Declaration access can be weaker

Reports fields, methods or classes that may have their access modifier narrowed down.

Example:

  class Sample {
    void foo() {
        bar("foo", "foo");
    }
    void bar(String x, String y) { } // can be private
  }

After the quick-fix is applied:

  class Sample {
    void foo() {
        bar("foo", "foo");
    }
    private void bar(String x, String y) { }
  }

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.

WeakerAccess

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 | Declaration redundancy

Use the inspection's options to define the rules for the modifier change suggestions.

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Declaration access can be weaker inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Suggest package-private visibility level for class members: Default: Selected
Suggest package-private visibility level for top-level classes: Default: Selected
Suggest 'private' for inner class members when referenced from outer class only: Not selected
Suggest weaker visibility for constants: Default: Selected
Suggest package-private visibility level for classes in exported packages (Java 9+): Default: Selected
Suggest package-private visibility level for junit 5 tests: 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