Class member can have 'private' visibility

Reports declarations that can be made private to follow the encapsulation principle.

Example:

class Service(val url: String) {
    fun connect(): URLConnection = URL(url).openConnection()
}

After the quick-fix is applied (considering there are no usages of url outside of Service class):

class Service(private val url: String) {
    fun connect(): URLConnection = URL(url).openConnection()
}

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.

MemberVisibilityCanBePrivate

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.

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Last modified: 18 June 2024