No-op method in 'abstract' class

Last modified: 03 December 2024

Reports no-op (for "no operation") methods in abstract classes.

It is usually a better design to make such methods abstract themselves so that classes inheriting these methods provide their implementations.

Example:

abstract class Test {
  protected void doTest() {
  }
}

Locating this inspection

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NoopMethodInAbstractClass
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Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,

Can be installed with plugin:

Java, 243.23126