Unnecessary Javadoc link

Reports Javadoc @see, {@link}, and {@linkplain} tags that refer to the method owning the comment, the super method of the method owning the comment, or the class containing the comment.

Such links are unnecessary and can be safely removed with this inspection's quick-fix. The quick-fix will remove the entire Javadoc comment if the tag is its only content.

Example:

class Example {
  /**
   * @see Example#method
   */
  public void method() { }
}

After the quick-fix is applied:

class Example {
  public void method() { }
}

Use the checkbox below to ignore inline links ({@link} and {@linkplain}) to super methods. Although a link to all super methods is automatically added by the Javadoc tool, an inline link to the super method may sometimes be needed in texts of the Javadoc comments.

Inspection options

Option	Type	Default
Ignore inline links to 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