Class explicitly extends a 'Collection' class

Reports classes that extend concrete subclasses of the java.util.Collection or java.util.Map classes.

Subclassing concrete collection types is a common yet poor practice. It is considerably more brittle than delegating collection calls.

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ClassExtendsConcreteCollection

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Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,
Can be installed with plugin:	Java, 243.23126

Last modified: 03 December 2024