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Package with too many classes

Reports packages that contain too many classes.

Overly large packages may indicate a lack of design clarity.

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.

PackageWithTooManyClasses
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 | Packaging issues

Available only from Code | Inspect Code or Code | Analyze Code | Run Inspection by Name and isn't reported in the editor.

Use the Maximum number of classes field to specify the maximum allowed number of classes in a package.

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Package with too many classes inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Maximum number of classes

50

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.2, Qodana for JVM 2024.2,

Can be installed with plugin:

Java, 242.22892

Last modified: 11 September 2024