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Class does not override 'toString()' method

Reports classes without a toString() method.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

ClassHasNoToStringMethod
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Java | toString() issues

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Class does not override 'toString()' method inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Exclude classes (reg exp)

Default value:

Empty
Ignore exception classes

Default value:

Selected
Ignore deprecated classes

Default value:

Selected
Ignore enum classes

Default value:

Not selected
Ignore records

Default value:

Selected
Ignore abstract classes

Default value:

Not selected
Ignore test classes

Default value:

Not selected
Ignore inner classes

Default value:

Not selected

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection ClassHasNoToStringMethod

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025