Pattern variable hides field

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

A quick-fix is suggested to rename the variable.

Example:

class Pointless {
  Point p = new Point();

  public void test(Object a) {
    if (a instanceof Point p) {
      System.out.print("a is a point (" + p.x + ", " + p.y + ')');
    } else {
      System.out.print("p is a point (" + p.x + ", " + p.y + ')');
    }
  }
}

New in 2022.2

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

Last modified: 13 July 2023