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Overly complex boolean expression

Reports boolean expressions with too many terms. Such expressions may be confusing and bug-prone.

Example:

cond(x1) && cond(x2) ^ cond(x3) && cond(x4);

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.

OverlyComplexBooleanExpression
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 | Control flow issues

Configure the inspection:

  • Use the Maximum number of terms field to specify the maximum number of terms allowed in a boolean expression.

  • Use the Ignore pure conjunctions and disjunctions option to ignore boolean expressions which use only a single boolean operator repeatedly.

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Overly complex boolean expression inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Maximum number of terms

3

Ignore pure conjunctions and disjunctions

Default: Selected

Availability

By default bundled with

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.1, Qodana for JVM 2024.1,

Can be installed with plugin

Java, 241.18072

Last modified: 18 June 2024