Code inspection: Class cannot be instantiated

This inspection reports a class that cannot be instantiated. This commonly means a class with only a private constructor and no instance creation path. Such a class is often intended to be a static utility type, or it is missing constructors that callers need.

Example

                public sealed class StringUtil
                {
                    private StringUtil() { }
                    public static string CustomSplit(string s, char c)
                    {
                        return s;
                    }
                }
            

                public static class StringUtil
                {
                    public static string CustomSplit(string s, char c)
                    {
                        return s;
                    }
                }
            

Quick-fix

This inspection offers fixes such as converting the class to a static class or generating constructors when that is the intended design.

30 March 2026