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Preview Feature warning

Reports usages of Preview Feature APIs, i.e. of a module, package, class, interface, method, constructor, field, or enum constant in the java.* or javax.* namespace annotated with @PreviewFeature.

A preview feature is a new feature of the Java language, Java Virtual Machine, or Java SE API that is fully specified, fully implemented, and is yet impermanent. The notion of a preview feature is defined in JEP 12.

If some piece of code depends on a preview API, it may stop compiling in future JDK versions if the feature is changed or removed.

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.

PreviewFeature
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 | Compiler issues

The inspection only reports if the language level of the project or module is Preview.

New in 2021.1

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