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Class name same as ancestor name

Reports classes that have the same name as one of their superclasses, while their fully qualified names remain different. Such class names may be very confusing.

Example:

package util; abstract class Iterable<T> implements java.lang.Iterable<T> {}

A quick-fix that renames such classes is available only in the editor.

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.

ClassNameSameAsAncestorName
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 | Naming conventions | Class

Availability

By default bundled with

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.1, Qodana for JVM 2024.1,

Can be installed with plugin

Java, 241.18072

Last modified: 18 June 2024