts/smtp.rb b/lib/custodian/alerts/smtp.rb
index 4de6fbe..d37701b 100644
--- a/lib/custodian/alerts/smtp.rb
+++ b/lib/custodian/alerts/smtp.rb
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ module Custodian
       # Raise an alert by email.
       #
       def raise
-        subject = "#{test.target} alert #{test.get_type}-test - #{test.error()}"
-        body    = "The alert has raised, with the following details:\n#{test.error()}\nRegards\n";
+        subject = "#{test.target} alert #{test.get_type}-test - #{test.error}"
+        body    = "The alert has raised, with the following details:\n#{test.error}\nRegards\n";
 
         _send_mail( @target, subject, body )
       end