Unconventional class method name

Last modified: Last modified: 18 September 2025

Reports class methods with names that are either too short, too long, or don't match the specified regular expression pattern.

Use the Pattern field to specify the regular expression for validating class method names.

Use the Min length and Max length fields to specify the minimum and maximum length of a name respectively.

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.

RubyClassMethodNamingConvention
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 | Ruby | Naming conventions

Inspection ID: RubyClassMethodNamingConvention

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Unconventional class method name inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Pattern

Option ID:

myRegexEnabled

Default value:

Selected
Min length

Option ID:

myMinLengthEnabled

Default value:

Not selected
Max length

Option ID:

myMaxLengthEnabled

Default value:

Not selected

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:

note

Actual comment syntax will depend on the code language you are working with

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

Qodana for Ruby 2025.2, RubyMine 2025.2,