Call to simple getter from within class

Reports calls to a simple property getter from within the property's class.

A simple property getter is defined as one which simply returns the value of a field, and does no other calculations. Such simple getter calls can be safely inlined using the quick-fix. Some coding standards also suggest against the use of simple getters for code clarity reasons.

Example:

public class Salient {
  private String name;

  public String getName() {
    return name;
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return getName();
  }
}

After the quick-fix is applied:

public class Salient {
  private String name;

  public String getName() {
    return name;
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return name;
  }
}

Use the following options to configure the inspection:

Whether to only report getter calls on this, not on objects of the same type passed in as a parameter.
Whether to ignore non-private getters.

Inspection options

Option	Type	Default
Ignore getter calls on other objects	Checkbox	false
Only report when getter is 'private'	Checkbox	false

Inspection Details
Available in:	IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3, Qodana for JVM 2023.3
Plugin:	Java, 233.SNAPSHOT

Last modified: 13 July 2023