Method does not call super method

Reports methods that override a super method without calling it. This is also known as a refused bequest. Such methods may represent a failure of abstraction and cause hard-to-trace bugs.

The inspection doesn't report methods overridden from java.lang.Object, except for clone(). The clone() method should by convention call its super method, which will return an object of the correct type.

Example 1:

class A {
  @Override
  public Object clone() {
    // does not call 'super.clone()'
    return new A();
  }
}

Example 2:

interface I {
  default void foo() {}
}

class A implements I {
  // warning on method when
  // 'Ignore 'default' super methods' is disabled
  @Override
  public void foo(){}
}

Configure the inspection:

Use the Only report when super method is annotated by option to ignore super methods marked with the annotations from the provided list. You can manually add annotations to the list.
Use the Ignore empty super methods option to ignore super methods that are either empty or only throw an exception.
Use the Ignore 'default' super methods option to ignore default super methods from interfaces.

Inspection options

Option	Type	Default
Only report when super method is annotated by	Checkbox	true
	StringList	[javax.annotation.OverridingMethodsMustInvokeSuper, org.jetbrains.annotations.MustBeInvokedByOverriders]
Ignore empty super methods	Checkbox	false
Ignore 'default' super methods	Checkbox	false

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

Last modified: 13 July 2023