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Instance method naming convention

Reports instance methods whose names are too short, too long, or do not follow the specified regular expression pattern. Instance methods that override library methods are ignored by this inspection.

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.

GroovyInstanceMethodNamingConvention
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 | Groovy | Naming conventions

Use the fields provided below to specify minimum length, maximum length and regular expression expected for instance method names.

Regular expressions should be specified in the standard java.util.regex format.

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Instance method naming convention inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Pattern

[a-z][A-Za-z\d]*

Min length

4

Max length

32

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.2, Qodana for JVM 2024.2,

Can be installed with plugin:

Groovy, 242.22892

Last modified: 11 September 2024