Local class

Reports local classes.

A local class is a named nested class declared inside a code block. Local classes are uncommon and may therefore be confusing. In addition, some code standards discourage the use of local classes.

Example:

  class Example {
    void test() {
      class Local { // here
      }
      new Local();
    }
  }

After the quick-fix is applied:

  class Example {
    void test() {
      new Local();
    }

    private static class Local { // here
    }
  }

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.

LimitedScopeInnerClass

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 | Java | Class structure

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection LimitedScopeInnerClass

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025