Serializable class with unconstructable ancestor

Reports Serializable classes whose closest non-serializable ancestor doesn't have a no-argument constructor. Such classes cannot be deserialized and will fail with an InvalidClassException.

Example:

  class Ancestor {
    private String name;
    Ancestor(String name) {
      this.name = name;
    }
  }

  // warning on this class because the superclass is not
  // serializable, and its constructor takes arguments
  class Descendant extends Ancestor implements Serializable {
    Descendant() {
      super("Bob");
    }
  }

Locating this inspection

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SerializableWithUnconstructableAncestor

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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 | Serialization issues

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