Unnecessary 'public'

Last modified: 03 December 2024

Reports unnecessary public modifiers as Groovy classes and methods are public by default.

Example:

public class Foo{
    public void bar(){
    }
}

After the quick-fix is applied:

class Foo{
    void bar(){
    }
}

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.

GrUnnecessaryPublicModifier
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 | Style

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,

Can be installed with plugin:

Groovy, 243.23126