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Private modifier used with IntelliJ Platform extension class

Reports usages of private modifier for extension classes registered in plugin.xml.

When extension is registered in plugin.xml, internal should be used instead of private.

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.

PrivateExtensionClass
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 | Plugin DevKit | Code

Inspection ID: PrivateExtensionClass

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 PrivateExtensionClass

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

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2026.1, Qodana for JVM 2026.1,

Last modified: 31 March 2026