Utility class with 'public' constructor
Reports utility classes with public
constructors.
Utility classes have all fields and methods declared as static
. Creating a public
constructor in such classes is confusing and may cause accidental class instantiation.
Example:
public final class UtilityClass {
public UtilityClass(){
}
public static void foo() {}
}
After the quick-fix is applied:
public final class UtilityClass {
private UtilityClass(){
}
public static void foo() {}
}
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Available in: | IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3, Qodana for JVM 2023.3 |
Plugin: | Java, 233.SNAPSHOT |
Last modified: 13 July 2023