Method naming convention

Reports methods whose names are too short, too long, or do not follow the specified regular expression pattern.

Instance methods that override library methods and constructors are ignored by this inspection.

Example: if the inspection is enabled for static methods, and the minimum specified method name length is 4 (the default), the following static method produces a warning, because the length of its name is 3, which is less than 4: public static int max(int a, int b).

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

Configure the inspection:

Use the list in the Options section to specify which methods should be checked. Deselect the checkboxes for the method types for which you want to skip the check. Specify 0 in the length fields to skip the corresponding checks.

Regular expressions should be specified in the standard java.util.regex format.

Inspection options

Option	Type	Default
	CheckboxPanel	None
Instance method	Checkbox	false
Pattern	String	[a-z][A-Za-z\d]*
Min length	Number	4
Max length	Number	32
'static' method	Checkbox	false
Pattern	String	[a-z][A-Za-z\d]*
Min length	Number	4
Max length	Number	32
'native' method	Checkbox	false
Pattern	String	[a-z][A-Za-z\d]*
Min length	Number	4
Max length	Number	32
JUnit 4+ test method	Checkbox	false
Pattern	String	[a-z][A-Za-z_\d]*
Min length	Number	4
Max length	Number	64
JUnit 3 test method	Checkbox	false
Pattern	String	test[A-Za-z_\d]*
Min length	Number	8
Max length	Number	64
TestNG test method	Checkbox	false
Pattern	String	[a-z][A-Za-z_\d]*
Min length	Number	4
Max length	Number	64

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

Last modified: 13 July 2023