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Package naming convention

Last modified: 03 December 2024

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

Example:

package io;

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Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

PackageNamingConvention
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 | Java | Naming conventions

Use the options to specify the minimum and maximum length of the package name as well as a regular expression that matches valid package names (regular expressions are in standard java.util.regex format).

Inspection options

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

Pattern

[a-z]*

Min length

3

Max length

16

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,

Can be installed with plugin:

Java, 243.23126