Fallthrough in 'switch' statement

Last modified: 03 December 2024

Reports fallthrough in switch statements. While occasionally useful, fallthrough is often unintended, and may lead to surprising bugs.

Example:

switch(n) {
  case 1:
    print 1
  case 2: // "case 1" fallthrough to "case 2". Statements from "case 2" will be executed immediately after "case 1".
    print 2
    break
  default:
    print "Default"
}

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.

GroovyFallthrough
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 | Control flow issues

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,

Can be installed with plugin:

Groovy, 243.23126