Malformed format string
Reports format strings that don't comply with the standard Java syntax.
By default, the inspection considers a compile-time constant a format string if it's used as an argument to the corresponding methods on java.util.Formatter, java.lang.String, java.io.PrintWriter or java.io.PrintStream.
Example:
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.
MalformedFormatString- 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.
Use the inspection settings to mark additional classes and methods as related to string formatting.
As an alternative, you can use the org.intellij.lang.annotations.PrintFormat annotation to mark the format string method parameter. In this case, the format arguments parameter must immediately follow the format string and be the last method parameter. Example:
Methods annotated in this way will also be recognized by this inspection.
Inspection options
Here you can find the description of settings available for the Malformed format string inspection, and the reference of their default values.
- Additional formatter classes
Default value:
Empty- Additional formatter methods
Default value:
Empty
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:
More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:
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