Is there an inspection in IntelliJ which will detect when I have written

final String[] args = new String[]{​"a", "b"}​;

instead of the shorter (and equally valid)

final String[] args = {​​​"a", "b"}​​​;

I can't find one and I would like a weak warning when I use the more verbose form.

CodePudding user response：

Yes, there is: Java | Code style issues | Redundant 'new' expression in constant array creation

CodePudding user response：

There actually is an inspection that suggest an opposite:

Java | Code style issues | Array creation without 'new' expression: Reports array initializers without new array expressions and suggests adding them.

The one that you are asking for doesn't exist, probably because it has limitations - such arrays can only be assigned to variables, but, for example, can not be passed to a method as an argument.

Upd. But you can always write one yourself. You can import the one I written for you:

    <replaceConfiguration name="test" text="$ResourceType$[] $resource$ = new $ResourceType$[]{$Parameters$};&#10;" recursive="false" type="JAVA" pattern_context="default" reformatAccordingToStyle="false" shortenFQN="false" replacement="$ResourceType$[] $resource$ = {$Parameters$};&#10;">
  <constraint name="__context__" within="" contains="" />
  <constraint name="ResourceType" within="" contains="" />
  <constraint name="resource" within="" contains="" />
  <constraint name="Parameters" minCount="0" maxCount="2147483647" within="" contains="" />
</replaceConfiguration>

This screenshot explains the logic of replace template:

The logic is very basic, the only tricky part is to add count filter over $Parameters$ so that it works for any amount of arguments.