Record can be converted to class

Reports record classes and suggests converting them to ordinary classes.

This inspection makes it possible to move a Java record to a codebase using an earlier Java version by applying the quick-fix to this record.

Note that the resulting class is not completely equivalent to the original record:

The resulting class no longer extends java.lang.Record, so instanceof Record returns false.
Reflection methods like Class.isRecord() and Class.getRecordComponents() produce different results.
The generated hashCode() implementation may produce a different result because the formula to calculate record hashCode is deliberately not specified.
Record serialization mechanism differs from that of an ordinary class. Refer to Java Object Serialization Specification for details.

Locating this inspection

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RecordCanBeClass

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Example:

record Point(int x, int y) {}

After the quick-fix is applied:

  final class Point {
    private final int x;
    private final int y;

    Point(int x, int y) {
      this.x = x;
      this.y = y;
    }

    public int x() { return x; }

    public int y() { return y; }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
      if (obj == this) return true;
      if (obj == null || obj.getClass() != this.getClass()) return false;
      var that = (Point)obj;
      return this.x == that.x &&
             this.y == that.y;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
      return Objects.hash(x, y);
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return "Point[" +
             "x=" + x + ", " +
             "y=" + y + ']';
    }
  }

This inspection depends on the Java feature 'Records', which is available since Java 16.

New in 2020.3

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 RecordCanBeClass

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

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025