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Method can be made 'static'

Reports methods which may safely be made static.

A method may be static if it is not synchronized, it does not reference any of its class' instance methods and instance fields, and it is not overridden in a subclass.

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.

GrMethodMayBeStatic
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 | Groovy | Other

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Method can be made 'static' inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Ignore trait methods

Default: Selected

Only check final or private methods

Not selected

Ignore empty methods

Default: Selected

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,

Can be installed with plugin:

Groovy, 243.23126

Last modified: 03 December 2024