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'clone()' method not 'public'

Reports clone() methods that are protected and not public.

When overriding the clone() method from java.lang.Object, it is expected to make the method public, so that it is accessible from non-subclasses outside the package.

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.

NonPublicClone
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 | Cloning issues

Inspection ID: NonPublicClone

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 NonPublicClone

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

Inspection Details

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IntelliJ IDEA 2025.3, Qodana for JVM 2025.3,

Last modified: 03 December 2025