Method names differing only by case

Reports cases in which multiple methods of a class have the names that differ only by case. Such names may be very confusing.

Example:

  public int hashcode() { // reported, should be hashCode probably?
    return 0;
  }

A quick-fix that renames such methods is available only in the editor.

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.

MethodNamesDifferingOnlyByCase

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 methods overriding/implementing a super method option to ignore methods overriding or implementing a method from the superclass.

Inspection ID: MisspelledMethodName

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Method names differing only by case inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Ignore methods overriding/implementing a super method

Option ID:

ignoreIfMethodIsOverride

Default value:

Selected

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection MethodNamesDifferingOnlyByCase

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.3

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2025.3, Qodana for JVM 2025.3,

Last modified: 03 December 2025