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Class/module with too many methods

Reports classes/modules with too many methods. This usually means they are trying to 'do too much', and may need to be refactored into multiple smaller components.

Use the Number of methods field to specify the maximum number of methods a class/module is allowed to have.

Use the Ignore test classes checkbox to ignore test classes.

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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.

RubyTooManyMethodsInspection
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 | Ruby | Code metrics

Inspection ID: RubyTooManyMethodsInspection

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Class/module with too many methods inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Number of methods

Option ID:

m_limit

Default value:

25
Ignore test classes

Option ID:

ignoreTestClasses

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 RubyTooManyMethodsInspection

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:

Qodana for Ruby 2025.2, RubyMine 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025