Inner class field hides outer class field

Reports inner class fields named identically to a field of a surrounding class. As a result of such naming, you may accidentally use the field from the inner class when using the identically named field of a surrounding class is intended.

A quick-fix is suggested to rename the inner class field.

Example:

class Outer {
  private String name;

  class Inner {
    private String name;
  }
}

Use the option to choose whether this inspection should report all name clashes, or only clashes with fields that are visible from the inner class.

Inspection options

Option	Type	Default
Ignore outer fields not visible from inner class	Checkbox	true

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

Last modified: 13 July 2023