Suspicious 'Arrays' method call

Reports calls to non-generic-array manipulation methods like Arrays.fill() with mismatched argument types. Such calls don't do anything useful and are likely to be mistakes.

Example:

  int foo(String[] strings) {
    return Arrays.binarySearch(strings, 1);
  }

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.

SuspiciousArrayMethodCall

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

New in 2017.2

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