Method name same as class name

Reports methods that are named identically to their class. While such naming is allowed by the Java language, by convention it is reserved for defining constructors. Using it for methods is probably a mistake or bad practice.

Example:

  class MyClass {
    int val;

    // Method MyClass named identically to its containing class.
    // Likely, 'void' was added by mistake.
    void MyClass(int val) {
      this.val = val;
    }
  }

When appropriate, a quick-fix converts the method to a constructor:

  class MyClass {
    int val;

    MyClass(int val) {
      this.val = val;
    }
  }

Another quick-fix renames the method.

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.

MethodNameSameAsClassName

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.

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 MethodNameSameAsClassName

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