Unnecessary unicode escape sequence

Reports unnecessary unicode escape sequences. For example, when the file encoding can handle the character without escaping it. Unicode control characters are not reported by this inspection (except for a line feed and a tab).

Example:

String s = "\u0062";

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.

UnnecessaryUnicodeEscape

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 | Internationalization

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