'equals()' called on enum value

Reports equals() calls on enum constants.

Such calls can be replaced by an identity comparison (==) because two enum constants are equal only when they have the same identity.

A quick-fix is available to change the call to a comparison.

Example:

  boolean foo(MyEnum value) {
    return value.equals(MyEnum.FOO);
  }

After the quick-fix is applied:

  boolean foo(MyEnum value) {
    return value == MyEnum.FOO;
  }

Locating this inspection

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EqualsCalledOnEnumConstant

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Inspection ID: EqualsCalledOnEnumConstant

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection EqualsCalledOnEnumConstant

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.3

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2025.3, Qodana for JVM 2025.3,

Last modified: 03 December 2025