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Non-'static' initializer

Reports non-static initializers in classes.

Some coding standards prohibit instance initializers and recommend using constructors or field initializers for initialization. Also, deleting the static keyword may accidentally create non-static initializers and result in obscure bugs.

This inspection doesn't report instance initializers in anonymous classes.

Use the Only warn when the class has one or more constructors option to ignore instance initializers in classes that don't have any constructors.

Inspection options

Option

Type

Default

Only warn when the class has one or more constructors

Checkbox

false

Inspection Details

Available in:

IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3, Qodana for JVM 2023.3

Plugin:

Java, 233.SNAPSHOT

Last modified: 13 July 2023