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Instance variable naming convention

Reports instance variables whose names are too short, too long, or do not follow the specified regular expression pattern.

Locating this inspection

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Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

GroovyInstanceVariableNamingConvention
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 variable 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 variable naming convention inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Pattern

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

Min length

1

Max length

32

Availability

By default bundled with

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.1, Qodana for JVM 2024.1,

Can be installed with plugin

Groovy, 241.18072

Last modified: 18 June 2024