Overridden method called during object construction

Reports any calls to overridden methods of the current class during object construction. This happens if an object construction is inside:

A constructor
A non-static instance initializer
A non-static field initializer
clone()
readObject()
readObjectNoData()

Such calls may result in subtle bugs, as the object is not guaranteed to be initialized before the method call occurs.

Example:

  abstract class Parent {
    void someMethod() { }
  }

  class Child extends Parent {
    Child() {
      someMethod();
    }

    @Override
    void someMethod() { }
  }

Locating this inspection

By ID

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OverriddenMethodCallDuringObjectConstruction

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Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Java | Initialization

This inspection shares its functionality with:

The Abstract method called during object construction inspection
The Overridable method called during object construction inspection

Only one inspection should be enabled at the same time to prevent duplicate warnings.

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