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Whitespace may be missing in string concatenation

Reports string concatenations with missing whitespaces, that is where the left-hand side ends with a Unicode letter or digit and the right-hand side starts with a Unicode letter or digit.

Example:

String sql = "SELECT column" + "FROM table";

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.

StringConcatenationMissingWhitespace
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 | Probable bugs

Use the Ignore concatenations with variable strings option to only report when both the left and right side of the concatenation are literals.

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Whitespace may be missing in string concatenation inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Ignore concatenations with variable strings

Default: Selected

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