Declaration access can be weaker

Reports fields, methods or classes that may have their access modifier narrowed down.

Example:

class Sample {
  void foo() {
      bar("foo", "foo");
  }
  void bar(String x, String y) { } // can be private
}

After the quick-fix is applied:

class Sample {
  void foo() {
      bar("foo", "foo");
  }
  private void bar(String x, String y) { }
}

Use the inspection's options to define the rules for the modifier change suggestions.

Inspection options

Option	Type	Default
Suggest package-private visibility level for class members	Checkbox	true
Suggest package-private visibility level for top-level classes	Checkbox	true
Suggest 'private' for inner class members when referenced from outer class only	Checkbox	false
Suggest weaker visibility for constants	Checkbox	true
Suggest package-private visibility level for classes in exported packages (Java 9+)	Checkbox	true
Suggest package-private visibility level for junit 5 tests	Checkbox	true

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

Last modified: 13 July 2023