Method with multiple loops

Reports methods that contain more than one loop statement.

Example:

The method below will be reported because it contains two loops:

  void methodWithTwoLoops(int n1, int n2) {
    for (int i = 0; i < n1; i++) {
      System.out.println(i);
    }

    int j = 0;
    while (j < n2) {
      System.out.println(j);
      j++;
    }
  }

The following method will also be reported because it contains a nested loop:

  void methodWithNestedLoop(int n1, int n2) {
    for (int i = 0; i < n1; i++) {
      for (int j = 0; j < n2; j++) {
        System.out.println(i + j);
      }
    }
  }

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.

MethodWithMultipleLoops

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 | Method metrics

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 MethodWithMultipleLoops

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

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025