Unnecessary '{@inheritDoc}' Javadoc comment

Reports Javadoc comments that contain only an {@inheritDoc} tag. Since Javadoc copies the super class' comment if no comment is present, a comment containing only {@inheritDoc} adds nothing.

Also, it reports the {@inheritDoc} usages in invalid locations, for example, in fields.

Suggests removing the unnecessary Javadoc comment.

Example:

class Example implements Comparable<Example> {
  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  @Override
  public int compareTo(Example o) {
    return 0;
  }
}

After the quick-fix is applied:

class Example implements Comparable<Example> {
  @Override
  public int compareTo(Example o) {
    return 0;
  }
}

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

Last modified: 13 July 2023