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Simplifiable annotation

Reports annotations that can be simplified to their single-element or marker shorthand form.

Problems reported:

  • Redundant value= in annotation name-value pairs

  • Redundant braces around array values that contain only a single value

  • Redundant whitespace between the @-sign and the name of annotations

  • Redundant whitespace between annotation names and parameter lists

  • Redundant parentheses in annotations without any parameters

Example:

@interface Foo { String[] value(); } @ Foo({"foo"}) public String name;

After the quick-fix is applied:

@interface Foo { String[] value(); } @Foo("foo") public String name;

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.

SimplifiableAnnotation
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 | Code style issues

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
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