Negated if condition expression

Last modified: 03 December 2024

Reports if statements which contain else branches and whose conditions are negated. Flipping the order of the if and else branches will usually increase the clarity of such statements.

Example:

if (!condition) {
  return "1"
} else {
  return "2"
}

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.

GroovyNegatedIf
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Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,

Can be installed with plugin:

Groovy, 243.23126