Overridable method called during object construction

Reports calls to overridable methods of the current class during object construction.

A method is called during object construction if it is inside a:

Constructor
Non-static instance initializer
Non-static field initializer
clone() method
readObject() method
readObjectNoData() method

Methods are overridable if they are not declared as final, static, or private. Package-local methods are considered safe, even though they are overridable. Such calls may result in subtle bugs, as object initialization may happen before the method call.

Example:

  class Parent {
      void someMethod() {
      }
  }

  class Child extends Parent {
      Child() {
          someMethod();
      }
  }

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OverridableMethodCallDuringObjectConstruction

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This inspection shares the functionality with the following inspections:

Abstract method called during object construction
Overridden method called during object construction

Only one inspection should be enabled at once to prevent warning duplication.

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,
Can be installed with plugin:	Java, 243.26483

07 April 2025