Non-Basic Latin character

Reports non-Basic Latin characters in literals and suggests replacing them with unicode entities.

Example:

  // © 2021
  char c = '©';
  String s = "Áî";

After the quick-fix is applied:

  // &copy; 2021
  char c = '\u00a9';
  String s = "\u00c1\u00ee";

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.

ConvertToBasicLatin

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 | Internationalization

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,
Can be installed with plugin:	Java Internationalization, 243.23126

Last modified: 03 December 2024