Infinite recursion

Last modified: 03 December 2024

Reports methods that call themselves infinitely unless an exception is thrown.

Methods reported by this inspection cannot return normally. While such behavior may be intended, in many cases this is just an oversight.

Example:

int baz() {
    return baz();
}

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-InfiniteRecursion
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Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,

Can be installed with plugin:

Java, 243.23126