Class too deep in inheritance tree
Reports classes that are too deep in the inheritance hierarchy.
Classes that are too deeply inherited may be confusing and indicate that a refactoring is necessary.
All superclasses from a library are treated as a single superclass, libraries are considered unmodifiable.
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.
ClassInheritanceDepth- 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.
Use the Inheritance depth limit field to specify the maximum inheritance depth for a class.
Inspection options
Here you can find the description of settings available for the Class too deep in inheritance tree inspection, and the reference of their default values.
- Inheritance depth limit
2
Availability
- By default bundled with
- Can be installed with plugin
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