Nested method call

Reports method calls used as parameters to another method call.

The quick-fix introduces a variable to make the code simpler and easier to debug.

Example:

  public int y() { return 1; }
  public int f(int x) { return 2 * x; }

  public void foo() {
      int x = f(y());
  }

After the quick-fix is applied:

  public int y() { return 1; }
  public int f(int x) { return 2 * x; }

  public void foo() {
      int y = y();
      int x = f(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.

NestedMethodCall

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 | Code style issues

Use the inspection options to toggle the reporting of:

method calls in field initializers
calls to static methods
calls to simple getters

Inspection ID: NestedMethodCall

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Nested method call inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Ignore nested method calls in field initializers

Option ID:

m_ignoreFieldInitializations

Default value:

Selected

Ignore calls to static methods

Option ID:

ignoreStaticMethods

Default value:

Not selected

Ignore calls to property getters

Option ID:

ignoreGetterCalls

Default value:

Not 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 NestedMethodCall

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