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'StringBuilder' without initial capacity

Reports attempts to instantiate a new StringBuffer or StringBuilder object without specifying its initial capacity.

If no initial capacity is specified, a default capacity is used, which will rarely be optimal. Failing to specify the initial capacity for StringBuffer may result in performance issues if space needs to be reallocated and memory copied when the initial capacity is exceeded.

Example:

// Capacity is not specified var sb = new StringBuilder();

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.

StringBufferMustHaveInitialCapacity
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 | Performance

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