Overly complex method
Reports methods that have too many branch points.
A branch point is one of the following:
loop statement
ifstatementternary expression
catchsectionexpression with one or more
&&or||operators insideswitchblock with non-default branches
Methods with too high cyclomatic complexity may be confusing and hard to test.
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.
CyclomaticComplexity- 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 Method complexity limit field to specify the maximum allowed cyclomatic complexity for a method.
Inspection options
Here you can find the description of settings available for the Overly complex method inspection, and the reference of their default values.
- Method complexity limit
10
Availability
- By default bundled with
- Can be installed with plugin
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