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Constant naming convention

Reports constant with names which don't match the specified convention.

Constants are fields of immutable type declared with static and final modifiers.

Reports constants whose names are either too short, too long, or do not follow the specified regular expression pattern.

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.

GroovyConstantNamingConvention
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 | Naming conventions

Configure the inspection:

  • Use the Pattern field to specify java.util.regex.Pattern which a constant name is expected to match.

  • Use the Min length field to specify the minimum length of a constant name.

  • Use the Max length field to specify the maximum length of a constant name.

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Constant naming convention inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Pattern

[A-Z\d]*

Min length

4

Max length

32

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