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Interface with a single direct inheritor

Reports interfaces that have precisely one direct inheritor. While such interfaces may offer admirable clarity of design, in memory-constrained or bandwidth-limited environments, they needlessly increase the total footprint of the application. Consider merging the interface with its inheritor.

This inspection is intended for Java ME and other highly resource constrained environments. Applying the results of this inspection without consideration might have negative effects on code clarity and design.

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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.

InterfaceWithOnlyOneDirectInheritor
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Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

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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