Use of AWT peer class

Reports uses of AWT peer classes. Such classes represent native windowing system widgets, and will be non-portable between different windowing systems.

Example:

  import java.awt.peer.ButtonPeer;

  abstract class Sample implements ButtonPeer {
    public void foo() {
        Sample sample;
    }
  }

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.

UseOfAWTPeerClass

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 | Java | Portability

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,
Can be installed with plugin:	Java, 243.26483

01 April 2025