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Overloaded methods with same number of parameters

Reports methods that are declared in the same class, have the same name, and the same number of parameters. Such overloads cam be very confusing because it can be unclear which overload gets called.

Example:

class Main { public static void execute(Runnable r) {} public static <T> void execute(RunnableFuture<T> c) {} }

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.

OverloadedMethodsWithSameNumberOfParameters
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 | Method

Use the option to ignore overloaded methods whose parameter types are definitely incompatible.

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Overloaded methods with same number of parameters inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Ignore overloaded methods whose parameter types are definitely incompatible

Default value:

Selected

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 OverloadedMethodsWithSameNumberOfParameters

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

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025