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Class with too many constructors

Reports classes whose number of constructors exceeds the specified maximum.

Classes with too many constructors are prone to initialization errors, and often modeling such a class as multiple subclasses is preferable.

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.

ClassWithTooManyConstructors
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 | Class metrics

Configure the inspection:

  • Use the Constructor count limit field to specify the maximum allowed number of constructors in a class.

  • Use the Ignore deprecated constructors option to avoid adding deprecated constructors to the total count.

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Class with too many constructors inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Constructor count limit

5

Ignore deprecated constructors

Not selected

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.2, Qodana for JVM 2024.2,

Can be installed with plugin:

Java, 242.22892

Last modified: 11 September 2024