Utility class without 'private' constructor
Reports utility classes without private constructors.
Utility classes have all fields and methods declared as static. Creating private constructors in utility classes prevents them from being accidentally instantiated.
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.
UtilityClassWithoutPrivateConstructor- 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.
Use the Ignore if annotated by option to specify special annotations. The inspection ignores classes marked with one of these annotations.
Use the Ignore classes with only a main method option to ignore classes with no methods other than the main one.
Inspection options
Here you can find the description of settings available for the Utility class without 'private' constructor inspection, and the reference of their default values.
- Ignore if annotated by
Empty
- Ignore classes with only a main method
Not selected
Availability
- By default bundled with
- Can be installed with plugin
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